The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $6,900 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in winter sports, which include men's and women's basketball, fencing, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, rifle, skiing, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field, and wrestling.

The winter-sports honorees are the second of three groups of NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients. The Association awarded 58 scholarships (29 to men and 29 to women) who participated in fall sports, and will award the same number later this year to spring-sports participants. In all, the Association awards 174 postgraduate scholarships annually.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (4.000 scale) or its equivalent and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

Nomination forms are sent to faculty athletics representatives for fall sports in September, for winter sports in late November and for spring sports in February. Also, applications can be completed online. Selections are made three times each academic year. The application must be submitted during the appropriate seasonal category for the sport. Candidates are screened by seven regional selection committees and the winners are selected by the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.

Following is the list of 2002-03 postgraduate scholarship recipients for winter sports.

Women

Kristine Austgulen, Virginia Commonwealth, basketball, political science; Allison Beckford, Rice, indoor track and field, kinesiology; Elia Burrill, Air Force, fencing, management; Jenna Burtch, Clemson, swimming and diving, psychology; Kelli Dudley, Truman, swimming and diving, exercise science; Alice Duesing, Lake Superior State, basketball, mechanical engineering; Lauren Friend, Sweet Briar, swimming and diving, history/international affairs; Amy Fries, Nebraska Wesleyan, indoor track and field, psychology; Janessa Grieco, Michigan, gymnastics, movement science; Sarah Henderson, Drury, swimming and diving, accounting; Elizabeth Hug, Truman, swimming and diving, nursing; Kara Koppel, Coastal Carolina, indoor track and field, psychology; Theresa Kulikowski, Utah, gymnastics, psychology; Myra Lederman, Emory, swimming and diving, international studies; Rebecca Moen, North Dakota, basketball, physical education; Amanda Mularz, Rice, swimming and diving, anthropology; Kristin Parker, UCLA, gymnastics, psychology; Katherine Reis, DePauw, swimming and diving, sociology; Laura Rosenberger, Eastern Mennonite, indoor track and field, biology; Ashley Rowatt, Kenyon, swimming and diving, molecular biology; Megan Selmon, Trinity (Texas), basketball, international studies; Erin Sims, Texas, indoor track and field, art history; Brandi Smith, Texas Woman's, gymnastics, kinesiology; Kristine Sterner, Alabama, gymnastics, biology; Anna Karin Strandberg, New Mexico, skiing, pre-forestry; Jill Turner, Virginia Tech, swimming and diving, marketing; Christina Vouriotis, Messiah, basketball, sociology; Lisa Wanberg, Southern Methodist, swimming and diving, psychology; Leonandra Willis, UCLA, gymnastics, psychology.

Men

Shilo Ayalon, Georgia Tech, swimming and diving, electrical engineering; Kevin Bartow, Maryville (Missouri), basketball, biology; Matthew Bonner, Florida, basketball, business administration; Jason Brown, Carleton, swimming and diving, computer science; Tyler Bryant, South Dakota State, wrestling, biology; Matthew Davie, UC Davis, swimming and diving, civil engineering; John Dayton, Air Force, swimming and diving, aero engineering; Matthew Emmons, Alaska Fairbanks, rifle, accounting; Eamonn Gardner, Colorado Mines, indoor track and field, mechanical engineering; Jesse Harris, Simpson, basketball, history/political science; David Hiller, Emory, swimming and diving, psychology; Stephen Kareha, Gettysburg, wrestling, health/exercise science; Daniel Kiepfer, Kenyon, swimming and diving, economics; Jeffrey Klug, Emory, swimming and diving, economics/psychology; David Lofthus, Johns Hopkins, swimming and diving, biology; Brooks Masterson, Colorado Mines, swimming and diving, electrical engineering; Stephen Mohr, North Carolina, swimming and diving, business administration/economics; Aaron Monseau, West Liberty State, wrestling, chemistry/biology; John Morf, St. Olaf, wrestling, English/theatre; Luke Oeding, Franklin & Marshall, indoor track and field, mathematics/physics; Jose Palacios, Penn State, gymnastics, aerospace engineering; Lance Parker, Appalachian State, indoor track and field, banking/finance; Martin Schierhorn, Penn State, swimming and diving, chemistry; Robert Simpson, Tennessee, swimming and diving, marketing; Ryan Sneed, Nebraska, gymnastics, mechanical engineering; Knut Sommerfeldt, Missouri, indoor track and field, music/communication; Andrew Vogel, Messiah, wrestling, electrical engineering; John Waters, Stanford, swimming and diving, history; James Westcott, Stanford, swimming and diving, science.