Wilshire Athletic Association 2023-2024 Scholarship

Calling all seniors!

Wilshire Scholarship

Wilshire is accepting applications for our scholarships. We are giving away two(2) $500 scholarships to be awarded to one female and one male Wilshire athlete. Please write an essay detailing how Wilshire has affected your life. Deadline is February 28, 2024.

1. The Wilshire Athletic Association will award two (2) scholarships annually to one (1) male and one (1) female. The Board will determine the amount of the scholarships for that given year. They will be awarded at one of the end of season banquets. This money is to be used for post educational purposes.

2. Applicants will be required to apply for the scholarship in writing to the Wilshire Athletic Association email: wilshireaa1@gmail.com or P.O. Box 80004, Springfield, MA 01138-0004, by February 28th of each year. Please tell us how Wilshire has affected your life.

3. Applicants must have played at least three (3) seasons in baseball, softball, soccer and/or basketball for the Wilshire Athletic Association.

4. The Wilshire Athletic Association Board of Directors will select the recipients from the pool of qualified applicants. Recipients must submit a letter of acceptance before the appropriate banquet. The recipient or a representative must be present at the banquet to receive the scholarship.

5. Applicants may apply annually; however, the scholarship may be received only once.

6. All scholarship money is raised from sources other than our registration fees.

7. The Board of Directors has the discretion to deviate from the criteria to accommodate the applicants for the given year. (i.e., may award scholarships to both female if no male applicants, etc.)

Krispy Kreme Fundraiser

Hello Wilshire Families,

It’s that time of year again. Our annual Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser is on now. You should be receiving an order form from your players basketball coach. If you need to download another copy, you may do so from the link below.  All orders will be due on 1/6 with delivery of doughnuts on 1/19 during picture day. 

Please help us raise some dough so we can continue to provide athletic opportunities to the youth of Springfield. We appreciate all of your efforts and Thank You for your continued support. 

Have a Happy Holiday.

Wilshire AA 

https://www.wilshireaa.org/pre-sale-order-form-_original-glazed-doughnuts_v2023-24/

Basketball Registrations Last Day

Good morning. Today is the last day for basketball sign-ups (10/15/2023). Please have all registrations done by this evening. We are only accepting online registrations on our registration site @ https://reg.sportspilot.com/106405/login. We are also still looking for some coaches. Please reach out to us by email at wilshireaa1@gmail.com if interested in coaching a basketball team. 

Basketball Registration

Reminder – We have completed in person signups for our 2023-2024 basketball season. Online Registration will continue till 10/15, however may close sooner once we reach capacity for our teams. PLEASE DO NOT wait till the last minute to sign up as we cannot guarantee that space will remain. Teams are filling up fast. 

Please click https://www.wilshireaa.org/online-registration/ to reach online registration and then select the “Sports Pilot” logo. 

 

Basketball Update

Due to the overwhelming interest of our Biddy 7 and Under program, we are unable to take any new registrations for this age group. We are currently reviewing registrations for the 4 teams we are allotted and if additional room does open up, we will inform the community. Our apologies for the inconvenience. 

 

2023-2024 Basketball Registration.

Registration is upon us for Basketball for the 2023-2024 Season. 

Online registration will open on 9/15/2023 and will be open for approximately 1 month. 

In-Person signup dates will be 9/22 from 6-8 PM, 9/23 from 10 AM-12 PM, 9/29 from 6-8 PM and 9/30 from 10 AM-12 PM. Uniforms will be available to try on during in person registration.

On 10/22, we will be holding a Basketball Skills evaluation for all players in grades 3-8 that are not already committed to an existing team. This will help us to better place kids by skill level in appropriate divisions. 

Please click on Event under Events section for more details.

Spring Sports Banquet Update

The Spring Sports Banquet is 7/16/2023

We have now closed ticket sales for the banquet in order to register the final tally. As a reminder, in addition to sold tickets, players and coaches are included in that number. We are expecting a large turnout.

All Instructional teams (Tee Ball and U6/U8 soccer) will receive a trophy during the banquet. We will also present trophies to ONLY those competitive teams that placed 1st or 2nd in their respective divisions. We look forward to celebrating the successful season with you all regardless of if your player will be receiving an award. 

 

Wilshire AA