NCAA Awards: 42 Winter Athletes Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

The NCAA’s Postgraduate Scholarship program has given $10,000 to 42 outstanding student-athletes. These student-athletes, who represent winter sports in all three NCAA divisions, have excelled academically, athletically, and in their communities demonstrating leadership.

The NCAA gives out 126 postgraduate scholarships annually to student-athletes who completed their last year of competition. The scholarships are given out three times a year, in the fall, winter, and spring, with 21 scholarships given to men and women in each season. The scholarship is meant to finance graduate studies at an accredited institution and is one-time and nonrenewable.

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program, which was started in 1964, honors the Association’s most successful student-athletes in an effort to support and encourage graduate study. Candidates are assessed by the program based on their leadership, community service, involvement on campus, and athletic and academic achievements. All nominees, regardless of sport, division, gender, or ethnicity, will be thoroughly assessed thanks to an equitable selection method.

Winter Winners of the 2024–25 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Men’s Winners

• Zach Bann, Miami (Ohio), swimming and diving
• Jack Bell, Luther, swimming and diving
• Mark Berlaga, Stanford, gymnastics
• Adam Braunschweig, Emory, swimming and diving
• Coby Carrozza, Texas, swimming and diving
• Jeff Echols, Emory, swimming and diving
• Brett Farmer, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, swimming and diving
• Jake Foster, Texas, swimming and diving
• Makena Ginoza, Hawaii, swimming and diving
• Tyler Ignazzitto, Albertus Magnus, ice hockey
• John Kersey, Memphis, rifle
• Nolan Lahmann, Emory, swimming and diving
• Luke Malone, University of Illinois Chicago, indoor track and field
• Zack Mattin, Michigan, wrestling
• Alex McCormick, Washington University in St. Louis, swimming and diving
• Nolan McKenna, Trinity (Connecticut), indoor track and field
• Zach Moore, Washington and Lee, indoor track and field
• Cael Schmitt, University of Northern Iowa, basketball
• Andrew Simmons, Auburn, swimming and diving
• Dylan Yin, Emory, swimming and diving
• Jared Zhang, University of Chicago, swimming and diving

Women’s Winners

• Addi Barnes, Kansas, swimming and diving
• Bobbi Bazzle, Henderson State, basketball
• Sylvie Binder, Columbia, fencing
• Dyauni Boyce, Montana State Billings, basketball
• Ollie Bream, Wooster, swimming and diving
• Addison Brooks, Kansas, indoor track and field
• Claire Conover, Drury, swimming and diving
• Molly Craig, Williams, swimming and diving
• Evie Dice, Wayne State (Michigan), swimming and diving
• London Eldridge, Olivet, indoor track and field
• Annika Esvelt, Seattle Pacific, indoor track and field
• Sydney Geboy, Kenyon, swimming and diving
• Madison Gruender, UC Santa Cruz, swimming and diving
• Nina Kucheran, Florida State, swimming and diving
• Rachel Loh, MIT, swimming and diving
• Bri Roberson, Georgia, swimming and diving
• Merissah Russell, Louisville, basketball
• Mia Strazny, Northern Michigan, swimming and diving
• Audrey Wethington, Minnesota, ice hockey
• Loral Winn, Ole Miss, indoor track and field
• Kyra Wu, UC San Diego, fencing