NUI Galway Award 33 New Sports Scholarships

NUI Galway Dean of Students, ProfMichelle Millar, recently presented 33 outstanding athletes with NUI Galway Student Sports Scholarships, the Event was sponsored by The Bank Of Ireland who are the main sponsors of the Sport Programme at NUI Galway. The ceremony commenced with a special address by Rowing Ireland team member who qualified the women’s pair for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Monika give an inspirational talk to the Sport Scholars on what is required to achieve their goals both sporting and academically and let us into how he is able to balance the demands of being a  world class athlete and still maintaining a life style balance which allows her to continue her PhD research.President Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh Provided the opening address to students highlighting the importance of sport to the universities strategic plan and also taking the opportunity to wish the students well during their studies in NUI Galway.

Feargal O’CallaghanHigh Performance Lead , who manages the scholarship scheme
was delighted to welcome Monika to address the scholars: “Their time at
university is wonderful opportunity for 
these talented athletes to reach their true potential and learning to
plan and achieve a balance in their lifestyle is key to their success both on
the Sporting arena and in their academic studies.”

This year’s ceremony saw the Performance Points Sports
Scholarship awarded to 9 outstanding athletes. The scheme provides 40
additional points to those earned in the Leaving Certificate for elite
athletes, for academic courses over 350 entry points.



This year’s scholarship recipients represent some of the finest young talent in
Irish sport today most of whom have represented their sport at national,
international or intercounty level already.



Speaking at the award ceremony, High Performance Lead, Feargal O’Callaghan,
said: “We are really looking forward to working with all the athletes, it is an
exciting time for the university in terms of sport as we continually improve
the programme in order to produce the best possible athletes.”



NUI Galway Performance Points awardees:

NUI Galway Sports Scholarships awardees:

NUI Galway Rugby Foundation Sports Scholarship Awardees: