USTFCCCA News & Notes
NCAA Post-Grad Scholarships Awarded to Track & Field Student-Athletes
The NCAA’s 2013 spring sports postgraduate scholarship winners have been announced, with 13 male and nine female outdoor track & field student-athletes from all three divisions each receiving $7,500 to pursue post-graduate studies.
The track & field recipients are part of a larger class of 29 men and 29 women from all NCAA spring sports, and a total of 174 between men and women when including fall and winter sports.
Per the NCAA, to qualify student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, be in their final year of eligibility and plan to pursue graduate study. A 3.2 grade point average and a nomination by their institution’s faculty athletics representative are also requirements to be eligible for the award.
The scholarship has been awarded since 1964.
A full list of winners can be found below.
Women |
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| Name | Institution |
| Leslie Brost | North Dakota State |
| Brigid Byrne | Navy |
| Emily Canales | Redlands |
| Elizabeth Evans | Rose-Hulman |
| Constance Ezugha | Arizona State |
| Kathryn Gross | Seattle Pacific |
| Sally Hansen | Utah Valley |
| Sarah Jones | Augustana (Ill.) |
| Alexis Paine | Alabama |
Men |
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| Name | Institution |
| Brett Austin | Western Kentucky |
| Bjorn Barrefors | Nebraska |
| Lucas Cherry | SIU-Carbondale |
| Benjamin Depo | Plattsburgh State |
| Brian Himelright | N.C. State |
| Max Lang | Florida |
| Matthew Martin | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Robert Page | Boston University |
| Demetrios Pagonis | Davidson |
| Gregory Patton | Augustana (Ill.) |
| Parker Petty | Abilene Christian |
| Matthias Treff | Virginia Tech |
| Dawson Vorderbreugge | Cal State Stanislaus |
