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Four Swimmers Earn Atlantic-10 Postgraduate Scholarships

The Atlantic 10 Conference announced Thursday the recipients of the annual A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship.

Designed to provide graduating student-athletes the opportunity to continue their college education, the program awards $70,000 in scholarship funding to former A-10 student-athletes. All honorees will receive $5,000 to contribute towards full-time enrollment in a graduate or professional program.

“This is one of the most prestigious honors the A-10 bestows,” stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. Providing this opportunity to student-athletes who are dedicated to their academic and athletic success is an important part of the Atlantic 10’s commitment to our student-athletes. I congratulate each of these deserving individuals and wish them luck as they pursue their advanced degrees.”

"The A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship is an amazing chance to further my education through a Master's degree. It was a huge honor to receive this prestigious award, I know there were a lot of great candidates so I'm still in shock that I was selected for this award," said Fordham swimmer and A-10 SAAC member Steve Sholdra. "I want to thank Fordham, and the Atlantic 10 for this scholarship. It will be put to good use, and I will always be grateful for this award." 

2016 Postgraduate Scholarship Honorees

· Steve Sholdra, Fordham (Swimming & Diving)
· Emma Gaquin, George Washington (Swimming & Diving)
· Rebecca Quirie, Massachusetts (Swimming & Diving)
· Shannon Haberman, St. Bonaventure (Swimming & Diving)

The Postgraduate Scholarship Program is part of the conference’s broad-based commitment to student-athlete opportunities and academics. The conference consistently ranks at the top amongst all Division I Conferences in both Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and the Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA. 

The program, which began honoring two student-athletes in 1991, has been so successful and well-received by both the recipients and the A-10 member institutions that it has expanded several times. The most recent expansion, which was adopted in January, 2015 and implemented that spring, now includes one representative from each A-10 school. To be considered for the Postgraduate Scholarship, student-athletes must have performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports throughout their career, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community. The postgraduate program, which began in 1991 honoring one male and one female student-athlete, first expanded to four recipients in 1997 and then to 10 in 2014.

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