ST. PAUL, MN -- Winona State University soccer player Kallie Tellefsen is the 2008 Willis R. Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award for Academic Excellence recipient as announced by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
This is the 23rd year the Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award has been presented to the NSIC's top female student-athlete.
The member institutions of the NSIC nominate one female student-athlete for the Kelly Award. The nominees must meet the following criteria: a grade point average of 3.2 or better; evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum grade point average (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual's primary sport.
Tellefsen will be recognized July 25 at the 2008 NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet at the Best Western Kelly Inn and Convention Center in St. Cloud, MN. Tellefsen will receive a $1,000 post-graduate scholarship.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Winona State University's Kallie Tellefson has been named one of 58 NCAA student-athletes to be awarded an educational grant through the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program.
The winners (29 women and 29 men) represent fall-sports participants who will receive one time, nonrenewable grants of $7,500.
Tellefson is a, senior, midfielder, who helped the Warrior soccer team to a regular-season Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship and a berth in NCAA Division II regional tournament play.
Tellefson is the second WSU soccer player in the last three seasons to receive this award. Goalkeeper, Kathryn Kramer received the award for the 2005-2006 season.
The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The Association awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually -- 87 for women and 87 for men.
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.
