Ryan Hillery ’25 Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

NCAA RELEASE
WashU POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP HISTORY
 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Washington University in St. Louis 2025 graduate Ryan Hillery was awarded the winter NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the group not too long ago introduced.
 
Hillery was a four-year member of the Bears’ males’s swimming and diving group and graduated in May 2025 with a level in cognitive neuroscience.
 
Hillery is the 25^th student-athlete in WashU Athletics’ historical past to earn the scholarship and the fourth in males’s swimming and diving program historical past.
 
For the winter, the NCAA awarded 42 scholarships to distinctive student-athletes who’ve demonstrated excellent educational achievements, athletic excellence and management inside their communities.
 
An All-American swimmer for the Bears, Hillery was additionally a three-time Academic All-UAA honoree and a two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America choice.
 
In his time at WashU, Hillery was a Swim Across America College Ambassador, organizing Swim Across America occasions for the WashU swim group to lift cash for most cancers analysis and consciousness. Additionally, he was a Student-Athlete Academic Peer Mentor, working with undergraduate WashU student-athletes to assist them obtain their educational targets.
 
Hillery additionally labored and volunteered on the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, serving as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Associate and a Child Life volunteer. He additionally served as a instructing assistant at WashU.
 
Each yr, the NCAA awards 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who’ve accomplished their remaining 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 $10,000 award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship supposed to assist graduate research at an accredited establishment.

Established in 1964, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program promotes and encourages graduate training by recognizing the Association’s most achieved student-athletes. The program evaluates candidates on their athletic and educational achievements, campus involvement, group service, and management. An equitable choice course of ensures that every one nominees, no matter sport, division, gender, or race, are thought-about pretty.

 

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