LC soccer star Lauren Askey is one of 13 women athletes nationwide to receive the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.
The NCAA awards scholarships to ethnic minorities and female college graduates who will be entering their initial year of postgraduate studies. The applicant must be seeking admission or have been accepted into a sports administration or related program that will help the applicant obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics, such as athletics administrator, coach, athletic trainer or other career that provides a direct service to intercollegiate athletics.
Lauren will head to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next fall to work on her master's in athletic training.
She led the Lynchburg College women's soccer team to the Elite Eight last fall while maintaining a near-perfect GPA. This feat made her a double All-American and the first LC women's soccer player to achieve academic and athletic All-American status in the same season.
2008-09 NCAA Award Winners
Julie Abaray, University of Missouri, Columbia
Lauren Askey, Lynchburg College
Jillian Austin, Loyola Marymount University
Amanda Friedline, Hope College
Carolyn Hrusovsky, Bowling Green State University
Katie McKee, University of Redlands
Jennifer Myhre, Messiah College
Rebekah Porter, University of New Hampshire
Natalie Schembra, Coker College
Christin Shibley, San Diego State University
Krystal Stein, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Ashley Thomas, Louisiana State University
Rachel Zollner, Metropolitan State College of Denver