May. 01–

Concordia University women's basketball standout point guard Katie LaViolette (Manitowoc, Wis.) is one of 29 female student-athletes who competed during the winter season to receive an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. She will join the women's basketball coaching staff as a Graduate Assistant in 2008-09.

LaViolette was a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, three-time NSIC All-Academic selection and was chosen as one of Concordia's prestigious "Top Four" student-athletes for all-around service, academic and athletic achievement at CU.

2007-08 Winter Awardees (Women)

From NCAA.com:
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes who participated in winter sports, which included men's and women's basketball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s ice hockey, women’s rifle, men’s skiing, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and wrestling.

In addition to the winter sport honorees, the NCAA also awards 116 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes participating in fall and spring sports in which the NCAA conducts championships or participates in as an emerging sport, for a total of 174 postgraduate scholarships annually.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) 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 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.

Nomination information is sent to faculty athletics representatives for fall sports in September, for winter sports in January, and for spring sports in March.  Selections are made three times each academic year.  The nomination must be submitted during the appropriate seasonal category for the sport using the online scholarship submission system.  Candidates are screened by seven regional selection committees, and the award recipients are selected by the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.