Mossberg Table Tennis Scholarship (Freshman)

Funded by Virginia Tech, the Jim ’73 and Liz Mossberg Table Tennis Scholarship was established by Jim Mossberg ’73, an avid table tennis player and founder of the Table Tennis Club at Virginia Tech. This apply-to scholarship will support incoming freshman Virginia Tech students who meet the following criteria:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

• Must be an active USA Table Tennis (USATT) member as of the application date and during the academic year.

• Incoming freshmen for the current academic year must agree to actively participate in the Virginia Tech Table Tennis club and be a member of the Virginia Tech Table Tennis team. Renewing recipients must continue to be active participants in the Virginia Tech Table Tennis Club and be a member of a Virginia Tech Table Tennis team.

• Virginia Tech Table Tennis club participation and club team membership will be evaluated for the coming semester based on the previous semester except for the first semester freshman year. Majority vote of the club officers will certify club participation.

• Must play in a USATT-sanctioned tournament in the year prior to March 1 of the application year (for example, must play in a USATT-sanctioned tournament anytime between March 1, 2025, to March 1, 2026, for the 2026/27 academic year).

• Students must have a USATT rating of at least 2000 as of March 15 in the year that the academic year starts. See example in previous bullet point.

• The recipients must pursue one of the following majors (or similar or subsequent majors): Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Building Construction, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Engineering and Management, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computational Modeling & Data Analytics, Mathematics, Physics or Statistics.

• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.

Award
2 - $30,000 will be awarded
Scopes
Division of Student Affairs Apply-To Scholarships
Deadline
01/22/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. What major(s) would you like to pursue at Virginia Tech?
  2. What interests you in the selected major(s)?
  3. Are you an active member of the U.S.A. Table Tennis?
  4. What is your USA Table Tennis (USATT) rating?
  5. What is the date of the last USA Table Tennis (USATT) sanctioned tournament that you played in?
  6. Do you plan to participate in a USA Table Tennis (USATT) sanctioned tournament prior to March 1, 2026?
  7. Do you intend to join the Virginia Tech Table Tennis club and try out for the Table Tennis team?
  8. If you make the team, will you travel and play for the team?
  9. As a Mossberg Scholarship applicant, we ask that you consent to release certain information to the donors who support this scholarship. This disclosure will remain valid until you remove the authorization. Neither the information provided nor the decision to withhold it will influence scholarship eligibility or the selection of a recipient. More information regarding FERPA can be found by visiting: https://registrar.vt.edu/. Please select all items that can be released:
  10. Show 4 more