This grant is extremely important to me as it allows me focus on my sport and study while I am at uni. Balancing sport and study can get very difficult being a full-time athlete and also a full-time student, and often study gets sacrificed for training and competition. However, my study is important for life after sport and this scholarship helps support my future career goals of becoming a physiotherapist.

As an athlete it can also be challenging to work enough to support your sport, study and general life expenses which can be quite stressful.

This scholarship alleviates the stress around study expenses meaning more of my time and income can be focused on my training.