Floyd, Livergood Earn Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships
June 02, 2015 | Baseball
Tyler Floyd was one of two Texas Tech student-athletes that received the Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship on Tuesday.
June 2, 2015
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech had two student-athletes - track and field's Madeline Livergood and baseball's Tyler Floyd - honored with Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships on Tuesday, the Big 12 Conference office announced.
Livergood and Floyd were among 20 conference student-athletes who were selected for the prestigious scholarship that is named in honor of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt, a former Big 12 Conference staff member and student services pioneer who passed away in March 2005.
The list of all-time scholarship recipients has grown to 361 since the conference's inception in 1996-97. Starting in 2002-03, additional funding increased scholarship winners to two members per institution.
To date the Big 12 has provided over $2.5 million for postgraduate education. The individual grants began at $2,500 in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999 and increased to $6,900 for 2004-05. The awards climbed to $7,500 in 2006-07, moved to $9,000 in 2011-12 and are now at $10,000 since 2013-14.
Criteria for the awards includes a cumulative grade point average of 3.200 on a 4.000 scale, participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the nominee's respective institution and completion of athletics' eligibility. The student-athletes also must graduate from their respective member institutions within 15 months of their selection for a postgraduate scholarship and are expected to enroll in graduate/professional schools within two years of graduation. Three faculty representatives, one senior woman administrator and one director of athletics form the selection panel for the awards.
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