Niche College Scholarship

Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Program

Amount:
$24,000
Deadline:
January 9, 2025
Awards Available: 2

Scholarship Description

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a member-led organization dedicated to the well-being and lifelong success of college athletes. Nearly 500,000 college athletes across all three divisions compete for about 1,100 member schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and even Canada. NCAA schools award nearly $3.5 billion in athletics scholarships every year and provide vast support to help student-athletes graduate at a rate higher than their general student peers.

In 1988, the National Collegiate Athletic Association established the Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Program as a means of recognizing the contributions of the former executive director through encouraging excellence in academic performance by student-athletes. Under this program, one male and one female student-athlete annually will be awarded a postgraduate scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in postgraduate study. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.5, competed in intercollegiate athletics as a member of a varsity team at an NCAA member institution, be a graduating senior or enrolled in graduate study, and intend to or currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at an accredited institution.

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