Wellesley’s Abrishami Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Courtesy Wellesley College

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College senior rower Monique Abrishami (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) has been selected as a 2006 NCAA Spring Postgraduate Scholarship winner. The two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Award Winner, graduated with a degree in political science and will enroll in the Harvard School of Law this fall.

“Monique did indeed shine this past academic year (as she clearly did throughout her tenure at Wellesley College),” comments head crew coach Tessa Spillane. “Monique is one of those amazing student-athletes who comes along once in a very short while, she is the absolute embodiment of Division III athletics. She has been a dedicated scholar and has become a tremendous athlete and has been extremely dedicated to making significant progress in both areas. I know she will continue to be an incredibly successful person, and will be an amazing asset to her next academic community.”

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.