Orange Bowl High School Football Showcase to provide opportunities for local student-athletes
The eighth-annual Orange Bowl Florida High School Football Showcase presented by Baptist Health returns this Saturday at St. Thomas University.
The event is free and provides hundreds of local high school junior and senior student-athletes a chance to meet college coaches from across the country.
Each participant will compete in a series of tests, drills and scrimmages followed by a meet and greet opportunity with coaches from approximately 40 NCAA Division-II, Division-III, NAIA and JUCO programs.
Since 2017, more than $8 million in scholarships and financial aid has been awarded through this event to more than 400 high school student-athletes.
To be eligible to participate in the showcase, student-athletes must be a high school senior or junior who has not accepted a scholarship offer from a Division I football program. It is recommended that participants have a 2.5 GPA or higher in 16 Core Courses and have an SAT score of at least 920 (math and verbal only), OR have a composite ACT Score of 18 or higher or a sum score of 68 or higher.
“The Orange Bowl Committee is extremely proud to be able to once again provide this unprecedented opportunity for our local high school student-athletes,” said Orange Bowl Committee President & Chair Bradley H. Houser in a statement. “Our continuing goal is to provide kids additional exposure so they can hopefully secure financial aid for college and ultimately earn a college degree, and the event has been extremely successful over the last seven years.”