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UCC Announces Sports Scholars 2025

17 Oct 2025

UCC has officially announced its Sports Scholarship Recipients for the 2025/26 academic year.

This year’s programme highlights talented student athletes across a diverse range of sports, including athletics, basketball, hockey, rowing, rugby, soccer, swimming, GAA, and golf. There were 103 students awarded.

The scholarship recipients hail from ten counties—Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Kerry, Mayo, Laois, Waterford, Tipperary, Limerick, and Offaly—and are recognised for their outstanding athletic ability and unwavering commitment to sport.

Sponsored Support

The scholarship programme is supported by Bank of Ireland, Macron, UCC GAA Alumni, MJ Dowling, the Moss Keane family.

UCC Sports Scholarship Programme

The programme is structured to support student-athletes in reaching their full potential and is delivered through two main pathways:

UCC Team Sport Scholarships

UCC Individual Sport Scholarships

These scholarships are closely aligned with UCC Sport’s Performance Programme, which offers personalised support to help student-athletes successfully manage both their academic and sporting commitments. The overarching aim is to equip UCC athletes and teams to perform at their highest level, whether in university competitions or on the international stage.

High-Performance Collaboration

UCC works closely with clubs, coaches, and specialists in sports science, strength and conditioning, nutrition, sports medicine, and performance analysis to support the holistic development of its athletes.

Strategic partnerships with national governing bodies, provincial organisations, and Sport Ireland further strengthen the university’s high-performance framework.

This initiative underscores UCC’s dedication to cultivating Ireland’s future sporting talent, empowering student-athletes to excel both in their academic pursuits and athletic careers.

John O'Halloran The President of UCC expressed: “The time that UCC students spend here with us is not only about academic success, but about embracing the broader student experience. We proudly support our students to combine their academic pursuits with the development of their sporting ambitions. Today, we celebrate these outstanding student athletes, whose dedication, both in the classroom and in their chosen sports, embodies what it means to be a UCC student and inspires our university community. We extend our sincere thanks to Bank of Ireland for their generous support”.

Morgan Buckley, Head of UCC Sport said: “Congratulations to all our teams and athletes. We are incredibly proud of their achievements, as well as the dedication of their coaches, volunteers, and clubs, supported by our outstanding staff and services at UCC.

The UCC Sport Scholarship Programme significantly enhances the services we offer to our performance teams and athletes, ensuring they can successfully balance their academic and sporting pursuits. We are also proud to continue holding the Accreditation for Student-Athlete Support (UCC Sport ASAS) standard, recently developed by Sport Ireland, which ensures equal opportunities for high-performing student-athletes to excel both in sport and education”.

Tomasz Mrowca, UCC Club’s Executive President, said "At UCC, our commitment to student support makes the university an exceptional place to study and to excel in sport. We are proud to celebrate the outstanding participation and achievements of our sporting community at every level."

Please see the UCC Sport Instagram page for more photos: bit.ly/46Vcbaa

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