Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner

Since its start in 1992, Sports Backers and the Richmond Times-Dispatch have partnered to recognize the accomplishments of the region's finest student-athletes, awarding over $1,173,000 in college scholarships. On June 1, 2020, twenty student-athletes, along with the Williams Mullen Community Impact Award winners and the HCA Virginia Sports Medicine Comeback Athletes of the Year, will be recognized, and $70,000 in scholarships will be awarded.

We hope that you will join us in celebrating the 29th annual Richmond Times-Dispatch/Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete program and help us create a lasting legacy for future Richmond natives who will go on to change the world, just as those before them are doing today. All donations and proceeds from the event will be used to support the Sports Backers Scholarship Fund.

Monday, June 1, 2020

Keynote speaker: TBA
6-7 p.m. Cocktail Hour
6-7 p.m. Silent Auction
7 p.m. Dinner

Tables & Tickets Available

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Location

The Jefferson Hotel
101 W. Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23220

2020 Finalists

All 20 finalists are scheduled to be announced in the May 20 Richmond Times-Dispatch and will be recognized at the dinner on June 1.

2019-20 Monthly honorees

Read more about the 2019-20 Scholar-Athlete of the Month winners.

Megan McDonald, Douglas Freeman (September)
TreVeyon Henderson, Hopewell (September)
Mollie Schuma, Trinity Episcopal (October)
Mark Autry, Monacan (October)
Mary Caroline Heinen, Maggie Walker (November)
Joseph Eliades, Hopewell (November)
Willa Shannon, St. Catherine’s (December)
Atesh Camurdan, Trinity Episcopal (December)
Sydney Whiting, Trinity Episcopal (January)
Simeone Holmes, Cosby (January)

Want to learn more about our scholarship program? Check out our Scholarships page.