The 100 Club honors outstanding officers and firefighters in our 18 county coverage area at our Annual Heroes Awards program that is held in May of each year.

Any law enforcement officer may be nominated for a 100 Club Officer of the Year Award by any law enforcement officer in our coverage area.

Nominations for officers may be made for the following award categories:
(1) Officer of the Year
(2) Rookie of the Year and
(3) Lifetime Achievement.

Any firefighter may be nominated for a 100 Club Firefighter of the Year Award by any firefighter in our coverage area.

Nominations for firefighters may be made for the following award categories:
(1) Firefighter of the Year
(2) Rookie of the Year and
(3) Lifetime Achievement.

Nominations must be submitted on a nomination form, which may be obtained by clinking on the link shown or from the agency chief’s office or by contacting The 100 Club.

Nominations may be made for exceptional achievement in any police or firefighting endeavor. Including, but not limited to, extraordinary valor, crime prevention, investigative activity, community relations, juvenile programs, drug prevention and control, training programs, traffic safety and innovative approaches to public service.

Nominations for the award will be accepted in The 100 Club office from January 1 through December 31 of each year. The deadline for submitting nominations is December 15 of each year. However, any event for nomination, which occurs between December 16 and December 31, can be submitted to The 100 club office by December 31. After nominations are forwarded to the 100 Club Office 5555 San Felipe St Ste 520, Houston, Texas 77056-2733, the Law Enforcement Selection Committee composed of officers from throughout The 100 Club coverage area and the Firefighter Selection Committee composed of firefighters throughout The 100 Club coverage area, will begin the selection process. Their work will be completed no later than February 1 of each year and agency heads will be notified of the results. Award recipients will be honored at the Annual Heroes Awards program in May of each year. Each agency will be notified, in writing, with regard to the specifics of the Annual Heroes Awards Program such as the date, location, etc…

Each Officer Award Recipient is presented with the following awards:

• Jade glass plaque
• Lapel pins designated "Officer of the Year" Award.
• Sig Sauer .40 model 229 semi-automatic commemorative 100 Club pistol with the officer's name engraved on the action, custom wooden grips and presented in a beautiful oak display case.

Each Firefighter Award Recipient is presented with the following awards

• Jade glass engraved Firefighter’s Ax
• Lapel pins designated "Firefighter of the Year" Award.
• Cairns Firefighter Presentation Helmet

Attendance at the Annual Heroes Awards Program is by ticket only. Tickets are for Award Recipients, their guests, agency heads, 100 Club members, and Directors of The 100 Club.

Effective, June 8, 2010, The 100 Club provides scholarships to full-time peace officers for undergraduate and graduate degrees. These scholarships are available only to officers employed by State, County and municipal law enforcement agencies in Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, and Washington counties. Unfortunately, Federal Law enforcement officers are not eligible for these scholarships because of the incidence of transfer out of The 100 Club coverage area. The 100 Club has a limited number of scholarships available at each of our Scholarship Universities. The Universities will choose the best qualified applicants to fill each of those scholarships.

THERE ARE NO 100 CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS OR FOR LAW SCHOOLS.

A. Undergraduate Scholarships

The undergraduate scholarship program is available for degrees in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, Prairie View A&M University, and the University of Houston Downtown College. Officers need to have 60 hours of college work completed at  minimum of a 2.5 grade point average that will transfer to the above-mentioned schools before applying for 100 Club scholarship assistance. If the academic requirements are satisfied, officers need to request, in writing, permission from their chief executive officer to apply for a 100 Club scholarship.

Upon written approval from the CEO, the officer should contact The 100 Club academic coordinator at the college you wish to attend. The coordinator will assist the officer with the academic and administrative requirements for admission to that college.  The coordinators are:

Sam Houston State University – Debra McCall Richardson Email: ICC_DKM@shsu.edu - Telephone: (936) 294-1634

Prairie View A&M University – Dr. Charles Bailey - Email: chbailey@pvamu.edu - Telephone: (936) 261-5227

University of Houston Downtown – Ana Esparza - Email: esparzaa@uhd.edu - Telephone: (713) 226-5202

All scholarship recipients are selected by the University that is applied to by the applicant.

Upon successful completion of the academic and administrative requirements of the chosen college, applicants will be notified of their acceptance by the University they have chosen.

Upon receipt of the approval letter, applicants may register for classes at their chosen college. The 100 Club pays for tuition, books and related fees. It is required that each scholarship recipient take a minimum of 6 semester hours during each long semester and maintain a minimum of 2.5 grade point average each semester. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in loss of scholarship funding. Applicants are not required to re-apply for assistance for each following semesters funding. Funding is automatically provided if academic requirements are satisfied.

B. Graduate Degrees

The 100 Club offers 3 graduate degrees; a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University and The University of Houston Downtown (open for full time officers who currently hold the rank of Sergeant or above) and a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Houston (Central Campus) which is open to senior police managers (the CEO of each agency determines who is a senior police manager).

Applicants for a graduate degree scholarship need to first obtain a written letter from their agency CEO giving them permission to apply for a 100 Club graduate scholarship. Upon receipt of the approval from the agency CEO applicants should contact the coordinator at the university selected for attendance. The coordinator will help the applicant with the necessary academic and administrative requirements for admission.  The coordinator’s are:

Sam Houston State University – Debra McCall Richardson - Email: ICC_DKM@shsu.edu - Telephone: (936) 294-1634

University of Houston Downtown –Ana Esparza - Email: esparzaa@uhd.edu - Telephone: (713) 226-5202

University of Houston Central Campus - MBA - Justin Sneed - Email: jsneed@bauer.uh.edu - Telephone: (713) 743-6706

Graduate school scholarships cover tuition, books and related fees. Graduate scholarship students are required to maintain a 3.0 grade points average for continuation of the scholarship. Scholarship Recipients for the Graduate Degree are selected by each University.

The 100 Club will allow up to 12 hours of on-line course work, to be determined by the University, for students enrolled in The 100 Club MS in Criminal Justice Management scholarship program. Our Board of Directors believes that class attendance, peer interaction as well as interaction between students and faculty are important parts of this educational process.

C. New Scholarship Recipients

All new scholarship recipients are required to attend a Annual Scholars’ reception with the 100 Club Board of Directors and representatives of our Scholarship Universities at a date and time to be determined by The 100 Club.

The Annual 100 Club Fishing Tournament which was normally held in September of each year will no longer be held, due to an extremely low number of entrants.