Dalton Earns NCAA Scholarship

Lincoln ? Nebraska track and field distance runner Joslyn Dalton was recently selected as one of 13 winners of the NCAA’s Women’s Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship, joining fellow Husker Amanda Gates (volleyball). Nebraska was the only school on the list to be represented twice, while the Big 12 Conference had four student-athletes honored.

 

A 2009 team co-captain that excels both on the track and in the classroom, Dalton has been a four-time All-Big 12 performer on the track, while ranking in the top-25 in four different events on the NU all-time performance list.

 

A communication studies major, Dalton has been named to the First-Team Academic All-Big 12 team the past three seasons, the USTFCCCA All-Academic team the past two seasons and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor roll the last eight semesters, carrying a GPA of 3.771.

 

For the Women’s Enhancement Scholarship, Dalton will receive a $6,000 scholarship that will be put to her first year of postgraduate studies in a sports administration or other program that will help her obtain a career in intercollegiate athletics, such as athletics administrator, coach, athletic trainer or other career that provides a direct service to intercollegiate athletics. 

 

The program was created to increase of the pool of candidates who wished to enter the athletic administration field and only 13 people were chosen from around the nation.