The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in winter sports.

The winter sports from which scholarship recipients were selected were basketball, women's bowling, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, and wrestling. The selection pool also included participants in emerging women's sports (archery, squash, synchronized swimming and team handball).

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

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 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 in the fall. The forms also are available online and may 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 are the postgraduate scholarship recipients who competed in winter sports.

Men's recipients

Nicholas Branting, University of Nebraska at Kearney, basketball, biology; George Bruce, Stanford University, swimming and diving, management science/engineering; Brian Castagna, Bentley, swimming and diving, computer information systems; Ryan Costella, Villanova, swimming and diving, political science/English; Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon, swimming and diving, economics; Adam Davis, Rice, indoor track and field, economics; Michael Doros, Trinity (Connecticut), wrestling, engineering; Jason Edmonds, Missouri, indoor track and field, biology/classical studies; Jason Erikson, Montana State-Bozeman, basketball, computer science; Caesar Garcia, Auburn, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering; Shahar Golan, Assumption, basketball, international business; Adam Hess, William and Mary, basketball, finance; Matthew Hooley, Carleton, indoor track and field, English literature; Richard Kinnett, Emory, swimming and diving, chemistry; Adam Mark, Belmont, basketball, computer science; Ronald Mittel, Louisville, swimming and diving, biology; Adam Morgan, Texas A&M, swimming and diving, management information systems; Christopher Nehls, Emory, indoor track and field, economics; Tyler Nixt, Iowa, wrestling, accounting; Jed Pennell, Oregon State, wrestling, exercise and sports science; Jack Pennuto, Missouri-Rolla, swimming and diving, mechanical engineering; Michael Read, Colorado, skiing, finance; Eric Ritter, Washington and Lee, swimming and diving, classics/biology; Scott Schultz, Florida, swimming and diving, zoology; Andrew Sohn, Columbia, fencing, English; Brett Starkey, Denver, basketball, biology; Paul Taylor, Boston College, fencing, physics/classics; Brent Warner, Duke, indoor track and field, biomedical engineering; Scott Whitbeck, Kalamazoo, swimming and diving, economics/business administration.

Women's recipients

Sheela Agrawal, Duke, indoor track and field, biology/environmental chemistry; Cassandra Baur, Cal State Bakersfield, swimming and diving, English; Denise Bogard, UC San Diego, swimming and diving, chemical engineering; Karin Camenisch, Denver, skiing, biology; Kinsey Coles, North Dakota State, indoor track and field, elementary education; Kristen Connor, Florida, swimming and diving, wildlife ecology; Courtney Davidson, Navy, basketball, political science; Erin Dukich, Nebraska Wesleyan, indoor track and field, biochemistry and molecular biology/Spanish; Allison Edgar, New Hampshire, ice hockey, kinesiology; exercise science; Megan Grunert, Indianapolis, swimming and diving, biology/chemistry/Spanish; Julye Hardt, Georgia, swimming and diving, exercise and sport science; Kayla Heising, Wooster, swimming and diving, mathematics; Karen Hewitt, St. Francis (Pennsylvania), basketball, mathematics; Tara Kirk, Stanford, swimming and diving, human biology; Stephanie Kite, Alabama, gymnastics, marketing; Georgina Lee, Southern Methodist, swimming and diving, economics; Lise Leveille, Stanford, gymnastics, biomechanical engineering/human biology; Kristen Lewis, UCLA, swimming and diving, history; Sarah Marshall, Pacific (California), swimming and diving, biology; Kayla Mikolajczak, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, basketball, biology; Hana Peljto, Harvard, basketball, psychology; Kinsey Rowe, Georgia, gymnastics, mathematics; Carolyne Savini, Pittsburgh, swimming and diving, communications and rhetoric; Jessica Schill, North Dakota, indoor track and field, elementary education; Tracy Shessler, Emory, swimming and diving, sociology; Mary Beth Skokut, Minnesota, gymnastics, child psychology; Melissa Stults, New England, basketball, marine biology; Courtney Thompson, Edinboro, basketball, mathematics; Britta Veitenheimer, Carleton, swimming and diving, chemistry.