Winning Students 100

Scotland's student-athletes have shone and inspired on the world stage at the 2026 Winter Olympics – and now all eyes turn to the Winter Paralympic Games! ❄️🔥 Congratulations and good luck to all the Winning Students 100 alumni and current students involved in both Games. 🗞️- winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/news/2026/head…

February proved to be a winning month! What incredible performances from our scholars at the recent BUCS Championships. 🏃 Athletics: - Ryan Martin took home the gold in the 1500m 🏸 Badminton: - Rachel Sugden is the new women’s Singles Champion 🏊‍♀️ Swimming Long Course: - Faye Rogers: Top Para Athlete - Angharad Evans: Top Female Athlete - Archie Goodburn: Top Male Athlete - Multiple BUCS records were smashed, with Toni Shaw and Faye Rogers each breaking two, and Sam Downie and Archie Goodburn bagging one a piece A massive congratulations to you all! 📸 : @BUCSsport

It's @ArnoldPalmerCup's National Umbrella Day, celebrating current & former competitors of the esteemed golf invitational. ⛳ So, we're paying tribute to WS100 scholar Ross Laird who won the prestigious Cup with Team International last year. The @StirUni scholar was the only member of the men's International Team to study outside of the United States. 👏 Another incredible achievement from an WS100 athlete on the global stage. #PalmerUmbrella

Winning Students 100 athletes hit the world stage! 🌍 From the Winter Olympics and Paralympics to the @Glasgow_2026 Commonwealth Games, many of our current and former student athletes will be making waves at major Games in 2026. 🥇 @milanocortina26 officially opens TODAY and we'll be cheering on our scholars and alumni as they do what they do best. Read the full story - winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/news/2026/febr… @ScotFundCouncil @sportscotland

Huge congratulations to Ruby Newlands, HND Sports student and GB ice hockey athlete, on being selected for the Winning Students 100 scholarship! 🏒🎉 Read more: ow.ly/ugZm50XGroj #WinningStudents100 #AyrshireCollege #GBIceHockey #StudentAthlete

Winning Students on the road! 🛣️ It's been fantastic to get out and about across Scotland the last couple of weeks to dish out WS100 kit and meet lots of our brilliant supported athletes and partner institution teams. A great way to round off a winning year.

As #ScottishDisabilitySportWeek gets underway, we're getting behind the nationwide celebration of getting active and involved in disability sport. #SDSW is all about highlighting the impact physical activity can have on individuals, communities, clubs and society across Scotland. From Paralympic champions to Winter Paralympic hopefuls, let's hear it for our WS100 athletes doing incredible things across disability sport. 💪 #InspiringThroughInclusion @SDS_sport

EXCLUSIVE: In today’s @heraldscotland, I speak exclusively to Scottish swimmer, Archie Goodburn. “There’s no case study of somebody who's reached a world-class level in sport with brain tumours”, says the 24-year-old. heraldscotland.com/sport/25612982…

Inspirational student athlete, Archie Goodburn from the University of Edinburgh is the second recipient of the André Reibig Medal for resilience, sporting excellence, and academic commitment tinyurl.com/4ubb6x5v

We're delighted to share that Archie Goodburn has been awarded this year's prestigious André Reibig Memorial Medal. 🏅 The @EdinburghUni swimmer has received the honour in recognition of his incredible resilience, sporting excellence, and academic achievements – embodying the true spirit of dual-career success. Congratulations Archie on this well-deserved honour! Your story inspires us all. 💪 🔗– winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/news/2025/nove…

Nayma Sheikh has become the first Scottish cricketer to be selected for @WinningStudents, Scotland’s national sport scholarship programme 🙌 ➡️ cricketscotland.com/Article/7ea6c7…

Winning Students 100, Scotland’s national sport scholarship programme, has announced its 2025-26 cohort, marking a record-breaking year for applications and reaffirming its status as a world-leading dual-career programme. @WinningStudents @StirUni sfc.ac.uk/?news=scotland…

Thrilled to announce the Winning Students 100 cohort for 2025-26! 🎯 With a record number of applications, we have 106 of Scotland's most promising student athletes joining us from 18 institutions and across 31 sports. We're proud to support these talented individuals over the coming year as they balance world-class sporting ambitions with their academic studies. Congratulations to every athlete selected. 👏 We can't wait to see what you achieve. 🏅 Find out more about this year's cohort – winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/news/2025/nove…

This week saw our first Networking Day, bringing together key partners and stakeholders from across Scottish sport and education sectors. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a day of Invigorating conversations on key learnings, opportunities and challenges for the year ahead. Fantastic to bring so many people together in one place who are passionate about seeing young people thrive, and to hear direct from some of our athletes. The energy and enthusiasm in the room was inspiring. We're looking forward to a successful year ahead. 🚀

World silver! 🥈🇸🇬 Faye Rogers wins a medal in the SM10 200m Medley for the second World Para Swimming Championships in a row, in a new British Record and Personal Best time of 2:28.52 👏🇬🇧 A strong start to the championships for Faye! 💙

From Winning Students 100 to the World: Ben Leitch’s Journey 🌍🏀 After discovering wheelchair basketball during one of the toughest times in his life, Ben found a sport that not only "saved" him but propelled him towards a new purpose. Ben balanced his studies at @AbertayUni with his athletic dreams. Now, as a graduate, he’s chasing new goals: making his mark in Europe and competing at @Glasgow_2026. 💡 Applications for the Winning Students 100 close TODAY! - apply.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk @basketballscot | @SDS_sport

⏳ The countdown is on - applications for Scotland's national sport scholarship programme close Friday 19 September. 🎯 Don’t miss your chance to receive up to £3,000 to support your sporting and academic goals. 🔗 apply.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk