REPORT OF
THE
POSTGRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
1. ACTION
ITEM.
Association-wide.
· Change in policy to permit Postgraduate Scholarship
recipient to also receive the Walter Byers Scholarship.
(1) Recommendation. Approve a change in policy to
permit a Walter Byers Scholarship finalist who previously received a
Postgraduate Scholarship also to receive the Walter Byers scholarship in the
event the original Walter Byers awardee is unable or unwilling to use the
award.
(2) Rationale. During the selection process, the Walter
Byers Scholarship Committee identifies six finalists of which two (one male,
one female) are awarded the scholarship.
The four non-recipients automatically receive a Postgraduate Scholarship. Walter Byers award procedures permit an awardee
to defer the scholarship for a period not to exceed five years. In the event that a Walter Byers scholarship
recipient defers and then declines to accept the award, it is offered to one of
the four finalists identified during that award cycle. This individual would likely have
previously accepted and received a Postgraduate Scholarship.
Current policies
stipulate that an individual may accept only one NCAA scholarship therefore
requiring the awardee to either repay the Postgraduate Scholarship or decline
the Walter Byers Scholarship.
The committee believes that under these circumstances the Walter Byers
Scholarship alternate should be able to receive the full Byers scholarship
award without having to repay Postgraduate Scholarship funds already
received. The committee noted that
this is a unique situation that will likely occur infrequently, and absent this
award, the funds otherwise would not be used. The committee further noted that the
Walter Byers Scholarship Committee is supportive of this change in policy.
(3) Budget
Impact. None.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEM.
Association-wide.
Ÿ Spring
sports awardees.
(1) Men
awardees. David Aakre, North Dakota State University; Robert Altenau,
University of Dayton; Nathan Beerling, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Stephen
Broski, Augustana College, Illinois; Daniel Bruce, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln; Daniel Bucy, Carleton College; Allen Bulick, Texas A&M University,
College Station; Bradley Canada, Bradley University; Ryan Hampton, University
of Missouri, Columbia; Clint Keithley, Pennsylvania State University; Jason
Koch, St. Cloud State University; Paul Mach, Seattle Pacific University;
Pramote Malasitt, Elon University; William Merchad, University of California,
Davis; David Mertens, University of Missouri, Columbia; James Newman, Assumption
College; Scott Overby, Willamette University; Edward Papalia, Haverford
College; William Rawson, Middlebury College; Nathan Robison, Brigham Young
University; Mark Rotella, Providence College; Peter Schwingler, Gustavus
Adolphus College; John Semeraro, Saint Leo University; Paul Stanescu, Piedmont
College; Kevin Teufel, Wright State University; Douglas Thomasey, Lynchburg
College; Trevor Thompson, U.S. Naval Academy; Benjamin Wiggins, Rice University;
and Stephen
Zieminski, University of Florida.
(2) Women
awardees. Carina Alberelli, Emory
University; Alicia Andrews, Willamette University; Belinda Bargmann, Troy
University; Kaitlin Bargreen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Ashlee Brown,
Clemson University; Lauren Clary, Xavier University; Kristi Colbenson, Carleton
College; Brianna Dahm, Marquette University; Stephanie Gong, Rhodes College; Andrea
Hillsey, Purdue University; Katherine Hock, Adelphi University; Ashley Kalina,
South Dakota State University; Kim Keyer-Scott, Northern Kentucky University;
Stephanie Leimbach, Northern Kentucky University; Caitlin McClain, Loyola
Marymount University; Shannon McGrane, Willamette University; Ann Menees,
Vanderbilt University; Megan Meyer, Seton Hall University; Marci Miller,
University of South Dakota; Mary Nicol, Emory University; Gitte Ostermann,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kelley Pastic, University of Delaware; Nichole
Petersen, Gustavus Adolphus College; Kimberly Rementer, Salisbury University;
Kristi Schneider, Gustavus Adolphus College; Heather Schofield, Harvard
University; Lindsey Smith, Oklahoma State University; Lucia Tallova, California
State University, Fresno; Andrea Wells, Pacific Lutheran University.
Committee Chair: Maureen
Schaukowitch,