2007-08 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners Announced :: Fourty student-athletes have been recognized.

June 12, 2008

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Commissioner Thomas C. Hansen has announced the 40 outstanding Pac-10 student-athletes who have been named recipients of Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarships for 2007-08. These $3000 awards go to student-athletes with a minimum 3.0 GPA who have also demonstrated a commitment to continuing education, campus and community involvement, and leadership. Since the program began in 1999, the Pac-10 has awarded over $1 million for postgraduate study.

"We congratulate the 2009 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship winners," Hansen said. "These exceptional young men and women have earned honors in athletics and academics to win these important awards. Their achievements are outstanding, and we salute them."

The 40 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship awardees become candidates for the Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Scholarship. The "Healthy Minds" scholarship provides $10,000 each to one male and one female student-athlete for postgraduate study. The winners are selected by a Pac-10 committee which includes institutional administrators and a student-athlete member of the Pac-10 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The scholarship winners will be announced in August. Katy Trotter of Stanford and Kal Clark of Arizona State were the inaugural winners of the Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Scholarships in 2007.

To be selected for a Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship, a student-athlete must:

Have an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 (based on a 4.00 scale) or its equivalent.

Be in his/her final season of intercollegiate athletics eligibility in all sports OR be in his/her final year of undergraduate studies, having exhausted athletics eligibility in all sports. The student-athlete will be evaluated on the basis of all academic work completed at time of selection.

Have performed with distinction as a member of a varsity team. The degree of the student-athlete's athletic achievement will be weighed at least equally with the degree of academic performance.

Intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time student in a graduate or professional program at an accredited institution, or in a postgraduate program for which an undergraduate degree is required for admission.

Have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.  

2007-08 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners

Arizona Jessica Arnold women's basketball Brandy Collins women's swimming Daniel Marshall men's track & field Lou Maturo men's track & field/cross country

Arizona State Lindsey Brown women's swimming Ryan Sontag baseball Jason Trulson wrestling Jackie Vasquez softball

California Susie Babos women's tennis Jernej Godec men's swimming Courtney Hooker women's soccer Justin Pollard men's swimming

Oregon Jennifer Derby women's lacrosse Joanna Gail softball Joey Lucas wrestling Michael McGrath men's track & field

Oregon State Kyle Bressler wrestling Lauren Denfeld women's cross country/track & field Yuki Lamb women's gymnastics Justin Wagner men's rowing

Stanford Peter Finlayson men's water polo Aimee Precourt women's gymnastics Josh Zupancic wrestling Jessica Zutz field hockey

UCLA Chris Joseph football Lindsey Pluimer women's basketball Austin Ramos men's cross country/track & field Meghan Schoen women's volleyball

USC Emily Goetsch women's swimming Richard Gosper men's swimming M. Van't Hof men's tennis M. Sanford women's track & field

Washington Ashley Aratani women's volleyball Jennifer Chang women's gymnastics A. Kuharszky men's tennis Carl Moe men's cross country/track & field

Washington State Brooke Bemis women's soccer E. Burduli women's tennis Steven Kost baseball Jayson Miller baseball