The NCAA has announced the recipients of the 2008-09 Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarships for Careers in Athletics.

The NCAA annually awards 13 scholarships to ethnic minorities and 13 scholarships to female college graduates who will be entering their initial year of postgraduate studies. Recipients must be seeking admission or have been accepted into a sports administration or related program that will help them obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics.

The scholarship programs were developed by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee with the goal of increasing the pool of and opportunities for qualified minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics.

For more information about the Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarships for Careers in Athletics, click on the Diversity and Inclusion link under the About the NCAA tab at www.ncaa.org.

Ethnic Minority Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship awardees

Lacee Carmon, Rice

Bryan Collier, Virginia Tech

Riana Czapla, Brockport State

Kelly Gonzalez, Guilford

Danetta Gutierrez, UC Santa Barbara

Chelsea Joslin, Ozarks (Arkansas)

Jaimie McFarlin, Washington U. in St. Louis

Rodolfo Mondragon, UC Irvine

Theodius, Oates, South Carolina-Aiken

Marco Pineda, Gonzaga

McKenzie Price, Oklahoma State

Sasha Sullivan, Denver

Brittney Vaughn, Arkansas

Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship awardees

Julie Abaray, Missouri

Lauren Askey, Lynchburg

Jillian Austin, Loyola Marymount

Amanda Friedline, Hope

Carolyn Hrusovsky, Bowling Green

Katie McKee, Redlands

Jennifer Myhre, Messiah

Rebekah Porter, New Hampshire

Natalie Schembra, Coker

Christin Shibley, San Diego State

Krystal Stein, Southern Illinois

Ashley Thomas, LSU

Rachel Zollner, Metropolitan State