DENVER University of Denver skiers Rene Reisshauer (Erfurt, Germany) and John Stene (Trondheim, Norway) were named two of the 58 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners this winter, the NCAA announced.

 

The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically, and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

 

Reisshauer and Stene, both currently working on MBAs, each will receive a one-time, nonrenewable grant of $7,500.

 

At the 2008 NCAA National Championships, Reisshauer placed fifth in the freestyle to earn First Team All-American honors for the sixth time in his career.

 

Hampered by illness most of the season, Reisshauer gutted his way to 17th place in the classical, the first time in his career that he finished outside the top 10. Reisshauer won the classical individual title in 2005 and was runner-up last season.

 

Stene finished seventh in both the classical and freestyle at this year's NCAA Championships. An All-American in all eight career NCAA races, Stene was the 2006 individual national champion in the classical.

 

Reisshauer and Stene are the ninth and 10th Pioneers to receive the scholarship since the 2001-02 season.

 

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association’s most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated

 

The NCAA will name postgraduate scholars for spring sports later this year. For more information about the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, go to the Diversity and Inclusion link under the About the NCAA tab at www.ncaa.org.

 

 

Denver’s NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winners (since 2001-2002)

Rene Reisshauer (skiing, 2008)

John Stene (skiing, 2008)

Laura Mann (soccer, 2007)

Brian Francis Flaherty (swimming and diving, 2006)

Karin Camenisch (skiing, 2004)

Brett Starkey (basketball, 2004)

Sara Silva (golf, 2004)

Wolf Wallendorf (skiing, 2002)

Julia N. Delich (skiing, 2002)

Magnus Ramfelt (tennis, 2002)