NEW CASTLE — The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is offering its Gifts of the Game scholarship program to recognize Indiana high school seniors who have been involved with Indiana high school basketball and are pursuing post-secondary education in the state.

Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, two girls and two boys at Indiana high schools will receive four-year renewable college scholarships worth up to $4,000 each.

The program is made possible by a gift from a Hall of Fame inductee and former officer of the organization to create a Hall of Fame scholarship program. It is the second-largest individual gift received in the organization’s 56-year history and has been augmented by additional Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame funds.

Gifts of the Game scholarships will seek to recognize high school seniors who have been involved in Indiana high school basketball as a player, manager, statistician, student trainer or other similar role with consideration given to their scholarship, leadership and extracurricular activities.

Through an internal process, the Hall of Fame will identify the schools each year that are selected to award one of the scholarships to their most qualified and deserving student.

The name “Gifts of the Game” is a nod to both the financial gift Indiana high school seniors will be receiving, as well as the benefits basketball has played in the lives of those associated with the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and this program.

The scholarship fund is open to further contributions to increase the amount and number of scholarships given.

Interested donors may contact Chris May, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame executive director, at [email protected] or 765-529-1891 for more information. Checks also can be sent to Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, One Hall of Fame Court, New Castle, IN 47362, with “Gifts of the Game” in the memo line.