Twenty swimmers claimed NCAA postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each.  The awards were made to student -athletes who participated in winter sports, which included men's and women's basketball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s ice hockey, women’s rifle, men’s skiing, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and wrestling.  The twenty selections were down from last-year's record twenty-nine honorees.

Auburn and South Dakota led the nation with two selections each while Gustavus Adolphus, Lafayette, St. Louis, Nazareth, and Luther all earned their first swimming postgrad scholarships.

Over the past decade, Division III schools have brought home the largest number of awards.  Emory (19), Kenyon (14), and Denison (11) lead the way with Stanford (10), Southern Methodist (9) and Georgia (9) leaders among Division I programs.

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-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.  The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

Matthew Balderston     Clemson
Benjamin Brown     Western Kentucky
Bradley Byars     Saint Louis University*
Jaryd Freedman     Lafayette College*
Nicholas Lake     Emory University
Timothy McGlaston     Washington and Lee
Joshua Mitchell    Kenyon College
Jeremy Stultz     Pittsburgh
Connor Ziegler    Gustavus Adolphus*

Jessica Botzum    Virginia Tech
Kara Denby    Auburn
Kristen Hastrup    Auburn
Emilie Kluth    South Dakota*
Emily Lesher    Nazareth*
Rebekah Moody    Wingate
Teagan Riggs    Clarion
Elissa Schmidt    Luther*
Merea Valeria Silva    Michigan
Jill Smolczyk    South Dakota*
Priya Srikanth    Washington University (Missouri)