Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Award: $24000 – $24000
Deadline: January 10.
To recognize as one who has combined the best elements of mind and body to achieve national distinction for his or her achievements, and promises to be a future leader in his or her chosen field of career service. Qualifications: Applicants must have an overall undergraduate cumulative grade-point average of 3.500 or better (based on a maximum 4.000), or the equivalent in other recognized grading systems; must have competed in intercollegiate athletics as a member of a varsity team at an NCAA member institution; be a graduating senior or be enrolled in graduate study at an NCAA member institution; be committed to work on a full-time basis toward a graduate degree or a post- baccalaureate professional degree; have evidenced superior character and leadership; have demonstrated that participation in athletics and community service has been a positive influence on the nominee's personal and intellectual development; enroll into a graduate degree program within five years of being named a Byers Scholar and United States citizenship is not a required criterion to satisfy eligibility requirements. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; a personal essay outlining the nominee's short and long-term goals, explaining the relationship of the proposed graduate study to these goals and describing the nominee's personal and intellectual development, including the role played in this development by intercollegiate athletics; this statement shall be authored and signed by the nominee; applicants must official transcripts to complete the application; official transcripts can be scanned and uploaded to the system as a pdf document; must all transcripts at one time; ensure the transcript reflects ALL undergraduate work; Four letters of recommendation. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.