{"id":86147,"date":"2018-06-28T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//?p=86147"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:06:24","slug":"ucf-introduces-john-martha-hitt-athletics-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//ucf-introduces-john-martha-hitt-athletics-scholarship-fund/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Introduces John & Martha Hitt Athletics Scholarship Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
For 26 years and counting, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ student-athletes/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019 biggest fans have been John and Martha Hitt. On the eve of President Hitt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019s retirement, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Athletics is proud to announce the establishment of the John & Martha Hitt Athletics Scholarship Fund./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201cAs a former student-athlete himself and such a huge champion of the student-athlete experience, it is only fitting our scholarship program for student-athletes be named after President Hitt and Martha,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201d Danny White said./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201cJohn and Martha have been advocates and great supporters of the Knights since they arrived at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201d Vice President and Director of Athletics Danny White said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019s why it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019s such an honor for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Athletics to lead the charge in establishing this scholarship fund to benefit our student-athletes with John and Martha Hitt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019s name on it./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n White and his wife, Shawn, are also the first to make a 5-year gift commitment of a full scholarship to the John & Martha Hitt Athletic Scholarship Fund./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201cA little less than three years ago, President Hitt entrusted me with the leadership of our athletic department,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201d White said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201cI couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u2019t have asked for a better man to work for. As a former student-athlete himself and such a huge champion of the student-athlete experience, it is only fitting our scholarship program for student-athletes be named after President Hitt and Martha./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n In addition to his duties as Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ President, Hitt has been active and engaged in collegiate athletics throughout his tenure. He has served on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Board of Governors, and was a member of the NCAA Presidents Commission as well. Hitt has also been heavily involved in governance and guidance in both Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n As an undergrad at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, Hitt was a member of the Kangaroos’ football team as a lineman. He often refers to his experience when talking to or about Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ student-athletes. While athletics has been important to him for most of his life, sports never took a backseat to academics. Hitt even missed the final football game of his collegiate career to take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), needed for him to attend graduate school./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/86147/n