Jordyn Beddow 在她的18年里，不管她是否愿意，她都近距离地观察了医疗保健行业。

“My dad has Type 1 diabetes and a heart defect and has gone 新葡京app multiple open-heart surgeries,” Beddow said. “Seeing how that affected him and the rest of our family had a big influence on me.”

正是这种生活经历促使贝多在韦伯州立大学攻读放射科学学位。

贝多来自加州圣地亚哥，在高中二年级之前搬到了犹他州。 现在，她是家里为数不多上大学的人之一。

“It was a goal of mine not only to go to college, but to 新葡京app with a bachelor’s 新葡京app,” she said.

她的家人和她有共同的目标，并鼓励她去追求。

Beddow was drawn to 新葡京app State’s 放射科学学院 because of its nationally recognized reputation, but she also considered other universities. 当她参观校园时，情况发生了变化。

“After touring the 新葡京app campus, I knew that it was a place that I could see myself for the next four years,” Beddow said. “I loved the environment and how there is a mix of downtown and nature. I also know that I am going to get the best education in the subject I want to study.”

Beddow already knows what she’d like to do after earning her 新葡京app.

“I want to travel and work in different hospitals,” she said. “I would also love to one day open my own clinic focusing on the different language barriers in the health field. For example, a clinic where people who are Deaf can get ultrasounds without having to worry about a translator.”

Beddow is one of 30 inaugural 犹他爵士奖学金 recipients, and one of four at 新葡京app State. Utah’s NBA team established the scholarship program to help first-generation, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) students earn their bachelor’s 新葡京apps. 奖学金涵盖所有的入学费用，包括学费、书本费、杂费、食宿费。

这是一个教育的机会，毕业生的图阿坎艺术学校几乎错过了。

“My counselor and my family encouraged me to apply, which I'm very thankful for because I only learned about the scholarship the day before it was due,” Beddow said. “If it wasn’t for them, I would have probably not done it because of lack of time.”

In her application video, Beddow spoke about her mom’s role in her life.

“My mother had me at 16. I talked about how this influenced my life and how, in turn, college and education are very important to me,” she said.

几周后，贝多收到一封电子邮件，表示爵士想进一步采访她。 当她看到打电话的人正坐在健身房时，任何与面试过程中坐着有关的压力很快就变成了困惑。

It was Jazz forward Royce O’Neale calling to let her know she had received the scholarship.

“I was just in shock, almost in a state of disbelief,” Beddow said. “After the call was over and it finally sunk in, I felt a sense of relief, like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. When I told my family they were over the moon excited and really proud of me.”

在这个过程中，球队获得了一位新粉丝。

“I didn’t know much about basketball prior to the scholarship, but, after, I watched them all the way to the playoff games against the Clippers,” she said. “I will always be their number one fan!”

阅读所有四个WSU犹他爵士奖学金获得者。