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Requirements: Recipients must have either an overall 3.0 GPA or have earned at least a 3.0 combined GPA during the previous two academic terms and summer term. They must also fit into one of the following three categories: recipient of an athletics scholarship, letterwinner, or a non-scholarship student-athlete who has been on the team for two seasons. Furthermore, recipients must compete on the team during their sport’s NCAA Championship segment.

2012-13: 124 recipients

2013-14: 127 recipients

Fall 2014: 26 recipients

The NCAA Women’s Enhancement Post-graduate Scholarship was developed by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interest Committee. The NCAA awards $7,500 to a female college graduate who is seeking a career in intercollegiate athletics.

2012-13: Alyssa Conner, swimming & diving

2013-14: Caroline McElhany, swimming & diving

The Academic Momentum Award is awarded nationally to student-athletes each year for their academic improvement and ability to overcome obstacles in pursuit of their education.

2012-13: Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar, tennis

2013-14: Stefania Hristov, tennis; Natalie Reeves, golf; Liliana Ibanez, swimming & diving; LaQue Moen-Davis, track & field

The SEC Brad Davis Community Service Scholarship is awarded to the top senior male and female athlete with exceptional community service accomplishments during their student-athlete career and includes a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship from the Southeastern Conference.

2012-13: Beth West, soccer

2013-14: Nora Skelton, soccer

Each year, the SEC awards the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholarship to a top senior male and female student-athlete from each member institution. Award winners are seniors with exceptional athletic, academic and community service accomplishments and are recipients of a $7,500 post-graduate scholarship from the Southeastern Conference.

2012-13: Lindsey Miller, volleyball

2013-14: Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar, tennis, basketball and soccer

The Career in Sports Forum (CSF) is an annual educational forum hosted by the NCAA that brings together 200 selected student-athletes for four days to learn and explore potential careers in sports, with the primary focus on intercollegiate athletics. The CSF is designed to assist student-athletes in charting their career paths, to give them the opportunity to network and to learn from current athletics professionals.

2013-14: Kelli Benjamin, Allyson Sweeney and Caroline McElhany, swimming & diving

The Peach of an Athlete award is given to a Georgia resident who has displayed academic and athletic success and demonstrates the values applauded by the scouting community.

Sammie Bosma and Katherine Huff, swimming & diving

The National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) PlayMaker of the Month award program recognizes the academic achievement and community service of student-athletes at NCAS member institutions. PlayMaker of the Month gives coaches, administrators, teammates, and faculty of NCAS member institutions an opportunity to nominate and recognize those student-athletes who exemplify the NCAS motto of “Changing Lives Through the Power of Sport.”

November 2014: Angela Lowak, volleyball