Nomination folders of those selected by the districts are forwarded to the NCAA office for consideration by the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, which selects the winners. The NCAA has established a program to assist student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility for institutional financial aid. I member institution before application and must be within 30 semester hours of their degree requirements. This program is administered by the NCAA Special Degree Completion Program Committee. Applications are accepted in the spring for the following fall and spring, and in the fall for the next spring and summer.
Applications are available in the institution s department of athletics.
Completed applications should be sent to Donna K. Keith at the NCAA national office. This scholarship was established in 1987 in honor of former NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers as a means of recognizing and encouraging excellence in academic performance by student-athletes. Under the program, one male and one female student-athlete annually are awarded postgraduate scholarships in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in graduate study. These awards are made from earnings of an endowment fund established for this program. The program is administered by the Walter Byers Scholarship Committee, which was established by the NCAA membership and is appointed by the NCAA Council.