UTD – The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas is one of the many universities in America that supports Chess and believes in the benefits of chess for young people. However, the chess program at UTD really stands out. Each year, UTD awards a number of chess scholarships to bright and talented students.
UTD chess teams have captured countless National Collegiate Titles over the years. The teams consist of a number of Grandmasters, International Masters, FIDE Masters, National Masters and many other strong players. Most important of all, the players receive excellent education and the graduation rate is extremely high.
Heading the wonderful chess program is Dr. Tim Redman (Director, 2-time past President of the USCF). He is assisted by Jim Stallings (Associate Director / Recruiter), Luis Salinas (Assistant Director), IM Rade Milovanovic (team coach) and Dr. WIM Alexey Root (Chess in Education – Past Chairperson of the USCF Women’s Committee).
I visited the magnificent campus of UTD in 2003 and met with many faculty members. The University is doing an incredible job bringing College Chess and Chess in Education to the forefront. For more information about the UTD Chess Program, please visit http://chessweb.utdallas.edu/index.html. UTD hopes to inspire more colleges and universities to support chess.
I am proud to say that I received the first “Educator Of The Year Award” from UTD in 2003. UTD is also a major supporter of the Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls.
Below is the list of students who received chess scholarships to UTD in 2005 and 2004:
2005
Xiao Cheng – Super Nationals III – National High School Championship
Joel Banawa – Super Nationals III – National Junior High School Championship
Ray Robson – Super Nationals III – National Elementary Championship
Eduardo Aranda – Dallas Area Chess-in-the-Schools 6th Grade Championship
Xavier Garcia – DISD High School Championship
Peter Yeh – Texas High School Chess Championships
Alisa Melekhina – Polgar National Invitational Tournament for Girls
Abby Marshall – Polgar National Invitational Tournament for Girls
Anya Corke – Polgar National Invitational Tournament for Girls
Trevor H. Jackson – Denker Tournament of State High School Champions
Anjali Datta – Texas Girls Scholastic Championships (past participant of the Polgar National Invitational for Girls)
Michael Slepoy – Texas K-12 Grade Championship and Collegiate Championship
2004
Xi Zhang – Texas High School Chess Championships
Daniel Rensch – National High School Championship
David Justice – National High School Championship
Mackenzie Molner – Denker Tournament of State High School Champions
Pieta Garrett – Denker Tournament of State High School Champions
Amita Vempati Texas Girls Scholastic Championships
Paul Haney – Texas K-12 Grade Championships and Collegiate Championship
Fergal McArdle – DISD High School Championship
Zaire Bradley – Dallas Area Chess-in-the-Schools 6th Grade Championships
Roza Eynullayeva – Polgar National Invitational Tournament for Girls 
Excellent school and program indeed!
There is another school that offers scholarships also called UMBC. I think it stands for University of Maryland Baltimore County. I hope this isn’t seen as spam or an advertisement for them. I wish more places would do things like those schools are.
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