The Monogram Club postgraduate scholarships are two grants of $5,000 each awarded to senior Monogram winners in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in postgraduate study. The scholarship may be used in the recipient’s first postgraduate year or deferred for one year.
CRITERIA
The applicant must be a senior Monogram winner who is considering applying to graduate school (or has been accepted to graduate school). If you will have fulfilled all Monogram requirements by the end of your senior year, you are eligible to apply. Scholarship recipients are selected based on academic merit and history of service to the University and community.
APPLICATION PROCESS
1. Senior student-athletes/support staff will receive an email with a link to the application.
2. Complete application form and brief essay of up to 750 words.
* You won’t be able to obtain your transcript or submit professor recommendation until essay is submitted.
3. Request a copy of your official transcript. This is done via insideND and typing in `transcript request’.
4. One recommendation from current or former academic professor.
If you have any questions about the application process please contact Reggie Brooks, Director, Student-Athlete Alumni Relations & Engagement, at (574) 631-0446 or rbrooks2@nd.edu.
Monogram Club Pays It Forward Through Postgraduate Scholarship (feature story)
The following student-athletes have earned postgraduate scholarships since the program’s inception in 2009.
Year | Name | Sport | Hometown | Graduate College |
2008-09 | Thomas Bemenderfer | Football | Mishawaka, Ind. | Indiana (medical) |
Mallorie Croal | Volleyball | Villa Park, Calif. | San Diego (nursing) | |
2009-10 | Tim Andree | Basketball | Colts Neck, N.J. | Seton Hall (law) |
Cosmina Ciobanu | Tennis | Brea, Calif. | UC San Diego (medical) | |
2010-11 | Tyler Davis | Tennis | Nashville, Tenn. | Vanderbilt (medical) |
Erin Marrone | Softball | Alexandria, Va. | Virginia (accounting) | |
2011-12 | Christopher Iverson | Manager | Dubuque, Iowa | Iowa (medical) |
Stephanie Myers | Fencing | El Paso, Texas | Texas A&M (vet medicine) | |
2012-13 | Dean Odegard | Track & Field | St. Louis, Mo. | St. Louis (ecology) |
Meghan Salomon | Rowing | Cincinnati, Ohio | Northwestern (psychology) | |
2013-14 | Kelly Curran | Cross Country/Track & Field | Bloomington, Ill. | Oakland University (medical) |
Ted Glasnow | Track & Field | Newhall, Calif. | TBD (law) | |
2014-15 | Ashley Armstrong | Golf | Flossmoor, Ill. | University of Illinois (engineering) |
Peter Schneider | Hockey | Vienna, Austria | TBD (law) | |
2015-16 | Sarah Kappers | Rowing | Cincinnati, Ohio | Northwestern University (physical therapy) |
Brian Talcott | Soccer | Omaha, Neb. | University of Iowa (law) | |
2016-17 | Eva Niklinska | Fencing | Granger, Ind. | Vanderbilt University (medical) |
Evan Panken | Soccer | Edina, Minn. | Northwestern University (medical) | |
2017-18 | Alex Kerschner | Baseball | New Berlin, Wis. | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Katie Uhler | Soccer | San Antonio, Texas | TBD |