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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar. 17, 2003 Contact: Geoff Hassard RYAN RUMMERY RECEIVES NCAA POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Senior becomes Third Athlete to Receive Prestigious Honor ONEONTA, N.Y. — Oneonta State senior men’s soccer player Ryan Rummery (Biggin Hill, England/Oxted County) has been awarded a Postgraduate Scholarship from the National Collegiate Athletic Association for his outstanding achievements on the field and in the classroom. Rummery was one of 29 men to be so honored from the past fall sports season and is now eligible to use the $6,900 award towards his continuing education after graduation from Oneonta. Rummery started all 17 games that he played in last fall and finished as the team's leading scorer with five goals and one assist. He was a three-time Regional All-American and two-time Atlantic Soccer Conference All-Star including being a First Team selection in 2002. He finishes his four-year career with 68 starts in 68 games played with 28 goals and 17 assists for 73 points. Rummery had 10 game-winning goals during his career and led the team in scoring in three of his four years with Oneonta. He was a two-year captain for the Red Dragons and helped lead the program to three winning seasons. Academically, Rummery has been on the SUNYAC Commissioner’s List and All-Academic Teams throughout his four years while being inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, which is the National Student Honor Society, as a junior. He was also selected by the College Sports Information Director of America as an Academic All-District 1 Second Team performer in the fall of 2001. The NCAA awards a total of 174 postgraduate scholarships in the fall, winter and spring in the sports for which the NCAA conducts championships. For a student-athlete to qualify, they must have an overall grade-point average of 3.2 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 thee student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete must also intend to continue work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student. Rummery becomes the third Oneonta State student, and the second student-athlete in the last 10 years to receive this prestigious scholarship. The first recipient was Kathleen O’Reilly who worked in the training room as an undergraduate. The most recent honoree was Paula Polce who received her award in 2001 for her outstanding career as a basketball student-athlete. | ||
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