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Johnson
Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
UW-Stevens Point senior Curt Johnson has
been awarded one of 58 postgraduate scholarships from the NCAA. The
scholarships were given to 29 male and 29 female student-athletes who
participated in fall sports, which included women�s badminton, men�s
and women�s cross country, women�s field hockey, football, men�s and
women�s soccer, women�s volleyball and men�s water polo.
Johnson, a cross country
and track and field student-athlete from DeForest, is double majoring
in biology and chemistry and carries a 3.92 grade point average. He
received the WIAC Cross Country Scholar Athlete Award in 2003 and has
been named to the Dean�s List at UW-Stevens Point every semester.
Johnson placed third at the 2003 WIAC
championship to earn All-WIAC first team accolades. He was named his
team�s Outstanding Freshman and the Most Dedicated and also received
his institution�s Outstanding Freshman Male Athlete Award.
Johnson is a member of the Phi Kappi Phi and
Tri-Beta Biological Honor Societies and has published and presented
research at national conferences and symposiums. He has received a
student research grant and is active in research on Lyme Disease and
tick pathogens. Johnson is a member of UW-Stevens Point�s
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has attended the NCAA Regional
Leadership Conference.
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
must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has
brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and
intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to
continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time
or part-time graduate student. |
