Winter Park Fla. and Stamford Conn. March 3 2014 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) is pleased to announce it has awarded three $10 000 scholarships to the following deserving Full Sail University students:

• Claribel Ross a Full Sail University Film graduate and current Entertainment Business student from Chelsea Mass.
• Hamza Aboufirass a Full Sail Film student from Marrakesh Morocco.
• Hunter Haines a Full Sail Film student from Dublin Ohio.

This brings the number of scholarships awarded to Full Sail students by WWE to six for a total of $60 000 since they began their partnership with Full Sail in May 2012.

These scholarships will be applied toward the recipient’s areas of study within the university. WWE selected Ross Aboufirass and Haines to receive this scholarship for exhibiting exceptional professionalism creative talent and maintaining good academic standing while shadowing professional WWE staff and crew during the production of NXT® events at Full Sail University.

“We are humbled by the continued dedication from WWE in recognizing the efforts and dreams of our students by supporting their educational journey through this scholarship program ” said Garry Jones President of Full Sail University. “We are also thrilled to have served as the destination for the very first live in-ring event streamed on the groundbreaking WWE Network.”

“NXT ArRIVAL made history last week becoming the first-ever in-ring event to be live streamed on WWE Network ” said Paul Levesque WWE Executive Vice President Talent Live Events and Creative. “It is only fitting that we award these scholarships to Full Sail University students that have served as an integral part of the NXT production team.”

About Full Sail University

Founded in 1979 Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment and media industry. Full Sail has been recognized as one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs by Electronic Gaming Monthly one of the Best Music Programs by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the Best Film Programs by Unleashed Magazine. In 2011 Full Sail received the “21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award” from the United States Distance Learning Association was named the “School/College of the Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com.

Full Sail offers on-campus and online Master’s Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree programs in areas related to animation art business education graphic design film marketing web development music recording arts sports and video games. Full Sail graduate credits include work on OSCAR® Emmy® GRAMMY® ADDY® MTV Video Music Awards and Spike Video Game Awards nominated and winning projects.
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About WWE

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Media Contact:
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WWE
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Media Contact:
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