June 12, 2008
UCLA seniors Chris Joseph (Football), Lindsey Pluimer (Women's Basketball), Austin Ramos (Men's Cross Country/Track & Field) and Meghan Schoen (Women's Volleyball) 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," Pac-10 Commissioner Thomas C. 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
Zsuzsanna 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
Matthew Van't Hof, men's tennis
Michelle Sanford, women's track & field
Washington
Ashley Aratani, women's volleyball
Jennifer Chang, women's gymnastics
Andreas Kuharszky, men's tennis
Carl Moe, men's cross country/track & field
Washington State
Brooke Bemis, women's soccer
Ekaterina Burduli, women's tennis
Steven Kost, baseball
Jayson Miller, baseball
