Current high school seniors and renewal applicants can apply between March 1st and March 31st. Students who expect to receive a Tennessee Promise scholarship, or who will defer college for military service, should still apply for the Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship during their senior year to ensure future eligibility.
Past recipients may apply for renewal up to three times. Renewal applications are also due between March 1st and March 31st.
See additional information, this page.
Adrian Gonsolin, a long-time member of Good Shepherd Parish, a third degree Knight of Columbus, and a staunch supporter of education and the local community, used his estate to establish an undergraduate scholarship for the benefit of practicing Catholic high school students of the parish. His scholarship(s) will be awarded annually at the discretion of the Pastor and the recommendation of the Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Committee.
Scholarships are awarded to defray the cost of tuition and college/university
on-campus expenses (books, fees, room and board, etc.). Scholarship funds will be payable by check made out to the college/university listed on the application. Beginning in the fall of 2015, the State of Tennessee’s two year colleges became tuition-free. Good Shepherd high school seniors who enroll in one of the State’s tuition-free, two year college programs, or defer college admission to serve in the U.S. military, are encouraged to apply for a deferred full scholarship. A partial scholarship will be awarded for those qualified students attending a tuition-free college program. Those attending the two year tuition-free college programs would be eligible for two years of full scholarship awards if they subsequently enroll at a four year college as a full-time student. Those joining the military would have eligibility determined on a case-by-case basis. If awarded a deferred scholarship, that scholarship must be renewed annually per the reapplication provisions listed below (including the second year of two year college attendance).
The value of the scholarship may vary annually based on the amount of scholarship money available; whether a winner is enrolled as a full-time student in a two or four year college program; and, the number of scholarship winners each year.
The scholarship is renewable annually for up to four years as long as the winner remains a full-time student in good standing (GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale). To renew the Adrian Gonsolin scholarship, you only need to complete the application for renewal in subsequent years and submit the latest transcript to reconfirm desire and qualifications to continue as a scholarship recipient.
Applicant Requirements:
Checklist of Items to Include with Submittal:
Good Shepherd Parish
Attention: The Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Committee
2021 Decherd Blvd., Decherd, TN 37324
Phone: (931) 967-0961 email: [email protected]
All scholarship applications for the next academic year are due to the above address no earlier than March 1 and no later than March 31.
Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Application Information.pdf
The Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Application Form.pdf
The Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Application for Renewal Form.pdf
Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Applicant's Statement.pdf
School Faculty - Administrator Recommendation Form.pdf
Parish - Community Leader Recommendation Form.pdf
Parish Certification.pdf
Parish Priest Recommendation.pdf
The Adrian Gonsolin Scholarship Committee does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its scholarship program.