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Filip Earns Jim Castaneda Postgraduate Scholarship
6/20/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
by Kenny Bybee (kab10@rice.edu)
IRVING, Texas - Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod named the 14 recipients of the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship on Wednesday, which included Rice track & field graduate Scott Filip as one of the honorees.
The conference annually awards the $4,000 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes selected by the C-USA Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.
Filip recently was named the C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Year for a second straight season after earning USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors in the outdoor decathlon and Second Team All-American honors in the indoor heptathlon. Filip claimed his seventh career C-USA title by winning the decathlon at the Outdoor Championships. The five-time All-American began his graduate education in global affairs last year after graduating from Rice with a 5.61 GPA in sports management.
This is the 10th 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 passing away in Novemeber 2008.
2018 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients
Joshua Cook, Men's Tennis, Charlotte
Raven Doyle, Women's Basketball, Florida Atlantic
Rebecca Quesnel, Women's Swimming & Diving, FIU
Morgan Keesee, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country, Louisiana Tech
Anna Lynch, Women's Swimming & Diving, Marshall
Jenna Burris, Women's Golf, Middle Tennessee
Victoria Junious, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country, North Texas
Charles Hess, Men's Golf, Old Dominion
Scott Filip, Men's Track & Field, Rice
Kierstin Bradley, Women's Soccer, Southern Miss
Avei Logoleo, Beach Volleyball, UAB
Charles Corner, Men's Golf, UTEP
Benjamin Brookover, Baseball, UTSA
Sydney Engle, Volleyball, WKU
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