The NCAA will honor 10 exemplary college athletes – the 2016 Today’s Top 10 Award winners – at the NCAA Convention in January. The award recognizes former student-athletes for their successes on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Battista, a member of the 2014 Division II national champion Bentley women’s basketball team, graduated summa cum laude and helped bring a Team IMPACT child to campus.
Thomas was overlooked after high school, but became one of Division II’s top players. His hopes of a professional basketball career overseas were derailed by a rare heart condition.
Michmerhuizen graduated from Calvin College and now puts the lessons she learned as a student-athlete to use as she pursues her Ph.D. in pharmacology, hoping to one day find better treatments for people with diabetes.
Ikard created and took part in an independent study trip to Ireland while he was at Oklahoma. He still made time to play on one of the nation’s top football teams and graduate with a 4.0 GPA.
Loyola lacrosse standout Joe Fletcher explains how he made the most of his time as a student-athlete, garnering a tryout with the U.S. men’s national lacrosse team and graduating with a near-perfect GPA.
Megan Light, an Emory softball player, plans to pursue a career in global health, traveling the world and educating impoverished communities about proper nutrition and other health habits.
The NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recognizes student-athletes for their successes on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the community. The award recipients completed their athletics eligibility during the 2012-13 academic year and...
The NCAA has selected 10 extraordinary student-athletes who will be honored in January as the Today’s Top 10 Award winners. The NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recognizes student-athletes who completed their athletics eligibility during the 2011...
