The National Schools’ Regatta (NSR) is delighted to announce a three-year partnership with Sport USA, the UK’s leading US college sports scholarship specialists, beginning in May 2026.

Sport USA has spent over 15 years guiding student-athletes through the process of securing scholarships at prestigious universities and colleges across the NCAA, NAIA and JUCO programmes in the United States. As scholarship specialists the Sport USA team bring an unrivalled expertise and a genuine passion for developing young sporting talent. Their athlete management programme will personally guide each individual student athlete through a bespoke and personalised scholarship programme.

The partnership represents an alignment of values. NSR exists to give every junior rower in the UK the opportunity to race and develop, regardless of their level or background. Sport USA shares that ambition, helping student-athletes of all abilities find a programme that fits them and opening doors that might otherwise remain closed.

For the thousands of junior rowers who compete at NSR each May at Dorney Lake, this partnership offers something genuinely exciting: a direct connection to one of the most experienced scholarship placement teams in the world, and a clearer pathway to combining elite sport with a world-class university education in the United States.

For more information about Sport USA and the scholarships available to junior rowers, visit www.sportusa.co.uk.