Campion Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Hawks men's lacrosse player, Ryan Campion has been awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship.

The senior midfielder from Pensacola, Florida is the fourth Hawk this year to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He plans to use his scholarship to attend Law School at Ole Miss.

His head coach, Andrew Carey says he "is the poster child for hard work. He is constantly stirving to be the best and stack good day after good day. We preach 'being the best' in our program and Ryan takes that to heart. Any challenges or goals Ryan is faced with, I know he will tackle them!" and "his work ethic earned him this success!"

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.