Alex Greenhouse, a standout performer on the Emory outdoor track and field team,  has been awarded the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for spring sports based on his athletic and academic accomplishments, in addition to his work in the community, during his time as an Eagle.

As a result, Greenhouse will be awarded a $7,500 scholarship, to be used for postgraduate study.

A native of Orange, CT,  Greenhouse earned his fourth career all-America certificate, finishing third overall in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.  Earlier in the year, he was named the University Athletic Association’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Year after winning the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles, and earned the USTFCCCA’s Regional Men’s Indoor Runner of the Year honors.  Over his career, he amassed 10 UAA Championships and 20 all-UAA finishes.  Greenhouse was nominated for the postgraduate scholarship with a  3.65 GPA, and recently graduated with a major in Business Finance and Accounting and a minor in Economics.

Greenhouse distinguished himself further as one of just six students who were named  “Who’s Who” by Goizueta Business School,  symbolic  of those who represent the ideals of leadership, scholarship and service.  He was chosen as a 100 Senior Honorary at Emory which is selected the school’s faculty, staff and students in recognition as being one of the 100 most influential seniors in the 2009-10 class.  In addition, he served  a three-year stint as treasurer of Emory Read, the university’s largest student-run tutoring organization, and helped coordinate over 200 students into weekly carpools that travelled to Atlanta-area elementary schools to tutor reading and mathematics.

Emory has now been awarded 68 postgraduate scholarships over the school's history, and 51 since 2000, more than any other NCAA institution except Stanford University which has 55. 

Greenhouse is the fourth Emory student-athlete to be awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year and the second member of the track and field program.  Fellow graduate Steve Dry (indoor track), along with Ruth Westby and Lillian Ciardelli of the swimming team, were named as winter sport awardees.

This season's spring NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients (29 men and 29 women) represent winter-sports participants from all NCAA divisions, who will receive one-time, nonrenewable grants of $7,500.

The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The Association awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women.

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. For more information about the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, go to the Diversity and Inclusion link under the ‘About the NCAA' tab at www.ncaa.org.