Nesbitt Awarded 2017-18 Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship
July 27, 2018 | Baseball, Student-Athlete Academic Services
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 Conference announced its recipients of the 2017-18 Postgraduate Scholarship Program and recently graduated senior baseball player Channing Nesbitt was one of two University of Washington beneficiaries.
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Nesbitt (Oakland, Calif.) earned a degree in Economics and Political Science and will continue his education at UW's Evans School pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree.
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During his undergrad studies, Nesbitt was named the 2018 Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity Scholar Athlete of the Year and was very active in campus affairs. He earned the SAAS Academic Excellence award, was named a National Conference of Ethics scholar and has been recognized as an Arthur Ashe Award winner in both 2017 and 2018.Β He has also been an active member of the Washington Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Black Student-Athlete group, and served as a group mentor for the 4C Coalition Race and Equity Initiative.
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Track & field athlete, Kaitlin Zinsli, was Washington's female recipient of the Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship.
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In 1999, the Pac-12 Conference created a Postgraduate Scholarship Program to honor and provide assistance for graduate study to outstanding student-athletes from its member institutions who also are outstanding scholars. Each year, the Conference will award 24 scholarships of $9000 each to student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically, have completed their intercollegiate athletics eligibility, and have been accepted into a program of postgraduate study. Each Pac-12 institution selects two current or former student-athletes, one man and one woman, through its institutional selection process.Β
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Nesbitt (Oakland, Calif.) earned a degree in Economics and Political Science and will continue his education at UW's Evans School pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree.
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During his undergrad studies, Nesbitt was named the 2018 Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity Scholar Athlete of the Year and was very active in campus affairs. He earned the SAAS Academic Excellence award, was named a National Conference of Ethics scholar and has been recognized as an Arthur Ashe Award winner in both 2017 and 2018.Β He has also been an active member of the Washington Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Black Student-Athlete group, and served as a group mentor for the 4C Coalition Race and Equity Initiative.
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Track & field athlete, Kaitlin Zinsli, was Washington's female recipient of the Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship.
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In 1999, the Pac-12 Conference created a Postgraduate Scholarship Program to honor and provide assistance for graduate study to outstanding student-athletes from its member institutions who also are outstanding scholars. Each year, the Conference will award 24 scholarships of $9000 each to student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically, have completed their intercollegiate athletics eligibility, and have been accepted into a program of postgraduate study. Each Pac-12 institution selects two current or former student-athletes, one man and one woman, through its institutional selection process.Β
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