INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced its fall
recipients for the 2008-2009 postgraduate scholarships and
Salisbury University's Stacey Krebs was one of 29
women to receive the one-time grant of $7,500. Krebs was selected
among Division I, II, and III candidates and was one of only nine
women's volleyball players to receive the award.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87
for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to
student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who
are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants. Each sport
season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships
available for men and 29 scholarships available for women.
Krebs is the fifth Sea Gull student-athlete to receive the NCAA
Postgraduate Scholarship since 2001. Salisbury's other recipients
include Sue Ackermann (women's lacrosse,
spring '08), Erin Budd (field hockey, fall '04),
Kim Rementer (softball, spring '05) and
Dan Meehan (men's soccer, fall '03).
Krebs helped to guide the Sea Gulls to an amazing season in '08
as the Sea Gulls posted a program best 36-2 record en route to a
fifth Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) championship and a second
straight trip to the NCAA tournament, fifth overall. In the NCAA
tournament, the Sea Gulls won their first-ever postseason match
before it fell in the second round. SU won 36 straight matches,
ninth all-time in NCAA Division III volleyball history, after the
Sea Gulls lost their first match of the season to top-ranked
Juniata. For the season, Krebs finished with an even 400 kills to
lead the team and was third in digs with 328.
The Eldersburg, Md., native became the first Sea Gull volleyball
player ever to be named an All-American as she was on the second
team in 2007 and followed that up with an All-American honorable
mention selection in '08. Krebs was selected the CAC Player of the
Year twice ('07, '08) and was a three-time All-CAC first team
performer ('06,'07,'08). In addition, she was a two-time team
captain and a two-time All-Region first team ('07,'08) honoree.
Krebs finishes her career as the all-time leader in program history
for kills (1,734) and attempts (4,717) and fourth in blocks (313).
During her four-year career the Sea Gulls compiled a record of
112-36 (75.6 winning percentage) and won two CAC titles and made
two trips to the NCAA tournament.
Krebs has also excelled in the classroom as the Physical
Education major has posted a 3.82 grade point average, been named
to the Dean's list five times and selected to the CAC All-Academic
team every year she has been a Sea Gull. She has been selected to
the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Academic All-District teams twice ('07, '08) where she was a second
team and third team college division selection for District 2.
Krebs was honored as a Maryland Association for Health, Physical
Education Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD) scholarship recipient. She
has also worked the past two years in the Salisbury University
Sports Information office where she edits and posts Sea Gull
athletic photos to www.suseagulls.com and also
serves as game day operations support.
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. Athletics and academic
achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service,
volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are
evaluated. An equitable approach is employed in reviewing
each applicant's nomination form to provide opportunity to all
student-athlete nominees to receive the postgraduate award,
regardless of sport, division, gender or race. In maintaining
the highest broad-based standards in the selection process, the
program aims to reward those individuals whose dedication and
effort are reflective of those characteristics necessary to succeed
and thrive through postgraduate study in an accredited graduate
degree program.
