Track & Field Athletes Dominate NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program Recipients

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The NCAA has awarded $10,000 to 42 extraordinary student-athletes as part of its Postgraduate Scholarship program. These student-athletes, representing spring sports across all three NCAA divisions, have demonstrated remarkable academic achievements, athletic excellence and leadership within their communities.

Twelve of those individuals competed in outdoor track & field.

Each year, the NCAA awards 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who have completed their final year of athletics competition. The scholarships are distributed three times annually — in the fall, winter and spring — providing 21 scholarships each to men and women per season. The award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship aimed at funding graduate study at an accredited institution.

Established in 1964, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program promotes and encourages graduate education by recognizing the Association’s most accomplished student-athletes. The program evaluates candidates on their athletic and academic achievements, campus involvement, community service and leadership. An equitable selection process ensures that all nominees, regardless of sport, division, gender or race, are considered fairly.

2024-25 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Spring Awardees

Men’s Awardees

Pablo Alemany Malea, Memphis, tennis
Drake Ballard, Purdue Northwest, baseball
Petar Basic Palkovic, Wingate, tennis
Jamie Butler, Toledo, golf
Morgan Conner, Nebraska Wesleyan, outdoor track and field
Mason Cox, Martin Luther, baseball
Braeden Duncan, Aurora, golf
Reece Farrow, Adelphi, tennis
Leo Freeland, Wingate, outdoor track and field
Patrick Herrera, Kentucky, baseball
Alan Jesudason, Tennessee, tennis
Agustin Kalinowski, Hendrix, tennis
Bennett Markinson, Northwestern, baseball
Nick Melanese, Cal State San Marcos, outdoor track and field
Divgurjot Singh, Benedict, tennis
Ishaan Tibrewal, Grinnell, tennis
Florian Walcher, Wingate, tennis
Brandon Walker, Idaho State, outdoor track and field
Jeffrey “Kirk” Waller, University of Chicago, baseball
Hunter Wallster, South Dakota State, outdoor track and field
Spencer Watry, Emory, outdoor track and field
Women’s Awardees

Savanna Brooks, Wingate, softball
Megan Bunker, Regis (Colorado), lacrosse
Avery Decker, Nebraska Wesleyan, outdoor track and field
Liz Dierks, Augustana (South Dakota), softball
Ella Ford, Nebraska Wesleyan, tennis
Elizabeth Hennessey, Colby, lacrosse
Leandra Hogrefe, Ohio State, rowing
Anna Igims, Slippery Rock, outdoor track and field
Janaki Jagannathan, Wooster, tennis
Emma Kelley, Washington University in St. Louis, outdoor track and field
Kylee Loewe, Texas Tech, golf
Lucia Lopez Ortega, San Jose State, golf
Phoebe McCowan, Kentucky, outdoor track and field
Charlotte Newport, Augustana (Illinois), water polo
Lanie Nitsch, Texas, rowing
Michaela Pomatto, Stockton, outdoor track and field
Jenna Rogers, Nebraska, outdoor track and field
Darja Vidmanova, Georgia, tennis
Heidi Vortherms, West Texas A&M, softball
Jami Watson, East Central, softball
Angie Zhou, Pomona-Pitzer, tennis