INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 7. THE NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in winter sports, which included women's archery, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, women's squash, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's synchronized swimming, women's team handball, men's and women's indoor track and field, and wrestling.<\/p>\n
Swimmers dominated the list with a total of 24 postgrad scholarships.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The winning swimmers are:<\/p>\n
Women
\nName\t\tInstitution\tDivision\tMajor
\nCassandra Baur\tCalifornia State University, Bakersfield\tII\tEnglish
\nDenise Bogard\tUniversity of California, San Diego\tII\tChemical engineering
\nKristen Connor\tUniversity of Florida\tI\tWildlife ecology
\nMegan Grunert\tUniversity of Indianapolis\tII\tBiology; chemistry; Spanish
\nJulie Hardt\tUniversity of Georgia\tI\tExercise and sport science
\nKayla Heising\tCollege of Wooster\tIII\tMathematics
\nTara Kirk\tStanford University\tI\tHuman biology
\nGeorgina Lee\tSouthern Methodist University\tI\tEconomics
\nKristen Lewis\tUniversity of California, Los Angeles\tI\tHistory
\nSarah Marshall\tUniversity of the Pacific (California)\tI\tBiology
\nCarolyne Savini\tUniversity of Pittsburgh\tI\tCommunications and rhetoric
\nTracy Shessler\tEmory University\tIII\tSociology
\nBritta Veitenheimer\tCarleton College\tIII\tChemistry<\/p>\n
Men
\nName\t\tInstitution\tDivision\tMajor
\nGeorge Bruce\tStanford University\tI\tManagement science; engineering
\nBrian Castagna\tBentley College\tII\tComputer information systems
\nRyan Costella\tVillanova University\tI\tPolitical science; English
\nMarc Courtney-Brooks\tKenyon College\tIII\tEconomics (honors)
\nCaesar Garcia\tAuburn University\tI\tMechanical engineering
\nRichard Kinnett\tEmory University\tIII\tChemistry
\nRonald Mittel\tUniversity of Louisville\tI\tbiology
\nAdam Morgan\tTexas A&M University\tI\tManagement information systems
\nJack Pennuto\tUniversity of Missouri, Rolla\tI\tMechanical engineering
\nEric Ritter\tWashington and Lee University\tIII\tClassics; biology
\nScott Schultz\tUniversity of Florida\tI\tZoology
\nScott Whitbeck\tKalamazoo College\tIII\tEconomics; business administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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