The NCAA has selected University of Tulsa soccer student-athlete Katy Riojas to receive the 2016 Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, as announced on Monday.
Established in 1988, the scholarship honors the contributions of former NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. Riojas will receive a $24,000 renewable postgraduate scholarship.
Riojas will continue her education at Vanderbilt for a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She is the first female Byers Scholarship recipient from a Top-100 National University since 2009, and the first woman from an FBS program to win the award, also since 2009.
Riojas, from Parkville, Missouri, has maintained a 4.