Anderson and Wall earn prestigious

NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships

Central Missouri State track and field standouts Kristin Anderson and Jarod Wall have been awarded the prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship for their accomplishments on and off the track.

Wall carries a 3.97 grade-point average while Anderson currently boasts 3.97 undergraduate GPA and a 4.0 mark in graduate school.

The NCAA awarded 58 post-graduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes who participated in winter sports, which included women's archery, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, women's squash, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's synchronized swimming, women's team handball, men's and women's indoor track and field, and wrestling.

In addition to the fall sport honorees, the NCAA also awards 118 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes participating in winter and spring sports in which the NCAA conducts championships or participates in as an emerging sport, for a total of 174 postgraduate scholarships annually.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent, and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.