NCAA Awards Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarships
Gail E. Dent
4/13/05

INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA recently awarded 32 postgraduate scholarships through its Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship Programs for 2005-06.  The Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee awarded 16 scholarships through the Ethnic Minority Enhancement Scholarship Program, with three awards specifically earmarked for Division III recipients.   The Committee on Women’s Athletics awarded 16 scholarships through its Women’s Enhancement Scholarship Program, with three awards specifically targeted for Division III recipients. 
 

The goal of the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship Programs is to increase the pool of and opportunities for qualified ethnic minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics.  The recipients are ethnic minorities and women who have completed an undergraduate degree, have been accepted or are seeking admission into an NCAA member institution’s sports administration or related program, and who intend to pursue a career in athletics.  The one-time scholarship award is valued at $6,000.

Applicants must be entering their first semester or term of postgraduate studies and must have performed with distinction as student-body members at their respective undergraduate institutions.  The applicants’ involvement in extracurricular activities, course work, commitment to the pursuit of a career in intercollegiate athletics and promise for success in such a career also are factors in the selection process.

The list of 2005-06 Ethnic Minority and Women’s Postgraduate Scholarship recipients is as follows:  (The recipients’ postgraduate school is listed along with their name.)

NCAA Ethnic Minority Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship Awards

Sjeonshal M. Coleman, California State University, Sacramento

Casey Collins, Gardner-Webb University

Raymond D. Delgadillo, University of La Verne (Division III)

Kydani M. Dover, University of Connecticut

Danika M. Lacarra-Markey, San Diego State University

Diana S. Martinez, Hardin-Simmons University (Division III)

Michelle M. McLeod, University of Northern Iowa

Tanika C. Price, University of Hartford

Aljarreod Peterson, University of Central Florida

Mohammad W. Rafiq, University of California, Davis

Nazaneen K. Rafiq, Henderson State University

Brezya J. Rhodes, California State University, Northridge

Yuuki A. Terada, Guangxi Normal College/Lewis & Clark College (Division III)

Jennifer M. Vara, University of Texas at Austin

Kai D. Washington, Capital University

Travis E. Watkins, University of Southern California

NCAA Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship Awards

Kimberly R. Detwiler, San Diego State University

Tonya L. Edmonds, Western Carolina University

Mindy R. Garrison, Texas A&M University, College Station

Amanda J. Gier, Ohio Northern University (Division III)

Yassamin Haririnia, University of Miami (Florida)

Erin H. Hartigan, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

Nicole S. Jay, University of Maine (Division III)

Kristin M. Leon, California State University, Fresno

Amanda E. Meyer, Valparaiso University

Jayme L. Mitchell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Adrienne P. Moss, University of Miami (Florida)

Carolan E. Schroeder, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (Division III)

Colleen M. Price, Siena College

Tatiana Y. Warren, Syracuse University

Cynthia J. Wright, Whitworth College

Jo A. Young, University of Cincinnati