Graduate Student Award
Previously known as the Mike Troy Graduate Student Scholarship, this is a new award to highlight an outstanding school counseling graduate student and will include a $500 grant from WSCA. This award honors a graduate student in a school counseling preparation program who exemplifies the highest standards of professional promise and commitment to the field, demonstrating exceptional cultural competence and ethical practice while skillfully applying these principles to meet the diverse needs of students, families, and school communities. The recipient also shows strong initiative and a clear understanding of implementing a data-driven school counseling program, using data to guide decisions, shape interventions, and measure impact. Through their work, the graduate student reflects a readiness to lead, collaborate, and advocate for effective school counseling services that improve academic, social/emotional, and career outcomes for all students.
- The nominee must be currently enrolled in an accredited university school counseling graduate program at the time the award is presented (November 2026)
- The nominator and the graduate student must be WSCA Members to be awarded this scholarship
Professional recognitions are among WSCA’s most meaningful awards, celebrating exceptional contributions to the school counseling profession. To help ensure a strong and thoughtful review process, we encourage supporters of a nominee to collaborate on a single, complete nomination rather than submit multiple applications. The strongest nominations are often those that bring together meaningful input from several sources in a single, well-prepared submission. If more than one nomination is received for the same individual, only the first application submitted will be reviewed.
Nomination Questions:
1) How has the Graduate Student demonstrated cultural competence and ethical school counseling practices?
Include specific examples and details.
2) How has the graduate student demonstrated an understanding of how to implement a data-driven school counseling program?
View our grading rubric for this award to see the criteria used when selecting the award recipient.
Nomination Instructions:
Fill out the form below to submit your nomination online.
