Emory Swimmers Liz Horvat and Amy Minowitz to Receive the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Emory University seniors Liz Horvat and Amy Minowitz have been awarded the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, based on their athletic accomplishments, success in the classroom and work in the community.  As a result, each will be awarded a $7,500 scholarship, to be used for postgraduate study.

Horvat ended her career with 17 all-America certificates, including four National Championships during the 2009 season, when she was named the NCAA Division III Women’s Swimmer of the Year.  Horvat is also a two-time University Athletic Association (UAA) Swimmer of the Year, and is the Emory varsity record-holder in three individual events and one relay.  As a psychology major with a minor in sociology, Liz has compiled a 3.26 cumulative grade point average, earning CSCAA Scholar all-America honors in 2010.  In addition, she has spent time volunteering with the Special Olympics, Emory READs and Wilderness Works, along with serving on the Inter-Sorority Council and spending time as a freshman orientation leader.

Minowitz is a three-time all-American during her career, finishing seventh in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships in both 2009 and 2010, and claiming third as part of the 800-yard freestyle relay in 2008.  She has also earned four all-America honorable mentions during her career.  Amy has been named to the Dean’s List four times during her academic career as a biology major with a minor in economics, compiling a cumulative grade point average of 3.865.  She has been named a CSCAA Scholastic all-American on three occasions, and is a member of the Phi Sigma Biology Honor Society, the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economic Honor Society, and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society.  Amy has volunteered with both the Best Buddies program and the Special Olympics, in addition to helping the campus ‘go green’ as a intern with the Emory Recycles program.

Both Emory swimmers have also helped the squad to back-to-back NCAA Division III National Championships in 2010 and 2011.

Emory has now been awarded 70 postgraduate scholarships over the school's history, and 53 since 2000, more than any other NCAA institution except Stanford University.  Emory's swimming and diving team has seen 25 of its members win the scholarship over the past eight years, including 12 winners over the last five years.

This season's NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients (29 men and 29 women) represent winter-sports participants from all NCAA divisions, who will receive one-time, nonrenewable grants of $7,500.

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

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. 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.