SAN FRANCISCO -- Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott announced the 47 outstanding Pac-12 student-athletes who have been named recipients of Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. Each scholarship of $3,000 go to student-athletes with a minimum 3.0 grade point average who have also demonstrated a commitment to continuing education, campus and community involvement and leadership. Since the program began in 1999, the Pac-12 has awarded more than $1.5 million for postgraduate study.
To be selected for a Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship, a student-athlete must:
• Have an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 (based on a 4.00 scale) or its equivalent.
• Be in his/her final season of intercollegiate athletics eligibility in all sports OR be in his/her final year of undergraduate studies, having exhausted athletics eligibility in all sports. The student-athlete will be evaluated on the basis of all academic work completed at time of selection.
• Have performed with distinction as a member of a varsity team. The degree of the student-athlete’s athletic achievement will be weighed at least equally with the degree of academic performance.
• Intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time student in a graduate or professional program at an accredited institution, or in a postgraduate program for which an undergraduate degree is required for admission.
• Have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.
In 1999, the Pac-12 Conference created a postgraduate scholarship program to honor outstanding student-athletes from its member institutions who also are outstanding scholars. Each Pac-12 institution selects up to four student-athlete recipients, two men and two women, through its institutional selection process.
Below is the list of the 2014-15 recipients by institution.
2014-15 Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners
Institution |
Name |
Sport |
Arizona |
Mitch Friedemann |
Men’s Swimming |
|
Brian Stevens |
Men’s Swimming |
|
Stephanie Bulder |
Women’s Track & Field |
|
Brie DeFelice |
Women’s Soccer |
Arizona State |
Chace Eskam |
Wrestling |
|
Zac Dalby |
Men's Swimming |
|
Isidora Purkovic |
Women's Basketball |
|
Haley Steele |
Softball |
California |
Omid Jalali |
Men's Soccer |
|
Jack Kornfeld |
Men's Rowing |
|
Cecilia Estlander |
Women's Tennis |
|
Camilla Gardiner |
Women's Rowing |
Colorado |
Rune Oedegaard |
Men's Skiing |
|
Will Oliver |
Football |
|
Brooke Granstrom |
Women’s Skiing |
|
Alexis Kresl |
Women’s Basketball |
Oregon |
Tanguy Pepiot |
Men’s Track & Field |
|
Lauren Crockett |
Women’s Track & Field |
|
Shellsy Ashen |
Women’s Volleyball |
Oregon State |
Nicholas Aerne |
Men’s Rowing |
|
Zachary Cardwell |
Wrestling |
|
Melanie Dembinski |
Softball |
|
Lauren J. Fischer |
Women’s Golf |
Stanford |
Jordan Pratt |
Football |
|
Thomas Stephens |
Men's Swimming |
|
Naomi Corman |
Women's Rowing |
|
Ellen Tsay |
Women’s Tennis |
UCLA |
Dennis Mkrtchian |
Men's Tennis |
|
Mike Woepse |
Men's Track & Field |
|
Chloe Kojima |
Women’s Rowing |
|
Noelle Tarazona |
Women’s Swimming |
USC |
Eric Johnson |
Men's Tennis |
|
Cristian Rivera |
Men’s Volleyball |
|
Haley Ishimatsu |
Women’s Diving |
|
Zoe Scandalis |
Women's Tennis |
Utah |
Jeremy Olsen |
Men's Basketball |
|
Nicholas Soedel |
Men's Swimming |
|
Kristiina Rove |
Women’s Skiing |
|
Rebekah Winterton |
Women's Track/Cross Country |
Washington |
Emmett Egger |
Men's Tennis |
|
Aleksander Malowany |
Men's Rowing |
|
McKenzie Fechter |
Women's Gymnastics |
|
Aminah Williams |
Women's Basketball |
Washington State |
Mitchell Peterson |
Football |
|
Sam Triece |
Baseball |
|
Elizaveta Luzina |
Women’s Tennis |
|
Alison Mand |
Women’s Swimming |