SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 Conference announced today the 22 outstanding Pac-12 student-athletes who have been named recipients of Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year. The scholarships, worth $9,000 each, are awarded to up to two student-athletes from each Pac-12 school annually. These worthy student-athletes maintained a minimum 3.0 grade point average and demonstrated a commitment to education, campus and community involvement, and leadership.
To be selected for a Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship, a student-athlete must have:
- Maintained an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 (based on a 4.00 scale);
- Completed his/her final season of intercollegiate athletics eligibility in all sports or be in his/her final year of undergraduate study, having exhausted athletics eligibility in all sports;
- Been accepted to or already be enrolled 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;
- Performed with distinction as a member of a varsity team; and
- Exemplified behavior, both in competition and beyond, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution, and intercollegiate athletics.
“The recipients of this scholarship are excellent representatives of their universities and wonderful examples of the power of collegiate sports to help young people reach their goals,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “The Pac-12 is honored to help these standout student-athletes continue their educations, and I look forward to watching them positively impact their communities in the years to come.”
Student-athletes awarded this scholarship plan to pursue postgraduate education in best-in-class graduate programs at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world, including several Pac-12 universities. They will study everything from medicine and law to business, dentistry, engineering, education, and more.
In 1999, the Postgraduate Scholarship Program was created to both honor and financially assist some of the Conference’s most outstanding athletes and scholars as they continue their educations and prepare for careers in their chosen industries. The Pac-12 annually awards up to 24 scholarships of $9,000 each to former and graduating student‐athletes across the conference. Through its institutional selection process, each Pac-12 institution may select two student-athletes, one man and one woman, to be awarded the scholarship.
Below is the list of 2016-17 Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
Undergraduate |
Name |
Sport |
Graduate Institution, |
Arizona |
Sheaffer Skadsen |
Soccer |
University of Colorado – Denver, Dentistry |
Arizona State |
Hunter Atha |
Diving |
University of Illinois – Chicago, Museum and Exhibition Studies |
Arizona State |
Alexandra Osborne |
Tennis |
Arizona State University, Sports Law and Business Administration |
California |
Sullivan Parker |
Track & Field |
University of California – Berkeley, Education |
California |
Christina Higgins |
Volleyball |
Georgetown University, Law |
Colorado |
Henrik Gunnarsson |
Skiing |
Imperial College London, Finance and Accounting |
Colorado |
Clare Wise |
Skiing |
Stanford University, Medicine |
Oregon |
Cullen Prena |
Track & Field |
University of Mississippi, Business Administration |
Oregon |
Madeline Middlebrooks |
Track & Field |
University of Denver, Law |
Oregon State |
Max Engelbrekt |
Baseball |
Oregon State University, Business Administration |
Oregon State |
Bev Miller |
Softball |
University of Virginia, Chemical Engineering |
Stanford |
Johnny Caspers |
Football |
Stanford University, Earth Systems |
Stanford |
Nicole Stafford |
Swimming |
Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering |
USC |
Sara Hughes |
Beach Volleyball |
University of Southern California, Entrepreneurship |
UCLA |
Garrett Danner |
Water Polo |
Durham University, Management and Finance |
UCLA |
Kamila Tan |
Beach Volleyball |
University of California – Los Angeles, Health Policy and Management |
Utah |
Brendan Nguyen |
Swimming |
University of Utah, Public Health |
Utah |
Hannah Flippen |
Softball |
University of Utah, Special Education |
Washington |
William Lytle |
Rowing |
University of Washington, Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership |
Washington |
Casey Stangel |
Softball |
Vanderbilt University, Leadership and Organizational Performance |
Washington State |
Matthew Swanson |
Track & Field |
Washington State University, Business Administration and Data Analytics |
Washington State |
Alexis Thode |
Soccer |
Northwestern Health Sciences University, Chiropractic |