The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated. An equitable approach is employed in reviewing each applicant's nomination form to provide opportunity to all student-athlete nominees to receive the postgraduate award, regardless of sport, division, gender or race. In maintaining the highest broad-based standards in the selection process, the program aims to reward those individuals whose dedication and effort are reflective of those characteristics necessary to succeed and thrive through postgraduate study in an accredited graduate degree program.
Northern Kentucky University's NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award Recipients
| 1998-99 |
|
| Shannon Smith |
Women's Basketball |
| 1999-2000 |
|
| Kevin Listerman |
Men's Basketball |
| 2000-01 |
|
| Eva Broeg |
Women's Soccer |
| Malissa Stevenson |
Women's Soccer |
| 2001-02 |
|
| Michelle Cottrell |
Women's Basketball |
| 2004-05 |
|
| Kristin Koralewski |
Volleyball |
| Kim Keyer-Scott |
Women's Golf |
| Stephanie Leimbach |
Softball |
| 2005-06 |
|
| Kristen Votapek |
Women's Soccer |
| Ricki Rothbauer |
Softbal |
| 2007-08 |
|
| Liz Holmes |
Volleyball |
| 2009-10 |
|
| Evan McDole |
Baseball |
