Patrick, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, will use the $7,500 award to attend medical
school at Western University of Health Sciences of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
in Pomona, California. He was a recipient last year of one of two Bob McCloskey Insurance Big South Conference
Graduate Fellowships.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — Steven Patrick, a former Winthrop University men's tennis player and 2016 graduate, has been awarded
one of 29 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships that were awarded to men's student-athletes this spring.
Patrick, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, will use the $7,500 award to attend medical
school at Western University of Health Sciences of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
in Pomona, California. He was a recipient last year of one of two Bob McCloskey Insurance Big South Conference Graduate Fellowships.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships each year 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.
For more information, contact Richard Rogers of Winthrop Athletics at rogersr@winthrop.edu.
