Pittman Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Hawks wrestler, Gabriel Pittman has been awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship.

The senior from Madison, Alabama is the third Hawk this year to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He plans to use his scholarship to head to Auburn University and attend Veterinary school because he "loves animals" and plans to spend the rest of my life working with them."

His head coach, Matt Oliver says he has "encompassed everything you want in a student-athlete and this scholarship tops off an already stellar career for him both athletically and academically. I am extremely proud to call Gabe Pittman an alumnus of the Huntingdon College Wrestling Program."

The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually.  The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

All former student-athletes who earned an undergraduate degree from an NCAA member school are eligible to be nominated by that school for an NCAA graduate degree scholarship, regardless of when they received their undergraduate degree. 

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage graduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership are evaluated.  An equitable approach is employed in reviewing an applicant's nomination form to provide all student-athlete nominees an opportunity to receive the graduate award, regardless of sport, division, gender or race.  In maintaining the highest broad-based standards in the selection process, the program aims to reward those individuals whose dedication and effort are reflective of those characteristics necessary to succeed and thrive through graduate study.