Oklahoma State University Athletics
Odenyo Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
February 27, 2009 | Cowgirl Soccer
INDIANAPOLIS (OSU Athletics ) — Oklahoma State soccer star Yolanda Odenyo has been awarded one of 29 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships for female student-athletes who compete in fall sports.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
Odenyo's scholarship marks the second-straight year an OSU soccer player has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Last year, Niccole Grimaldi earned the scholarship.
A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Odenyo completed her senior season for coach Colin Carmichael's Cowgirl soccer squad in November 2008.
Odenyo finished her playing career as the most decorated player in OSU soccer history. She was a three-time All-American and earned All-Big 12 honors in each of her four seasons. In 2006, she was the Big 12 Co-Player of the Year, and she earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2008.
In a record-setting senior season for the Cowgirls, Odenyo led the Big 12 Conference with 16 goals and 37 points, both of which set single-season school records, to help OSU to its first-ever Big 12 regular season championship. She was named a first-team All-Big 12 performer for the third consecutive year, and she finished her career as the Cowgirls' all-time leader in goals and points.
In the classroom, Odenyo earned a degree in Family Relations and Child Development. She was a three-time Academic All-American and first-team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
Odenyo's involvement in the community includes volunteering for Harvest II, the Red Cross and the YMCA, participation in FCA and also serving in the youth ministry program at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She is also the organizer of the Score for Sasja Fund, which awards scholarships for poor students to attend high school in Kenya. The fund was named in honor of Odenyo's late sister, who died in an automobile accident. In December 2007, she participated in a soccer clinic and educational seminar in Kenya that focused on sex education and AIDS prevention along with the importance of education and staying in school.
The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
Odenyo's scholarship marks the second-straight year an OSU soccer player has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Last year, Niccole Grimaldi earned the scholarship.
A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Odenyo completed her senior season for coach Colin Carmichael's Cowgirl soccer squad in November 2008.
Odenyo finished her playing career as the most decorated player in OSU soccer history. She was a three-time All-American and earned All-Big 12 honors in each of her four seasons. In 2006, she was the Big 12 Co-Player of the Year, and she earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2008.
In a record-setting senior season for the Cowgirls, Odenyo led the Big 12 Conference with 16 goals and 37 points, both of which set single-season school records, to help OSU to its first-ever Big 12 regular season championship. She was named a first-team All-Big 12 performer for the third consecutive year, and she finished her career as the Cowgirls' all-time leader in goals and points.
In the classroom, Odenyo earned a degree in Family Relations and Child Development. She was a three-time Academic All-American and first-team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
Odenyo's involvement in the community includes volunteering for Harvest II, the Red Cross and the YMCA, participation in FCA and also serving in the youth ministry program at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She is also the organizer of the Score for Sasja Fund, which awards scholarships for poor students to attend high school in Kenya. The fund was named in honor of Odenyo's late sister, who died in an automobile accident. In December 2007, she participated in a soccer clinic and educational seminar in Kenya that focused on sex education and AIDS prevention along with the importance of education and staying in school.
The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated.
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