Two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletes were among the 10 recipients of postgraduate scholarships awarded this year by the Southern Conference, the league announced Thursday.
Lakelyn Bouldin, a four-year starter in basketball from Spencer, Tennessee, and Kirsty Beckwith, a golfer from Leeds, England, each will receive a scholarship worth $2,000 to apply toward her pursuit of a postgraduate degree.
The recipients are nominated by their schools and selected by the SoCon’s Graduate Scholar Committee. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes about to receive their undergraduate degrees who intend to pursue advanced degrees in graduate or professional school. The student-athletes are evaluated on academics, athletics and community service.
Bouldin, who will earn a master of science degree in agricultural leadership, education and communication with hopes of working for the University of Tennessee extension program or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will receive the William V. Moore Scholarship presented by McMillan Pazdan Smith.
A Van Buren County High School star before beginning her Mocs career, the 5-foot-8 Bouldin helped UTC sweep the SoCon women’s basketball regular-season and tournament titles for the 2016-17 season as a freshman and she helped her program earn a share of the regular-season league championship this past season. She earned some level of All-SoCon basketball recognition each of her four seasons and finished her UTC career as the program’s most accurate free-throw shooter of all time at 84.5%, with her 225 career 3-pointers made ranking third and her 1,446 total points eighth in the Mocs’ record books.