Fordham University Soccer Player is a Recipient of A-10 Scholarship
The Atlantic 10 Conference announced Wednesday its A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship recipients for 2017. Fordham University soccer player, Turner Block, a psychology major, was a recipient of the A-10 Scholarship. Each year, a graduating student-athlete from each of the league’s 14 member-schools receives the prestigious award.
Turner and the other 13 honorees will receive $5,000 to contribute towards full-time enrollment in a postgraduate or professional program. Designed to provide graduating student-athletes the opportunity to continue their education, the program awards $70,000 in scholarship funding to former A-10 student-athletes. This marks the third straight year the Atlantic-10 Conference has provided the scholarships to 14 individuals, and over the past six years, the A-10’s Postgraduate Scholarship program has awarded over $250,000 to 64 former student-athletes.
“Congratulations to each of these deserving young men and women,” stated Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. “The opportunity to provide for advanced education for this exemplary group is a part of the commitment our member institutions make toward the academic success of their student-athletes. This is a prestigious honor and we wish each of the honorees continued success with their postgraduate education.”
The selection process, which involves the league’s athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives, resulted in a class with an average GPA of 3.71. The class is comprised of 10 female student-athletes and four males, representing six different sports.
2017 Postgraduate Scholarship Honorees
Name |
School |
Sport |
Undergraduate Major |
Elise Lankiewicz |
Davidson |
Swimming & Diving |
Biology |
Hunter Johnston |
Dayton |
Cross Country |
Mechanical Engineering |
Sammy Kline |
Duquesne |
Volleyball |
Biology/Health Science |
Turner Block |
Fordham |
Soccer |
Psychology |
Michelle Wallerstedt |
George Mason |
Track & Field |
Integrative Studies – Pre-Physical Therapy |
Brooke Bean |
George Washington |
Soccer |
Journalism & Mass Communication |
Christina Bascara |
La Salle |
Softball |
Biology |
Kelsey Crawford |
Massachusetts |
Track & Field |
Kinesiology |
Alexander McGrainer |
Rhode Island |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
Business Administration (Marketing) |
Hannah Matheson |
Richmond |
Swimming & Diving |
Journalism |
Allison Field |
St. Bonaventure |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
Chemistry |
Jack Magee |
Saint Joseph’s |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
Finance & Financial Planning |
Kacey Bright |
Saint Louis |
Soccer |
Exercise Science |
Brooks Vial |
VCU |
Baseball |
Science (Health Sciences concentration) |
In each of the last three years, the average GPA of the honorees for the Postgraduate Scholarship Program has been 3.70 or higher. 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 expanded to four recipients in 1997 and then to 10 in 2014.
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.
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