Cleveland Browns Foundation Marion Motley Scholarship
Applicants must:
– Be high school seniors graduating in 2024 who plan to major in areas that could lead to a career working in education or for a professional sports organization, such as but not limited to: accounting, business, communications, event management, exercise science, finance, graphic, design, human resources, information technology, journalism, kinesiology, marketing/advertising, public relations, or sports management.
– Be enrolled in a high school located in Northeast Ohio (in one of the following 16 counties: Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Wayne)
– Be on track to graduate at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year,
– Be planning to enroll in a two-year or four-year college in 2025
– Have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average through junior year in high school
– Have a 18 ACT or 960 SAT (highest math and highest verbal)
Students must submit the following along with their application:
– Copy of high school transcript showing cumulative grade point average through the end of junior year (Note: senior year grades will be required before final selections are made)
– Copy of SAT or ACT scores (Note: scores on an official high school transcript are acceptable, but copies of the report from the testing agency are preferred.
– Essays (two are required; questions on application)
– Extracurricular resume or list of activities
– Letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor who knows you well
– Copy of the 2025/2026 FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS)