Young Earns Conference USA Postgraduate Scholarship Award

May 21, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville track and field senior Trish Young was named as a recipient of a Conference USA Postgraduate Scholarship Award Monday.

The league annually presents six $4,000 Postgraduate Scholarship awards to graduates as selected by the Faculty Athletics Representatives at the conference's annual spring meetings.

Young compiled a 3.91 undergraduate GPA and a 4.0 graduate GPA as she obtained her bachelor's degree in exercise science and sports medicine and a master's in exercise physiology from U of L. The two-time Conference USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and two-time C-USA javelin champion finished second in the event at the 2002 C-USA Championship.

Young, who holds the school record in the javelin with a throw of 160 feet, 10 inches, was a three-year captain for the Cardinals and won the Ed Kallay Award, U of L's highest honor to a graduating senior.

A member of Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key National Honor Societies, Young was also active in community service through CardsCARE, the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and as a physiotherapy volunteer at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

The six recipients of the C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship Award are:

Rhian Clark, Houston        Women's TrackTrish Young, Louisville     Women's TrackLauren Jackson, Memphis     Women's BasketballCarolyn Lyon, South Florida Women's TrackRyan Detmer, Cincinnati     Men's GolfScott Scherer, Memphis      Football

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Young Earns Conference USA Postgraduate Scholarship Award

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