2025 Sports Task Force Jimmie & Suey Fong Yee Grants
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The Asian American Journalists Association's Sports Task Force is pleased to offer several scholarship and fellowship opportunities for enrolled college students and young professionals to support their pursuit of careers in sports journalism and media. The selected fellowship winners must commit to a minimum of five hours of volunteer work for the AAJA Sports Task Force.
The AAJA Sports Task Force elevates the voices of Asian Americans in sports and encourages future Asian American sports journalists through mentorship and scholarship opportunities.
AAJA membership is required for all applicants for the selected scholarship recipient. To join AAJA's Sports Task Force or to find out more about the group, please check the "Sports Task Force" box when becoming an AAJA member at aaja.org/join.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PT
Questions? Email support@aaja.org
Jimmie & Suey Fong Yee Fellowship
The AAJA Sports Task Force awards two $2,000 grants to students or recent graduates who are pursuing careers in sports journalism. The scholarship is intended to financially support the recipients’ registration, travel and lodging costs for AAJA’s 2025 National Convention from July 30 - August 3 in Seattle, Washington.
Applicants will be selected on the basis of their demonstrated journalistic ability, financial need, strong commitment to the pursuit of a sports journalism career and dedication to AAJA’s mission.
The scholarships are made possible thanks to a donation made by Don Yee (of sports talent agency Yee & Dubin Sports, LLC.).
About Jimmie and Suey Fong Yee
Like many Chinese immigrants, Jimmie and Suey Fong Yee immigrated to the U.S. after the civil war. They settled in Sacramento and worked hard to create a new life for themselves and their young family. They endured many hardships, but they envisioned and achieved a better future for themselves and their children.
They were proud of their Chinese heritage. One of the important values they taught their children was to be sympathetic to the plight, journey and struggle of others. Just as the Yees received help from others, it was their wish to return their good fortune by helping other Asians achieve their dreams.
About Don Yee
Donald H. Yee is a partner and founder of Yee & Dubin Sports, LLC., a sports management consulting firm that represents some of the nation’s leading professional athletes, coaches and broadcasters. Yee, a graduate of UCLA and the University of Virginia School of Law, also is a frequent speaker and writer on sports-related issues. He is a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Southern California law school and a visiting professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Eligibility and Rules
- Applicants must be an active AAJA member
For currently enrolled students:
- Applicants must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled full-time with at least 12 credit units each semester at a junior college or university located in the United States with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA
- Applicants must be currently taking or planning to take journalism courses and/or pursuing sports journalism as a career
For young professionals:
- Applicants must have graduated from a community college or university, including graduate school, located in the United States within the past five (5) years.
- Applicants must be currently and actively pursuing sports journalism as a career
Note: Graduate students and young professionals will be judged against each other, while undergraduate students and those not attending college/university will be judged against each other.
Application Requirements:
- Resume
- School transcript for currently enrolled students,
- Journalistic work samples
- Contact information for two references
- Essay (up to 700 words)
Explain how this financial support and attending the AAJA convention would help advance your sports journalism career. Candidates will be selected on the basis of academic achievement, demonstrated journalistic ability, financial need, and commitment to the field of journalism.