Friday, July 19, 2002

SHERTZER AWARDED NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Moravian College senior Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/ Lower Dauphin HS) was awarded one of 58 NCAA postgraduate scholarships for $5,000 given to student-athletes who participated in spring sports.  The spring sports season includes outdoor track & field, baseball, softball, golf, lacrosse, water polo, tennis, and rowing.

In addition to the spring sport honorees, the NCAA also awards 116 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes participating in fall and winter sports in which the NCAA conducts championships, 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.

In addition, 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.

Shertzer, who graduated with a 3.69 GPA as a biology major, led the Moravian women's outdoor track & field team to its 10th straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championship this spring.  She also helped the squad tie for ninth place at the NCAA Division III National Championships.  Individually, Shertzer earned All-American accolades for the second time in her track & field career with a seventh place finish in the inaugural 3,000-meter steeplechase this year.  She also won the MAC titles in the steeplechase and 10,000 meters.

Shertzer has been invited to San Antonio, Texas to train with the United States Olympic Pentathlon team, which she hopes to become a member of and compete in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.  The pentathlon consists of cross country running, swimming, horseback riding, shooting and fencing.  Shertzer has competed in all the events except fencing.

Eight of the women's 29 winners are from the NCAA Division III level and Shertzer is the only selections from the MAC, male or female.