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OSU Announces POSSE Star Fund For Student-Athletes
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STILLWATER – Beginning in the fall semester of 2022, scholarship Oklahoma State student-athletes will receive $5,980 per year as part of the POSSE STAR Fund, it was announced today.
Athletic Director Chad Weiberg established a plan that incentivizes academic success as the means for scholarship student-athletes to receive a financial reward stemming from the landmark Supreme Court decision in the Alston v. NCAA case.
The Alston decision granted universities the option to provide student-athletes with additional education-related benefits including direct financial support in the form of academic achievement awards, up to the legally established maximum of $5,980 per year.
Weiberg said Oklahoma State's plan is all scholarship student-athletes will receive the legally established maximum of $5,980 per year.
"Many of our student-athletes perform at a high level academically, as well as athletically. The Alston decision permits us to provide additional aid to reward student-athletes that are achieving success in the classroom," Weiberg said. "We are fortunate for, and grateful to, our POSSE members and donors who have taken their contributions to the next level to help provide these resources to help support our student-athletes."
Dating back to the fall of 2019, OSU has 11 different sports teams with cumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or better. In the past four semesters alone, nine different Cowboy and Cowgirl teams have set program GPA records.
The money used to fund the POSSE STAR fund will come through gifts to the POSSE, which exists to give Oklahoma State student-athletes the resources they need to reach their full potential, both in competition and in the classroom. Those interested in donating to the fund can do so by visiting okstate.com/starfund or by calling the POSSE office at 405-744-7301.
Athletic Director Chad Weiberg established a plan that incentivizes academic success as the means for scholarship student-athletes to receive a financial reward stemming from the landmark Supreme Court decision in the Alston v. NCAA case.
The Alston decision granted universities the option to provide student-athletes with additional education-related benefits including direct financial support in the form of academic achievement awards, up to the legally established maximum of $5,980 per year.
Weiberg said Oklahoma State's plan is all scholarship student-athletes will receive the legally established maximum of $5,980 per year.
"Many of our student-athletes perform at a high level academically, as well as athletically. The Alston decision permits us to provide additional aid to reward student-athletes that are achieving success in the classroom," Weiberg said. "We are fortunate for, and grateful to, our POSSE members and donors who have taken their contributions to the next level to help provide these resources to help support our student-athletes."
Dating back to the fall of 2019, OSU has 11 different sports teams with cumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or better. In the past four semesters alone, nine different Cowboy and Cowgirl teams have set program GPA records.
The money used to fund the POSSE STAR fund will come through gifts to the POSSE, which exists to give Oklahoma State student-athletes the resources they need to reach their full potential, both in competition and in the classroom. Those interested in donating to the fund can do so by visiting okstate.com/starfund or by calling the POSSE office at 405-744-7301.
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