The NCAA has awarded 32 postgraduate scholarships -- 16 through the women's enhancement program and 16 through the ethnic minority enhancement program. Six Division III-specific scholarships also were awarded.

The Association also has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $6,900 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in fall sports, which include men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo.

Enhancement scholarships

The enhancement scholarships are designed to create better opportunities for women and ethnic minorities in coaching, athletics administration, officiating and athletics support services.

The recipients are women and ethnic minorities who have completed an undergraduate degree and are seeking admission or have been accepted into an NCAA member institution's sports administration or related program that will assist the applicant in obtaining a career in athletics. The one-time award is valued at $6,000.

Applicants must be entering their first semester or term of postgraduate studies and must have performed with distinction as student-body members at their respective undergraduate institutions. The applicants' involvement in extracurricular activities, course work, commitment to the pursuit of a career in intercollegiate athletics and promise for success in such a career are also factors in the selection process.

Postgraduate scholarships

The NCAA annually awards postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically, and who are in their last year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

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 also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

Also, 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.

In addition to the fall sport honorees, the NCAA awards 116 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes participating in winter and spring sports in which the NCAA conducts championships, for a total of 174 postgraduate scholarships annually.

Enhancement program scholarship recipients

Women's enhancement program

Jill Beyer, St. Benedict; Frances Bridger, East Carolina; Sarah Forbus, Denison; Laura Gustorf, Loyola Marymount; Elizabeth Hoffman, Mississippi; Stephanie Metcalf, Weber State; Stephanie Sampson, Long Beach State; Kelley Sims, Otterbein; Elizabeth Taimi, Puget Sound; Malaika Underwood, North Carolina; Jennifer Weller, Elmhurts; Katie Willet, Providence; Megan Woodruff, Wilmington (Ohio).

Division III recipients

Kelley Henry, Springfield; Vanessa Jeffrey, Clarkson; Tyree Charity, Bridgewater (Virginia).

Ethnic minority enhancement program

Stanley Arnold, Bowie State; Tekeisha Bowman, Georgia; Ronald Brewer, North Carolina; Amanda Davis, Elon; Aketa Emptage, Wake Forest; Tiffani Humphrey, Kentucky State; David Lance, Marquette; Alyssa Leffall, Texas A&M; Veronica Rivera, Santa Clara; Shannon Selmon, Oklahoma; Carlos Vega, Kenyon; Jason Washington, Southwest Texas State; Charece Williams, North Carolina State.

Division III recipients

Kenneth Barton, Greensboro; Melody Dark, Methodist; Corey Jefferson, Millikin.

Postgraduate scholarship recipients

Women

Marret Arfsten, Wellesley, field hockey, political science; Susan Barth, Marquette, cross country, exercise science/physical therapy; Paige Benjamin, Washington, volleyball, accounting; Sarah Buchrucker, Southwest Texas State, soccer, recreational administration; Catherine Cahill, North Dakota, volleyball, chemistry; Kristin Dettman, Wisconsin-Whitewater, volleyball, accounting; Alessandra Domingos, South Florida, volleyball, international studies/business; Miranda Ernst, Northern Colorado, cross country, kinesiology; Julia Girman, Gettysburg, soccer, health and exercise science/biology; Teale Goble, Northern Colorado, volleyball, finance; Amy Gruszynski, Northwood, volleyball, management information systems; Maren Harper, Utah, soccer, political science; Kimberly Hartman, Kalamazoo, soccer, health science/psychology; Jessie Kindschi, Brigham Young, cross country, biology/zoology; Katie Krone, Westminster (Pennsylvania), soccer, chemistry; Katharina Lindner, Hartford, soccer, communication/psychology; Mary Mayes, Southwestern (Texas), cross country, kinesiology; Jennifer Miller, Ohio State, soccer, mechanical engineering; Mindy Nace, Elizabethtown, field hockey, biology; Lisa Nowoslawski, Alabama-Birmingham, soccer, biology; Carly O'Halloran, Cal Poly, volleyball, liberal studies; Jennifer Payne, Stony Brook, cross country, biology; Laura Pilakowski, Nebraska, volleyball, marketing; Cynthia Rail, UC Davis, soccer, clinical nutrition; Adrien Ricci, Elmhurst, cross country, business administration; Anne Schenck, Emory, soccer, psychology; Audrey Sung, UC San Diego, cross country, biochemistry/cell biology; Malaika Underwood, North Carolina, volleyball, international studies; Melissa White, GeneseoState, cross country, business administration.

Men

Todd Baldwin, Augustana College (Illinois), football, business administration; Jacob Barkley, St. Thomas (Minnesota), football, business administration; Keith Battocchi, MIT, football, math/electrical engineering; Kristopher Chiles, UC San Diego, soccer, molecular biology; Matthew Crawford, North Carolina, , soccer, biology; Daniel Dyke, Georgia Tech, football, electrical engineering; Kyle Eaton, Oklahoma State, football, management information systems; Nicholas Ellis, Stanford, water polo, science/technology/society; Noel Giebink, Trinity (Texas), soccer, engineering science; Taylor Graham, Stanford, soccer, international relations; Hunter Hillenmeyer, Vanderbilt, football, human and organizational development; Andrew Hilliard, St. Thomas (Minnesota), football, math/secondary education; Joseph Iorio, Penn State, football, information science and technology; Ryan Johnson, Montana State, football, pre-physical therapy; Mark Kasmer, Dayton, football, computer engineering; Luke Klinker, Nebraska Wesleyan, football, English/history; Kelby Klosterman, North Dakota, football, physical education/
exercise science; Jeffrey Kovar, Loyola Marymount, soccer, biology; Clifford Mason, Gettysburg, football, health and exercise science; John Melillo, Washington and Lee, football, English; Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, cross country, agricultural business; Ryan Rummery, Oneonta State, soccer, business economics; Matthew Spector, Quincy, soccer, biology/chemistry/math; Jonathan Stinchcomb, Georgia, football, microbiology; Trevor Svoboda, Nebraska Wesleyan, soccer, economics; Benjamin Tuck, Sewanee (University of the South), football, Latin; Christopher Tuminello, Toledo, football, civil engineering; David Vassilaros, Muhlenberg, soccer, economics; Benjamin Whitacre, Towson, football, electronic media and film.