Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Scholarship Program Overview
The Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Postgraduate Scholarship was established in 2006-07 by the Pac-10 Conference and Pac-10 corporate partner Oroweat to recognize one outstanding male and one outstanding female annually with a $10,000 grant for postgraduate study.
The "Healthy Minds" winners are selected from among the group of 40 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship recipients, comprised of two males and two females named annually by each Pac-10 institution. The selections are made by a Pac-10 committee which includes institutional administrators and faculty representatives, a student-athlete member of the Pac-10 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and a representative of Pac-10 Properties, the marketing arm of the Conference. The committee evaluates the candidates in four areas: academic achievement, athletics achievement, community service, and academic goals and aspirations.
Selections are made in July with the winners announced in early August.
The winners of the 2008-09 Oroweat "Healthy Minds" Scholarship were UCLA's Elizabeth Lumpkin and Aizona's Craig Sheedy. The winners of the inaugural award in 2006-07 were Kal Clark of Arizona State and Katy Trotter of Stanford. California's Jernej Godec and Oregon State's Yuki Lamb were winners in 2007-08.
 ELIZABETH LUMPKIN, UCLA
Lumpkin, a native of Naperville, Ill., was a singles and doubles player for the Bruins. Her semifinal singles-match victory at the 2008 NCAA Championships helped UCLA capture the national crown and wrapped up her collegiate career. That same year, she went 24-1 in singles, was undefeated at the No. 4 (4-0) and No. 5 (15-0) positions. She was a Pac-10 Player of the Week on Feb. 25, 2008, after defeating three ranked players from three teams ranked in the top 15 in the nation. A team captain as a senior, she ranked in the top 100 in the nation individually, and No. 55 in doubles, in her final season at UCLA.
Outside of sport, Lumpkin has complimented her studies in communications and political science with a variety of activities, including volunteering at the Mattel Children's hospital and with Habitat for Humanity. She has participated in events geared toward youth, including "I'm Going to College Event," "Women in Sports Day" and "Marathon for Kids Celebration." She served on the Pac-10 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for two years and on the Bruin Athletic Council for three years, earning leadership honors such as the Arthur Ashe Leadership Award for West Region and the Cissy Leary Sportsmanship Award for West Region.
Lumpkin was recently selected one of 30 UCLA students to participate in the Center for American Politics and Public Policy Program in Washington, D.C., where she interns at CBS News and conducts original research for the "Evening News" television magazine.. |
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 CRAIG SHEEDY, ARIZONA
A team co-captain in 2008-09, Sheedy heads to medical school in the fall at Vanderbilt University. A diver from Tempe, Ariz., Sheedy helped Arizona capture the 2008 NCAA swimming and diving championship and helped the team place third in 2007. That year, he was a semifinalist at the USA Diving National Championships, finishing 18th on the platform overall.
In his senior year, Sheedy was the male recipient of the NCAA's Waler Byers Scholarship, presented to one male and one female student-athlete a year. He was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team, as well.
Sheedy received numerous academic accolades during his time in Tucson. He was a C.A.T.S. Academics Valedictorian, and was the C.A.T.S. Academics and Life Skills Student-Athlete of the Year in 2009. He was selected the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Outstanding Senior in the Fall of 2008, also becoming the department's Valedictorian. Sheedy was a Phi Beta Kappa in 2007, and received an award for scientific research in the biomedical fields in 2007, as well.
Sheedy was a peer tutor while at Arizona, and also volunteered at the Tucson Medical Center Pediatrics. He served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, was a biochemistry research assistant, participated in the undergraduate biology research program and earned the Wildcats' community service award for accumulating the most volunteer hours.
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2008-09 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners
Arizona
Craig Sheedy men's diving
Shelly Splittberger women's cross country
Danielle Steinberg women's tennis
Xiong Xeuhan men's track & field
Arizona State
Thomas Bellama men's tennis
Sybil Dosty women's basketball
Anthony Reyes football
Sarah Stevens women's track & field
California
Kyle Brady men's gymnastics
Aditya (George) Gandranata men's golf
Rachel Moffitt field hockey
Brook Turner w cross country/track & field
Oregon
Darcie Gardner women's soccer
Zoe Nelson women's track & field
Nick Reed football
Scott Wall men's track & field
Oregon State
Ryan Callahan men's soccer
Jane Ivey women's rowing
D'Anna Piro women's gymnastics
Alex Williams men's golf
Stanford
Nate Cass men's swimming
Alicia Follmar w cross country/track & field
Nicole Ourada women's gymnastics
Brandon Williams men's volleyball
UCLA
Elizabeth Lumpkin women's tennis
Jade Machado women's volleyball
Drew Shackleton men's cross country/track & field
Kyle Shackleton men's cross country/track & field
USC
Desmond Hamilton men's track & field
Katy Houston women's swimming
Kazu Miyahara men's swimming
Stacey Strong women's soccer
Washington
Robert Lukevich football
Amanda Miller w cross country/track & field
Rachel Powers women's rowing
Scott Spansail men's swimming
Washington State
Elyse Peterson women's swimming
Drew Polley men's cross country/track & field
Sara Trané w cross country/track & field
2007-08 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients OROWEAT "HEALTHY MINDS" SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: Jernej Godec, CAL; Yuki Lamb, OSU
ARIZONA: Jessica Arnold, Brandy Collins, Daniel Marshall, Lou Maturo
ARIZONA STATE: Lindsey Brown, Ryan Sontag, Jason Trulson, Jackie Vasquez
CALIFORNIA: Zsuzsanna Babos, Jernej Godec, Courtney Hooker, Justin Pollard
OREGON: Jennifer Derby, Joanna Gail, Joey Lucas, Michael McGrath
OREGON STATE: Kyle Bressler, Lauren Denfeld, Yuki Lamb, Justin Wagner
STANFORD: Peter Finlayson, Aimee Precourt, Josh Zupancic, Jessica Zutz
UCLA: Christopher Joseph, Lindsey Pluimer, Austin Ramos, Meghan Schoen
USC: Emily Goetsch, Richard Gosper, Matthew Van't Hof, Michelle Sanford
WASHINGTON: Ashley Aratani, Jennifer Chang, Andreas Kuharszky, Carl Moe
WASHINGTON STATE: Brooke Bemis, Ekaterina Burduli, Steven Kost, Jayson Miller
2006-07 Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients OROWEAT "HEALTHY MINDS" SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: Kal Clark, ASU; Katy Trotter, STAN
ARIZONA: Adam Ritter, Holly Kast, Kathryn Elofson
ARIZONA STATE: Jesse Ainsworth, Kal Clark, Cassidy Farwell, Heidi Knabe
CALIFORNIA: Alex Pribble, Daniel Sebescen, Erin Reilly, Elyse Wong
OREGON: Drew Larson, Eric Hastings, Suzie Barnes, Kristen Bitter
OREGON STATE: Bobby Pfennigs, Jeremy Larsen, Melissa Onstad, Neoma Palmer
STANFORD: Mike Silva, Donny Simkin, Cassidy Krug, Katy Trotter
UCLA: Eric Chaghouri, Emily Feher, Alexandra McGoodwin, Jackie Nguyen
USC: J.J. Owens, Pavol Valovic, Kinga Marciszewska, Lindsay Parker
WASHINGTON: Martin Bingisser, Jon Hickey, Asiha Grigsby, Cameo Hicks
WASHINGTON STATE: Lindsay Backhouse, Kaylee Gardner
