The past four years have certainly been memorable for Frostburg State senior women's soccer player Adria Graham and she has recently earned yet another prestigious accolade to add to her collection.

Graham was one of 58 student-athletes who were recently granted an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.  She is the 11th CAC student-athlete to be awarded an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship and the first from FSU since the Bobcats joined the CAC in 2010.

Each fall, 29 male and 29 female student-athletes from across all divisions are honored with a one-time grant of $7,500 who excel both academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletic competition. In total, the NCAA awards 174 annual grants divided evenly among the fall, winter and spring seasons.

"Adria Graham is among the most exceptional student-athletes I've had the pleasure of working with here at FSU or in any of my experiences as a teacher and coach over 22 years," said Bobcat women's soccer coach Brian Parker. "She is intelligent and conscientious and became a leader and role-model almost immediately in our soccer program. She has left a tremendous legacy here in FSU women's soccer and in our conference and will no doubt be an outstanding graduate student and professional."

Graham, an athletic training major, will graduate in May and carries a 3.96 grade point average. Next fall, she will begin the master of physician assistant studies program at Chatham University. She is a two-time Capital One Academic All-American (2012 & 2013), a 2012 NSCAA Scholar All-American, seven-time Dean's List student and a three-time Capital Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree.

During her four years in a Bobcat uniform, Graham helped lead Frostburg to a 56-15-8 overall record with an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2012 and an ECAC Tournament Championship Title in 2011.

She is the program's first and only NSCAA All-American after garnering NCAA Division III third-team honors in 2012. Graham is a three-time ECAC All-Star, two-time NSCAA All-South Region First Team selection, two-time CAC Player of the Year and three-time All-CAC honoree. She has twice been named FSU's Female Athlete of the Year and is a two-time team MVP.

Graham, who played in every game during her four years, finished her career third all-time in program history in both points (133) and goals (59).

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must be nominated by his or her athletic department, have an overall grade point average of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale) or its equivalent, and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

CAC NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award Winners

1997 - Jessica Turgeon, Marymount University Women's Basketball
1999 - Erica Pearson, St. Mary's College Women's Volleyball/Women's Basketball
2002 - Kathy Holmes, St. Mary's College Women's Lacrosse
2002 - Erik Kochert, University of Mary Washington Men's Track & Field
2003 - Don Meehan, Salisbury University Men's Soccer
2004 - Erin Budd, Salisbury Univesity Field Hockey
2005 - Brandon Bushey, York College Men's Basketball
2005 - Kim Rementer, Salisbury University Softball
2008 - Sue Ackermann, Salisbury University Women's Lacrosse
2008 - Stacey Krebs, Salisbury University Women's Volleyball
2014 - Adria Graham, Frostburg State University Women's Soccer