Big 12 Announces Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients | SwimSwam

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Twenty-eight Big 12 student-athletes have been selected to receive 2023-24 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships, the Conference announced.

The scholarships are named in honor of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt, a former Big 12 Conference staff member and student services’ pioneer who passed away in March 2005. The list of all-time recipients has grown to 529 since the inception of the league in 1996-97. Starting in 2002-03, additional funding increased scholarship award winners to two per member institution.

To date the Big 12 has provided over $3.9 million for postgraduate education. The individual grants began at $2,500 in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999 and increased to $6,900 for 2004-05. The awards climbed to $7,500 in 2006-07, moved to $9,000 in 2011-12 and have been at $10,000 since 2013-14.

Criteria for the awards includes a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.200 on a 4.000 scale and participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the nominee’s respective institution.  The student-athletes must graduate from their respective member institutions and enroll in graduate or professional school of their choice within 15 months of their selection of the postgraduate scholarship.

Baylor	Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua	Men’s Basketball
Baylor	Shaylon Govan	Softball
BYU	Jacob Boren	Football
BYU	Kaavya Sawhney	Women’s Tennis
UCF	Paul Rubelt	Football
UCF	Shannon Doherty	Softball
Cincinnati	Drew Hawthorne	Men’s Swimming
Cincinnati	Grace Hirschmann	Lacrosse
Houston	Matt Byrnes	Football
Houston	Hedda Grelz	Women’s Swimming & Diving
Iowa State	Benjamin Monroe	Wrestling
Iowa State	Ashley Bengtson	Swimming & Diving
Kansas State	Joe Placek	Men’s Track and Field
Kansas State	Loren Hinkle	Volleyball
Kansas	Terry Robinson	Men’s Track and Field
Kansas	Shira Elinav	Soccer
Oklahoma State	Carson Sager	Men’s Basketball
Oklahoma State	Angelica Pfefferkorn	Women’s Golf
Oklahoma	Josh Heindselman	Wrestling
Oklahoma	Ragan Smith	Women’s Gymnastics
TCU	Parker Hughes	Men’s Swimming
TCU	Sydnie Young	Women’s Equestrian
Texas	Gabriel Lozano Quiroga	Football
Texas	Kathia Nitsch	Rowing
Texas Tech	Caleb Dean	Men’s Track and Field
Texas Tech	Onaara Obamuwagun	Women’s Track and Field
West Virginia	Caleb Dowling	Wrestling
West Virginia	Laurna Atkins	Rowing

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