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For Immediate Release
March 6, 2006
PRAIRIE WOLVES ADD KELLER TO NCAA POSTGRADUATE
LIST
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Scott Keller
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Recent Nebraska Wesleyan University graduate Scott
Keller was one of 29 men in the nation selected to receive a $7,500
postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA for the fall 2005 sports
season. To view the full list, click
here
Keller, who graduated a semester early last December
with a 3.95 cumulative GPA in exercise science and wellness, becomes
the 28th Nebraska Wesleyan student-athlete to receive the award
and 23rd since 1997. To view NWU’s all-time winners,
click here.
NWU ranks sixth among NCAA Division III institutions
(see list below). Keller finished his career as the eighth-leading
tackler in NWU history with 273, and he plans to enroll at Cleveland
Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Mo., later this year.
NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS
Top 15 institutions in Division III
1. Emory University, 49
2. Kenyon College, 48
3. Denison University, 39
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
35
5. Johns Hopkins University, 32
6. Nebraska Wesleyan University, 28
7. Trinity University (Texas), 27
(tie) Luther College, 27
9. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, 26
10. University of the South, 25
11. Carleton College, 24
(tie) Washington & Lee University, 24
13. Wartburg College, 22
(tie) Cornell College, 22
15. Kalamazoo College, 19
The NCAA awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of
$7,500 each to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes
who participated in fall sports, cross country, football, soccer
and volleyball. 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.
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