David P. Smay Scholarship

Each Spring, the Credit Union awards David P. Smay Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 to each winning submission. Applications are being accepted now through May 1, 2018.

Eligibility

 To apply, you must be:

  • A CFCU member with all accounts in good standing.
  • A graduating high school senior, 19 years of age or younger.

Requirements

  • A thoughtful essay with a title (double-spaced, two pages maximum, eleven point font minimum) on this topic: "What is the best advice that someone has ever given you? How do you plan to apply this advice to your life?"
  • Your transcript(s) reflecting all four years of high school, including any Honors or AP courses, as well as your cumulative, un-weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale.
  • A list of your extracurricular and community activities and work history.

Submission Instructions

  • Scholarship submissions must include a cover sheet with your name, CFCU member number, home address, phone number, email address, name of the post-secondary school you plan to attend, and your college student ID number (if available).

  • Submissions can be dropped off at any branch, mailed to Scholarships, P.O. Box 2069, Oakland, CA 94604-2069, or emailed to [email protected]

  • Submissions will be graded on a point system. You will receive one bonus point for visiting CFCU's Facebook page and posting “Scholarship 2018” plus your last name.

  • The submission deadline is Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Winners are normally announced no later than May 31.

Please email us at [email protected] or call us at 510-627-5000 or toll-free 800-232-8101 if you have any questions.

Congratulations to the 2017 David P. Smay scholarship winners!

Morgan Arnett 
The Woodlands, TX 
Baylor University

Ashwin Bhumbla
San Ramon, CA
University of Southern California

Brittany Byers
Spring, TX
University of Texas San Antonio

Hope Fardanesh
Templeton, CA
California Polytechnic State University

Jeremy Goldhawk 
Pleasanton, CA 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Kyler Kunzler 
Albuqerque, NM 
Texas Tech University

James Nantz 
Houston, TX 
Texas A&M

Christian Schmelzel 
Wheat Ridge, CO 
Colorado School of Mines

Ryanne Smith 
Moss Point, MS 
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Sara Venkataraman 
Sugar Land, TX 
University of Texas at Austin

Jina Zhou 
Sugar Land, TX 
University of Texas at Austin