INDIANAPOLIS--- The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships  to spring sports student- athletes. Scholarships of $7,500 were given to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes who participated in  spring sports, which included men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, baseball, men’s volleyball, softball, synchronized swimming, women’s rowing, and women’s water polo.

In addition to the spring sport honorees, 116 postgraduate scholarships are given to student-athletes participating in fall and winter sports in which the NCAA conducts championships or participates in as an emerging sport. The NCAA awards 174 postgraduate scholarships annually to student-athletes who intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

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-athletes chosen have showed dedication and effort while performing both on and off the field at a high level that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.