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recipient of NCAA's Post-Graduate Scholarship
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Amanda
Weinmann 2nd Team Academic All-America: NCAA Post- Graduate Scholarship Winner |
The Saint Mary's University senior is also proving she belongs among the nation's best in the classroom as well.
A week after being selected by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Executive Committee as the MIAC's 2007 Woman of the Year, Weinmann was again honored for her academic achievement Wednesday, being named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team, while also among 10 NCAA Division III female spring sport student-athletes awarded post-graduate scholarships by the NCAA.
"It's a great honor to be recognized for both my atheltic accomplishments, as well as my academic," said Weinmann. "Both my academics and athletics were very important to me, and I am glad that the NCAA values them, too.
"I am extremely grateful for the opportunities that I had at SMU and am proud to have represented SMU and the MIAC in receiving these awards."
Weinmann closed out her collegiate career in impressive fashion in 2007 — on all three levels.
She broke both the indoor shot put and weight throw school records, was crowned conference champion in the weight throw (indoor) and shot put (outdoor), and earned All-American honors with eighth-place finishes in the shot put at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships. Weinmann leaves SMU as a three-time All-American, a four-time All-MIAC selection, as well as the owner of seven MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honors.
A double-major in biophysics and engineering physics with a 3.99 GPA, Weinmann is one of just two MIAC track and field athletes to earn Academic All-America honors. Gustavus' Hailey Harren — a First Team selection — was the other. She is also one of two MIAC female spring athletes awarded the NCAA's $7,500 post-graduate scholarship, joining Carleton golfer Cassandra Wells.
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. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated.
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 also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.
"Amanda is the epitome of what it means to succeed as a person, as a student and as an athlete," said SMU athletic director Nikki Fennern, noting that Weinmann is the first-ever NCAA post-graduate scholarship winner, not to mention just the second student-athelte named the MIAC's Woman of the Year. "Amanda is the student every professor wants in his or her classroom and the role model every coach expects from his or her leaders.
"When I talk with incoming student-athletes about what it means to be a collegiate athlete, I use Amanda Weinmann as my prime example of success," Fennern added. "She has been near perfect in the classroom, in the throwing circle, and in her service and leadership to the community. She is one of the most well-rounded student-athletes to compete at our university, with the ability to balance all aspects of her life with great success. In addition, her humble approach and her modest acceptance of praise make her a role model to all of her peers."