Jordan Brand Wings Scholars Program Celebrates Its Incoming Class of 2026

What to Know

· Jordan Brand’s incoming Class of 2026 features 34 high school students from across the United States.

· The Wings Scholars Program exists to provide access and opportunities through education so that incoming college students can shape their own futures.

· To date, 2886 total scholarships and 16,476 semesters have been funded by the Wings program, and 120,000+ hours have been volunteered by Jordan Brand employees.

Launched in 2015, the Jordan Brand Wings Scholars Program grants scholarships and resources to committed high school students to help realize their true potential through education. The Class of 2026 brings 34 students from across the United States to the Jordan Brand family. In addition, Jordan Brand currently collaborates with 23 partners to award exceptional high school students across the United States with scholarships to complete their educational goals debt-free.

In April, the Wings made a special surprise at the Jordan Brand Classic, a premier showcase for the best high school basketball players in North America for the first time since 2020 to announce the scholarship winners, celebrating excellence on the court and in the classroom.

“A lot of people don’t understand, but being an undocumented person like myself, we struggle a lot…and this scholarship has given me an opportunity that no one else would’ve given me,“ says Rodolfo Castillo, an incoming scholar who learned of his scholarship at the Jordan Brand Classic. ”This scholarship is opening so many doors for me.”

Jordan Brand’s support doesn’t stop at the scholarship. The Wings initiative is there to support students throughout the entirety of their college experience and beyond. Through this program, students can fully focus on their studies, without the stress of college payments or loans, and have the opportunity to attend the school of their dreams.

Adrian Allen, a 2022 Wings Scholar who later went on to earn a Wings internship and will soon join the Jordan Brand as a member of its North America marketing operations team, says the Wings Scholars program gave her the room to focus on academics, lent support throughout her college years and changed the course of her life.

“I was able to dig into my studies and figure out what I liked, as well as what I didn’t,” Adrian says, “When people come to college, they have to juggle academics, how they’re living, how they’re sustaining themselves and then, not only did they take away the financial aspect, but they brought in a sense of community too. This network kind of went deeper than just a scholarship"

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