Finalists for the 2002 John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards Announced

They will now be reviewed by the Blue Ribbon Committee, which will select the final five winners who will each receive a $10,000 grant to be used toward postgraduate studies. Funding for the scholarship program has been provided by adidas America; American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); Eddie Robinson Football Classic; Host Communications; Mellon Private Asset Management; National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); National Athletic Steering Committee (NASC); National Basketball Association (NBA); Sears, Roebuck and Co.; SpecialTee Events; Sports Media Association of Cleveland and Ohio (SMACO); and NACDA.

The winners will receive their awards at NACDA's 37th annual Convention, June 16-19 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The NACDA Scholarship Awards Luncheon, presented by Sears, will take place on Tuesday, June 18.

Minorities who intend to pursue a postgraduate degree in athletics administration are eligible for these scholarships. Students were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have senior status and have demonstrated leadership qualities on an institutional or community level.

The finalists are:

Members of the John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards Committee were responsible for selecting the finalists. Completing this task were Lee McElroy, chair, director of athletics, Albany; Al Avant, director of athletics, Chicago State; Rudy Carvajal, director of athletics, California-Bakersfield; Deborah Chin, director of athletics, New Haven; Rudy Davalos, director of athletics, Mexico; Art Eason, director of athletics, William Paterson; Vivian Fuller, director of athletics, Maryland-Eastern Shore; Mike Garrett, director of athletics, Southern California; Dan Guerrero, director of athletics, California-Irvine; Charles Harris, commissioner, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference; Gene Marshall, director of athletics, Ramapo; Ken Riley, director of athletics, Florida A&M; Gene Smith, director of athletics, Arizona State; Charlie Titus, director of athletics, Massachusetts-Harbor; Robert Vowels, commissioner, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; and Hugh Yoshida, director of athletics, Hawaii.