Brittney Jones Earns C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship
6/26/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 26, 2009
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Brittney Jones, a former Southern Miss softball player, was named one of the 12 recipients of the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Awards Friday by Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky.
This is the first year the award has been named for Dr. Castañeda, who served Rice University for 46 years as an educator, coach and Faculty Athletics Representative before he passed away in November.
The conference annually presents the $4,000 Postgraduate Scholarship awards to graduates as selected by the C-USA Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.
Jones was a two-year letterwinner at catcher and designated hitter for the Golden Eagles. The Rayne, La., native graduated with a 3.91 GPA and received her bachelor's of science degree in exercise science and served as a representative on the Southern Miss Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC). Jones will attend the University of St. Augustine, where she will work towards a Masters of Occupational Therapy and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy.
Here is the list of the 2008-09 postgraduate scholarship recipients:
Nicole Moore, East Carolina, Women's Soccer
Shelby Scott, Houston, Women's Soccer
Camilla Overup, Marshall, Women's Swimming
Kathryn Murphy, Memphis, Women's Soccer
Eleanor "Lennie" Waite, Rice, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Jennifer Basel, SMU, Women's Swimming
Brittney Jones, Southern Miss, Softball
Jen Linder, Tulane, Volleyball
April Montgomery, Tulsa, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
James Oliver, UAB, Baseball
Sha'Reff Rashad, UCF, Football
Daidre Mendenhall, UTEP, Volleyball