July 21, 2009
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Commissioner Larry Scott has announced the 39 outstanding Pac-10 student-athletes who have been named recipients of Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarships for 2008-09. These $3,000 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.
The 39 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. The Oroweat "Healthy Minds" scholarship program is in it third year, being initiated 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.
2008-09 PAC-10 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
| Insititution |
Winner |
Sport |
| Arizona |
Craig Sheedy
Shelly Splittberger
Danielle Steinberg
Xiong Xeuhan |
men's diving
women's cross country
women's tennis
men's track & field |
| Arizona State |
Thomas Bellama
Sybil Dosty
Anthony Reyes
Sarah Stevens |
men's tennis
women's basketball
football
women's track & field |
| California |
Kyle Brady
Aditya (George) Gandranata
Rachel Moffitt
Brook Turner |
men's gymnastics
men's golf
field hockey
w cross country/track & field |
| Oregon |
Darcie Gardner
Zoe Nelson
Nick Reed
Scott Wall |
women's soccer
women's track & field
football
men's track & field |
| Oregon State |
Ryan Callahan
Jane Ivey
D'Anna Piro
Alex Williams |
men's soccer
women's rowing
women's gymnastics
men's golf |
| Stanford |
Nate Cass
Alicia Follmar
Nicole Ourada
Brandon Williams |
men's swimming
w cross country/track & field
women's gymnastics
men's volleyball |
| UCLA |
Elizabeth Lumpkin
Jade Machado
Drew Shackleton
Kyle Shackleton |
women's tennis
women's volleyball
men's cross country/track & field
men's cross country/track & field |
| USC |
Desmond Hamilton
Katy Houston
Kazu Miyahara
Stacey Strong |
men's track & field
women's swimming
men's swimming
women's soccer |
| Washington |
Robert Lukevich
Amanda Miller
Rachel Powers
Scott Spansail |
football
w cross country/track & field
women's rowing
men's swimming |
| Washington State |
Elyse Peterson
Drew Polley
Sara Trané |
women's swimming
men's cross country/track & field
w cross country/track & field |
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