Recent Western Kentucky graduate Emma Kowalkowski has been named one of 14 recipients of the 2020 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship, the Conference USA office announced on Thursday.
The defensive specialist joins Rachel Engle, Sydney Engle and Rachel Anderson as a recipient of the prestigious honor following a tremendous career under the direction of Lady Topper volleyball coach Travis Hudson.
A WKU volleyball representative has earned the scholarship each of the last three years and four of the last five.
This is the 12th year that the scholarships have been presented in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda, who served Rice University for 46 years as an educator, coach and faculty athletics representative before he passed away in November 2008.