Kellgren & Zumsteg Nominees for McWhorter Post-Graduate Scholarship from SEC
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | General
Soccer player Ashley Kellgren and swimmer Justin Zumsteg have been named the 2005 University of Florida nominations for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes.
The SEC will name the 2005 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 6 in conjunction with National Student-Athlete Day.
Kellgren, a native of Lake Mary, Fla., owns a 3.73 grade point average in her double major of criminology and psychology. Last season, the senior forward led her team and the SEC in assists (11) and was second for the Gators in number of goals scored (6). Kellgren was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week after her three-goal match versus Duke on Sept. 5, 2004.
In addition, Kellgren was named SoccerBuzz.com All-Southeastern Region third team and was a member of SoccerFLA.com All-Florida team last season. Kellgren, a member of the Dean's List at UF, has been named to the All-SEC Academic Honor Roll the past three seasons and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District III team in 2003 and '04.
She is also a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society for her active role in community service. Kellgren has visited children at hospitals and schools in the Gainesville area and has volunteered as a camp counselor and youth soccer coach.
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| 2005 McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post Graduate Scholarship Nominees | |
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| Ashley Kellgren - soccer | Justin Zumsteg - swimming |
Zumsteg, a native of Rochester, Mich., has compiled a 3.97 grade point average double-majoring in astrophysics and astronomy. Zumsteg is a four-year letterwinner and was a qualifier at the 2005 World Championship Trials.
In addition to placing fourth in the 2003 US Spring National Championships in the 400-meter medley relay and seventh in the 2003 American Short Course Championships in the 200-meter butterfly, Zumsteg swam his career-best time of 2:03.65 in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2003 Summer Nationals.
In his career at Florida, Zumsteg has been a consistent SEC Academic Honor Roll selection, an Anderson Scholar (3.9 GPA in first four semesters at UF), a Reitz Scholar (excellence in academics and community service) and a member of the Matthews' Society (title held by no more than 12 UF students recognized for outstanding ethical leadership.
Zumsteg, also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Executive Board, founded and designed a program called "A Night with the Stars," an event to enhance interest in the sciences. Through the program, school children get a chance to meet Gator student-athletes and are taught the basics of astronomy at the Campus Teaching Observatory.
National Student Athlete Day was created in 1987 by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and presented by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
National Student-Athlete Day is held each April 6 to celebrate outstanding student-athletes who have achieved excellence in academics while having made significant contributions to the community. It is also a time to recognize those parents, teachers, coaches and school systems which make it possible for young people to find the balance between academics and athletics.
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with ALLTELL, an SEC Corporate Partner, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 22 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship. The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 12 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., on June 3.
Two UF student-athletes have been named recipients of the McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship - Janice Kerr, gymnastics/1990 and Matt Bonner, basketball/2003.
