Scholarships

2024 Scholarship Recipients

Back Row, Carmen Bond, OKTF Executive Director; Gracie Pereff, Broken Arrow; Tiana Braxton, Duncan; Audrey Boatright, Ada; Monte Mora, Edmond; Taytum Jones, Edmond.
Front Row, Zoey Brown, Ada; Tokara Henderson, Edmond; Damien Robinson, Edmond; Brooklyn Bryan, Seminole; Georgia Mosher, Midwest City; Carolyn Richmond, OKTF Scholarship Chair.

2023 Scholarship recipientsa:
Front Row, Carmen Bond, OKTF Executive Director; Hannah Upchurch, Seminole; Kaylan Griffin, Tulsa; Caelie Cox, Bixby; Harmoni Moore, Byng; Rylee Reese, Carl Albert, Midwest City; Carolyn Richmond, OKTF Scholarship Chair. Back Row, Katie Keith, Purcell; Jackson Swopes, Ada; Cash Harrison, Pryor; Gray Ferguson, Heritage Hall, OKC; Carson Ogilbee, Edmond Memorial; Noah Gou, Edmond; and Ava Bolin, Ada.

The Oklahoma Tennis Foundation awards 7 different scholarships. 5 college scholarships: the Curtis Richmond Scholarship, the Wayne Hirst Scholarship, the Janet Thomas Griffith Scholarship, the Steve Henry Scholarship, and the Judge Mike McSpadden Scholarship. 2 scholarships are for juniors: the Francis and Jean Baxter Scholarship and the Braver Family High Performance Scholarship.

You will find application opening dates and deadlines underneath the description and criteria for each scholarship.

Curtis Richmond Scholarship

The Oklahoma Tennis Foundation awards a $5,000 college scholarship to a high school senior who will be entering college and participated in high school varsity tennis during the 2025-2026 school year. The scholarship is intended to assist with tuition and is NEED-BASED.
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Applications will open September 15, 2025, and the deadline is November 15, 2025.

Curtis Richmond

Wayne Hirst

Wayne Hirst Scholarship

The Oklahoma Tennis Foundation awards a $5,000 college scholarship to a high school senior who will be entering college and who has participated in high school varsity tennis during the 2025-2026 school year. The scholarship is intended to assist with tuition and is NEED-BASED.
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Applications will open September 15, 2025, and the deadline is November 15, 2025.

Judge Mike McSpadden Scholarship

Applications will open September 15, 2025, and the deadline is November 15, 2025.

Judge Mike McSpadden

Steve Henry Endowed Scholarship

Applications will open September 15, 2025, and the deadline is November 15, 2025.

"It has been an honor to present scholarships to deserving high school scholar athletes for the past five years. The love of tennis has brought us all together, and the Oklahoma Tennis Foundation is thrilled to play a part in helping these young adults begin their college experience. They lead by example, demonstrating dedication on the court and in the classroom as well."

— Carolyn Richmond, OKTF Scholarship Chair

Francis & Jean Baxter Scholarship

The Francis & Jean Baxter High-Performance Scholarships are designed to provide $5,000.00 need-based player scholarships that will benefit junior players who are beginning to play competitive tennis, exhibit potential, dedication, and outstanding sportsmanship. This will include tournament/travel expenses. Applicants must be residents of the State of Oklahoma.
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Applications will open February 1, 2025, and the deadline is April 15, 2025.

Lifelong friend and colleague of the Baxters, Bill Rompf, initiated and seeded the construction of a bronze statue of Coach Francis Baxter as well as this scholarship describing Baxter as “the person who has done more for Oklahoma tennis for the last 50 years than any other individual. Francis and Jean Baxter are Oklahoma tennis legends and heroes.”

The statue of Baxter will be dedicated on May 1, 2021 and permanently placed at the new Edmond Center Court.

The Janet Thomas Griffith Scholarship

The Oklahoma Tennis Foundation awards a $5,000 scholarship to a female Oklahoma resident tennis player who is committed to playing collegiate tennis. The recipient will receive a one-time $5,000.00 scholarship to be paid to the Bursar’s Office once the recipient is enrolled, and the collegiate tennis coach confirms the OKTF recipient will be an active part of the tennis team.

Applicants must be Oklahoma high school seniors or Oklahoma residents who are currently playing collegiate tennis. Recipients may play collegiate tennis out of state. The scholarship is not need-based.
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Applications will open April 15, 2025, and the deadline is June 15, 2025.

Braver Family High Performance Scholarship

The Braver Family High Performance Scholarship is awarded to an Oklahoma boy or girl who has proven themselves in the USTA and Missouri Valley section and has the potential to achieve success on a national level.

This $5,000.00 scholarship is need-based and will provide funding for tournament travel/expenses for a junior player who lacks financial means to reach their potential on a national level. Funding will be based on aspiration, character, citizenship, academic achievement, sportsmanship, dedication, and desire.
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Applications will open February 1, 2025, and the deadline is April 15, 2025.