Glory Days Scholarship

Nominations Accepted Through March 1st

The Glory Days Endowed Scholarship (Glory Days Scholarship) was established in 2020 thanks to the generosity of classmates, teammates, and coaches from the late 1980s and early 1990s of Bluefield University. Initiated by former baseball and basketball coach, Mark Blevins, The Glory Days Endowed Scholarship is meant to honor the student-athletes of the 1980s and early-1990s who coined their time at Bluefield University as the “Glory Days” due to significant athletic achievements, lasting friendships, and comradery. The glory days were some of the most successful in the history of Bluefield University athletics, specifically on the basketball court and the baseball field. In fact, many of the student-athletes from that era, as well as coach Mark Blevins, are listed in Bluefield University’s Athletics Hall of Fame. The founders of the Glory Days Scholarship wish to honor the life-long friendships, lasting memories, athletic achievements, and perseverance of the student-athletes from the glory days at Bluefield University. Further, they challenge student-athletes of today and tomorrow to make and cherish their own glory days.

Criteria

The recipient of The Glory Days Scholarship should meet the following criteria:

Full-time student-athlete who is a member of one of the following teams:
- Basketball (Women’s)
- Basketball (Men’s)
- Baseball
- Volleyball (Women’s)
Minimum grade point average of 3.0
The recipient should have athletic eligibility remaining and not be a graduating senior
- Preference will be given to a rising senior
The following character traits should be exhibited by the recipient
- Sacrifice for team
  - For God so loved the world that he gave us his only begotten Son. (John 3:16)
- Commitment to the team
  - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7)
- Loyalty to the team
  - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
- Love one another
  - A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)
- Fearless regardless your opponent
  - If God be with us, who can be against us. (Romans 8:31)
- Love of the game
  - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. (1 Corinthians 9:24)
- Compete by the rules
  - And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. (2 Timothy 2:5)