COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 1. ALFRED MANSOUR, a senior swimmer for the 11th-ranked Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team this past season, was selected as one of 13 Big 12 Conference scholar-athletes to receive a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship, the league office announced.<\/p>\n
Mansour, a native of Alexandria, La., was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team four years in a row and in 2000 was named to the GTE Academic All-District first team and the GTE Academic All-America third team.<\/p>\n
The biomedical science major will attend medical school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Mansour made his third appearance at the 2001 NCAA Championships this spring, earning his sixth and seventh all-America honors as a member of the 11th
\nplace, record-setting 800 freestyle relay team and by qualifying the 200 free relay for finals.<\/p>\n
The conference created the annual scholarship awards for male and female athletes who show excellence in the classroom as well as in their respective sports.<\/p>\n
A committee of three faculty representatives, one senior women's administrator and one director of athletics form the selection committee for the prestigious awards. Criteria for these awards include a cumulative grade point averate of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the scholar-athlete's respective institution, and completion of athletics' eligibility. The scholar-athletes also must graduate from their respective member institutions within 15
\nmonths of their selection as postgraduate scholarship recipients and are expected to enroll in graduate\/ professional schools within two years after they graduate.<\/p>\n
Previous Aggies to have earned the postgraduate scholarship were Kera Alexander (basketball), Mark Naftanel (diving) and Jennifer Guillory (swimming).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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