Recent Gettysburg College graduate and former women's lacrosse
player Lindsay
Menton (Ellicott City, Md./Glenelg Country School) was
recently named the winner of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate
Scholarship.
Menton received one of only 29 scholarships available to female
student-athletes from the recent spring season. The NCAA awards up
to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for
women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel
academically and athletically and who are in their final year of
intercollegiate athletics competition. The one-time grants of
$7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring
sports. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
Menton is the 10th Bullet to earn a postgrad scholarship and the
first since men's lacrosse standout Timothy Kurpis '10 in 2010. She
is also the first Gettysburg women's lacrosse player to earn the
award.
Menton was a major contributor during her four seasons with the
lacrosse program, appearing in 83 contests with 67 starts. She was
a versatile player on both sides of the field, logging 25 goals, 15
assists, 103 ground balls, 42 draw controls, and 48 caused
turnovers.
This past spring was arguably Menton's best as she recorded a
career-high 32 ground balls and tied a personal mark with 14 caused
turnovers. She helped the Bullets claim their second consecutive
Centennial Conference title and advance to the second round of the
NCAA Division III Tournament. Menton served as a team captain and
was tabbed to the conference's All-Sportsmanship Team.
The shining moment of her playing career came in 2011 when she was
given the Elite 89 Award for having the highest GPA at the national
championships. Menton would later lead Gettysburg to its first
national title in women's lacrosse.
Menton graduated from Gettysburg after completing an
individually-designed major entitled “Theories in Politics
and Society.” She was named the winner of the Lou Hammann
Award in Interdisciplinary Study during Spring Honors Day as part
of the 2013 Commencement activities. The Hamman award recognizes a
senior who has done exemplary work in interdisciplinary studies as
measured by the completion of a senior thesis, grade average in the
individual major courses, and participation in interdisciplinary
studies and co-curricular activities. Menton, who will complete her
teacher certification this fall, was also named Phi Beta Kappa.
The postseason honors continued on Monday for Haverford College's
Kevin
Caulfield as the recent graduate was granted a prestigious NCAA
Postgraduate Scholarship.
Monday's honor brings Haverford's total to 25 postgraduate scholarships including seven in the past five years. Caulfield is the second men's tennis player to receive the award (2009, Alex Buxbaum '09).
A four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference player in singles (three times in doubles), Caulfield was recently tabbed the Philadelphia Inquirer's academic all-area performer of the year in men's tennis, winning the award for the second straight year.
His playing days at Haverford finished in the spring with a trip to the NCAA's 2013 singles tournament where Caulfield earned All-America status after winning his opening-round match in the round of 32 before falling to the eventual national champion in the round of 16.
Over the course of his four years playing at the No. 1 slot for the Fords, Caulfield amassed 57 singles wins which ties for second-most in program history.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring) there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
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. An equitable approach is employed in reviewing each applicant's nomination form to provide opportunity to all student-athlete nominees to receive the postgraduate award, regardless of sport, division, gender or race. In maintaining the highest broad-based standards in the selection process, the program aims to reward those individuals whose dedication and effort are reflective of those characteristics necessary to succeed and thrive through postgraduate study in an accredited graduate degree program.