courtesy of the Big 12
Twenty-eight Big 12 student-athletes have been selected to receive 2023-24 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships, the Conference announced.
The scholarships are named in honor of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt, a former Big 12 Conference staff member and student services’ pioneer who passed away in March 2005. The list of all-time recipients has grown to 529 since the inception of the league in 1996-97. Starting in 2002-03, additional funding increased scholarship award winners to two per member institution.
To date the Big 12 has provided over $3.9 million for postgraduate education. The individual grants began at $2,500 in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999 and increased to $6,900 for 2004-05. The awards climbed to $7,500 in 2006-07, moved to $9,000 in 2011-12 and have been at $10,000 since 2013-14.
Criteria for the awards includes a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.200 on a 4.000 scale and participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the nominee’s respective institution. The student-athletes must graduate from their respective member institutions and enroll in graduate or professional school of their choice within 15 months of their selection of the postgraduate scholarship.
Baylor | Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua | Men’s Basketball |
Baylor | Shaylon Govan | Softball |
BYU | Jacob Boren | Football |
BYU | Kaavya Sawhney | Women’s Tennis |
UCF | Paul Rubelt | Football |
UCF | Shannon Doherty | Softball |
Cincinnati | Drew Hawthorne | Men’s Swimming |
Cincinnati | Grace Hirschmann | Lacrosse |
Houston | Matt Byrnes | Football |
Houston | Hedda Grelz | Women’s Swimming & Diving |
Iowa State | Benjamin Monroe | Wrestling |
Iowa State | Ashley Bengtson | Swimming & Diving |
Kansas State | Joe Placek | Men’s Track and Field |
Kansas State | Loren Hinkle | Volleyball |
Kansas | Terry Robinson | Men’s Track and Field |
Kansas | Shira Elinav | Soccer |
Oklahoma State | Carson Sager | Men’s Basketball |
Oklahoma State | Angelica Pfefferkorn | Women’s Golf |
Oklahoma | Josh Heindselman | Wrestling |
Oklahoma | Ragan Smith | Women’s Gymnastics |
TCU | Parker Hughes | Men’s Swimming |
TCU | Sydnie Young | Women’s Equestrian |
Texas | Gabriel Lozano Quiroga | Football |
Texas | Kathia Nitsch | Rowing |
Texas Tech | Caleb Dean | Men’s Track and Field |
Texas Tech | Onaara Obamuwagun | Women’s Track and Field |
West Virginia | Caleb Dowling | Wrestling |
West Virginia | Laurna Atkins | Rowing |