INDIANAPOLIS-- Wartburg's Sarah Hoffmann (Epworth) a member of the National Championship women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the NCAA office announced today.

Hoffmann, a biology major with a 3.97 GPA, becomes the 34th student-athlete from Wartburg and first from the women’s track and field program since 2004. Her award also continues a string of nine Knights in nine years to receive this scholarship.

She will attend medical school at Des Moines University in the fall.

The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.