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See below for links and forms for various rules, regulations, records and applications
2025 coach development scholarships
In partnership with USAW, the California South WSO will be giving out a total of 8 coach development scholarships. Each scholarship is $549 for a Level 1 or 2 course enrollment. In addition, USAW will provide a one-year coach membership at no cost to the scholarship recipient.
4 BIPOC Coach Development Scholarships (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)
4 Women’s Coach Development Scholarships
Selection Criteria
The emphasis here is to award a scholarship to individuals who can demonstrate a commitment to growing the sport of weightlifting. The scholarships are awarded based on the following criteria.
‣ Applicants must meet all requirements and deadlines you set.
‣ Applicants who are working or plan to work with underserved populations in a weightlifting or sport capacity are preferred.
‣ Applicants with experience in the sport of weightlifting as an athlete or as a coach are preferred.
‣ Applicants with less than five years of coaching experience in the sport are preferred.
‣ Applicants with high levels of coaching success, social impact through sport and/or academic achievement in sport are preferred.
‣ Recipients must be U.S. citizens, 17 years of age or older, and identify as a member of the BIPOC community or women’s community.
‣ Recipients have six months from notification of scholarship to attend a course. Both awarded and remaining scholarships will appear on usaweightlifting.org.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 11:59pm
Applicants will be emailed between Sept, 21-26, 2025 with the results
Application Submission: Submit application documents to sarah@socalwlc.com as a pdf attachment
