Swim & Dive Alum Sam Fromkin (‘19) Earns $10,000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

INDIANAPOLIS – One of the 42 recipients nationally of a 2026 NCAA Winter Postgraduate Scholarship was Sam Fromkin (CAS/BA ’19), an alum of the American University males’s swimming & diving group. Fromkin’s award is $10,000, which he’ll use to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for his grasp’s of nice arts in Classical Acting.

Fromkin is the primary Eagle to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 12 years, since Hall of Famer Alexis Dobbs of girls’s basketball in 2014. Fromkin earned his bachelor’s diploma from American in Musical Theatre and Spanish Studies in 2019, together with a Certificate of Spanish Translation. He was a four-year member of swimming & diving, competing in quite a few occasions with a concentrate on the person medley. 

The student-athlete recipients, representing winter sports activities throughout all three NCAA divisions, have demonstrated excellent tutorial achievements, athletic excellence and management inside their communities.

Each yr, the NCAA awards as much as 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who’ve accomplished their ultimate yr of athletics competitors. The scholarships are distributed thrice yearly — within the fall, winter and spring — offering 21 scholarships every to women and men per season. The award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship meant to help graduate examine at an accredited establishment.

Established in 1964, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program promotes and encourages graduate training by recognizing the Association’s most completed student-athletes. The program evaluates candidates on their athletic and tutorial achievements, campus involvement, group service and management. 

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