Bowman Going Postgrad

Here at College Sports, we always want to recognize student-athletes who have excelled not only athletically, but also academically. It doesn't matter what school they're from, whether it's a big time Division l school or a small NAIA school.

This student-athlete is from the SEC and she is a Track/Cross Country star at Tennessee. Her name is Sarah Bowman, and she has been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship by the NCAA. The All-American from Warranton, VA received her Bachelors Degree this past May in Business with an emphasis in Human Resource Management. She graduated with a 3.87 GPA and is one of 29 Women to receive this one-time, non-renewable scholarship towards her pursuit of a postgraduate degree.

The scholarship was birthed in 1964 by the NCAA to reward and encourage the NCAA's most accomplished student-athletes to pursue postgraduate degrees. The NCAA awards 174 postgraduate scholarships a year, 87 to men and 87 to women.

Bowman has earned back-to-back recognitions as the USTFCCCA Division I National Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. On the track, Bowman has been no less dominating. She led the Lady Vols to an NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championship in 2009 and SEC Indoor Track & Field titles in 2007 and 2009 as well as an SEC Championship and an NCAA South Regional crown in cross country during the 2005 campaign when she was a Freshman.

Bowman was a three-time National Champion on the Oval, as well as anchoring the distance medley relay team to victory in 2008 and 2009, breaking world, American, collegiate, meet and school records as senior.
As a Cross Country runner, Bowman became the first All-American for Head Coach J.J. Clark, finishing 36th at the 2008 NCAA National Championships. If all that wasn't enough, Bowman earned All-SEC honors four times and made the All-South Region Team on three occasions while helping the Lady Vols reach the NCAA Team Championships in 05 and 06, as well as qualifying individually for Nationals her Senior year. She's done it on the track and Cross Country course, and she's done it in the class room. She's Sarah Bowman of Tennessee. For more information on this story, the reader can go to www.secsports.com.