Canisius College synchronized swimmer Jamee Paoloemilio (Kissimmee, Fla.) has been awarded one of 58 NCAA postgraduate scholarships worth $7,500 to continue her education. Paoloemilio currently has a 3.84 GPA in biology and was a four-year letterwinner for the Griffs, participating on four East Regional and ECAC championship teams. Canisius has now had a student-athlete earn an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for three consecutive years.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 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 the field 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.

The NCAA awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in spring sports, which included baseball, men and women’s golf, men and women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, softball, men and women’s tennis, men and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s volleyball, women’s synchronized swimming and women’s water polo. The NCAA also awarded 114 scholarships to athletes participating in fall or winter sports in which an NCAA Championship is held or an emerging sport, such as synchronized swimming.
Paoloemilio joins five former Griffs who also received NCAA postgraduate scholarships — Diane Nowak-Kent (1988, tennis), Colleen Sandor (1986, softball), Tom Schott (1983, football), Josh Zavitz (2005, hockey) and Anthony Zitnik (2004, lacrosse). Former women’s basketball player and assistant coach Jenel Stevens received an NCAA Ethnic Minority Enhancement postgraduate scholarship in 2003-04.

source: http://www.gogriffs.com