NCAA Awards Swimmers Twenty-One Postgrad Awards

Twenty-one swimmers claimed NCAA postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each.  The awards were made to student -athletes who participated in winter sports, which included men's and women's basketball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s ice hockey, women’s rifle, men’s skiing, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and wrestling.  The twenty selections were up one from last season, but short of the twenty-nine selections in 2007.

The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The Association awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women.

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association’s most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports.

Women's Selections	Men's Selections
Jennifer Basel    SMU     Elizabeth Carlton    Kenyon     Kristen Hohl    Denison     Christine Magnuson    Tennessee     Tracy Menzel    Kenyon     Rachel Regone    Clemson     Jennifer Shaughnessy    Minnesota     Theresa Simcic    Shippensburg     Sara Smith    Virginia Tech	Harrison Brown    Emory     Paul Crook    Washington and Lee     Robert Dekker    Kalamazoo     Keith Diggs    Emory     Jason Dunford    Stanford     Kevin Greer    Alabama     Paul Hogan    New York U.     Kyle Holliday    Ohio Wesleyan     John Kegelman    Johns Hopkins     Ted Marschall    Carleton     David Pearson    Gustavus Adolphus     Bryan Pelka    Carthage     Craig Sheedy    Arizona

Over the past decade, Division III schools have brought home the largest number of awards.  Emory (21), Kenyon (14), and Denison (11) lead the way with Stanford (11), Southern Methodist (9) and Georgia (9) leaders among Division I programs.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent, and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated.  The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.  The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.