To promote and encourage postgraduate education for student-athletes.
Applicants must be a student-athlete at an active NCAA member institution and in the final season of NCAA athletics eligibility or will not be using any remaining athletics eligibility; have an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative GPA of 3.200 (based on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent; have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete is being nominated; intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree and enroll in a graduate degree program on a part- or full-time basis at an accredited graduate or degree-granting professional school; and an outstanding citizen and excellent role model for the institution and intercollegiate athletics as a whole; must be in final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
Selections are reviewed by seven regional selection committees.
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