The NCAA has awarded $10,000 to 42 exceptional student-athletes as part of its Postgraduate Scholarship program. These student-athletes, representing winter sports across all three NCAA divisions, have demonstrated outstanding academic achievements, athletic excellence and leadership within their communities.
Each year, the NCAA awards 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who have completed their final year of athletics competition. The scholarships are distributed three times annually — in the fall, winter and spring — providing 21 scholarships each to men and women per season. The award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship intended to support graduate study at an accredited institution.
Established in 1964, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program promotes and encourages graduate education by recognizing the Association’s most accomplished student-athletes. The program evaluates candidates on their athletic and academic achievements, campus involvement, community service and leadership. An equitable selection process ensures that all nominees, regardless of sport, division, gender or race, are considered fairly.
2025-26 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winter Awardees
Men’s Awardees
- Jeremy Autin, Huntingdon, basketball
- Sven Becker, Emory, swimming and diving
- Asher Cohen, Nebraska, gymnastics
- James Day, Wabash, wrestling
- Mason Edmund, Ohio State, swimming and diving
- Adham Elkassas, Green Bay, swimming and diving
- Martin Espernberger, Tennessee, swimming and diving
- Cole Fisher, West Georgia, basketball
- Maxwell Forte, Duke, indoor track and field
- Samuel Fromkin, American, swimming and diving
- Jordan Gross, Georgetown, swimming and diving
- Quentin Henninger, Indiana, swimming and diving
- Ryan Hillery, Washington University in St. Louis, swimming and diving
- Jackson Hoover, UIndy, wrestling
- Tim Korstanje, Alabama, swimming and diving
- Zachary Kuzak, New Jersey Institute of Technology, swimming and diving
- Ethan Manske, Kenyon, swimming and diving
- Julian Maycock, Johns Hopkins, swimming and diving
- Curran Phillips, Stanford, gymnastics
- Nicholas Stone, Tennessee, swimming and diving
- Larry Yu, Pomona-Pitzer, swimming and diving
Women’s Awardees
- Emmie Appl, Pomona-Pitzer, swimming and diving
- Olivia Bohlen, Central (Iowa), indoor track and field
- Carly Borrman, Wyoming, swimming and diving
- Addison Brownfield, Western Illinois, basketball
- Sarah Carruthers, Texas, swimming and diving
- Julia Dennis, Louisville, swimming and diving
- Molly Haag, Kenyon, swimming and diving
- Julia Jackson, Duke, indoor track and field
- Lauren Jarrett, Tennessee, indoor track and field
- Axelina Johansson, Nebraska, indoor track and field
- Gena Jorgenson, Nebraska, swimming and diving
- Sabrina Kim, Middlebury, ice hockey
- Kaley McIntyre, New York University, swimming and diving
- AnnaGrace Nelson, Bethel (Minnesota), indoor track and field
- Michaela O’Neil, Johns Hopkins, basketball
- Crystal Qian, Stanford, fencing
- Megan Skaggs, Florida, gymnastics
- Katie Susi, Findlay, swimming and diving
- Jessica Taylor, Wisconsin-La Crosse, gymnastics
- Sabrina Wang, Pomona-Pitzer, swimming and diving
- Gabriela Zych, Memphis, rifle
