INDIANAPOLIS (August 2, 2021) - The NCAA announced that Nebraska Wesleyan track and field student-athletes,
Aspen Rolfes and
Trent Koehler, were both awarded a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
The addition of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship added to Rolfes's decorated career as a Prairie Wolf. Rolfes was a four-time National Champion, eight-time All-American, 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American, and NWU's 2021 Outstanding Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Rolfes also earned four USTFCCCA All-Region accolades and 18 All-Conference awards in her career. The Lincoln, Nebraska native (Lincoln Pius X High School) graduated with a degree in Exercise Science and had a 3.90 GPA.
An NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was added to a long list of awards for Koehler as well. Koehler was a four-time All-American in the long jump, two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, 13-time All-Conference honoree, and four-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection. Additionally, Koehler was the 2018 American Rivers Conference indoor long jump champion and owns the seventh-best long jump mark in program history. A native of York, Nebraska (York High School), Koehler graduated with a degree in biology and had a 3.64 GPA.
Rolfes and Koehler moved Nebraska Wesleyan to 27 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients in track and field/cross country and 63 honorees in all sports. The Prairie Wolves had multiple selections in each of the last two years and had at least one student-athlete earn the award every year since 1997. Since 2000, the NWU track and field/cross country program has led the nation, regardless of division, with NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners. To see Nebraska Wesleyan's complete history of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners, click here.
To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must meet minimum GPA requirements and have performed with distinction as a varsity team member in the sport in which he or she 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.
