INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Steven Patrick, a former men's tennis player and 2016 graduate of Winthrop University, has been awarded one of 29 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships that were awarded to men's student-athletes this spring.
Patrick, a native of Knoxville, TN, will use the $7500 award to attend medical school at Western University of Health Sciences of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, CA.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships each year. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically.
Two other former Winthrop student-athletes have also received the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Former softball standout Lisa Kingsmore earned the honor in 2009 while former baseball player Jeff Reeves earned the award in 2003.
