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.
The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually, 21 for men and 21 for women in each of the fall, winter, and spring seasons. 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 $10,000 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports.
Trinity student-athletes have been awarded 36 scholarships. We currently rank in the top ten of NCAA Division III institutions for the number student-athletes to receive this award. The most recent Trinity University recipients are:
1995-1996
Marty Thompson, football
Chris Zolas, men's tennis
Jamie Saben, men's tennis
1997-1998
Debra Hutcheson, women's soccer
1998 - 1999
Tres Doran, football
Mark Byarlay, football
Jamie Broach, men's tennis
Laura Brady, women's tennis
Becky Crews, women's soccer
2000-2001
Jeevan Ramakrishnan, men's tennis
Scott Mury, men's soccer
Bo Edwards, football
2001-2002
Sloan Rush, men's tennis
Lizzie Yasser, women's tennis
Kristalynne Godwin, women's basketball
2002-2003
Chris Giebink, men's soccer
Megan Selmon, women's basketball
2003-2004
Morgan Anderson, volleyball
2004-2005
Tara Rohde, women's basketball
John Herlin, men's cross country
2005-2006
Christyn Schumann, women's track and field
Scott Schwartz, men's soccer
2008-2009
D'Ann Arthur, women's cross country
Megan Guest, volleyball (women's enhancement)
Emily Loeffler, women's cross country (ethnic minority enhancement)
2009-2010
Todd Wildman, men's track and field
2010-2011
Zach Brush, men's cross country/track and field
Haley Emerick, women's diving
Danika Wright, women's soccer
2014-2015
Kelsey Falcone, women's soccer
Emily Jorgens, women's soccer
2018-2019
Chelsea Cole, women's soccer
2019-2020
Brianna Ratliff, women's cross country/track and field (Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship)
Abby Holland, women's basketball