Field Hockey Jason Bryden
INDIANAPOLIS – Washington College senior Kat Esposito (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) has been awarded a 2024-25 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, a scholarship of $10,000 towards studies in a graduate program at an accredited institution. Esposito, who played field hockey for the Shorewomen, was one of 42 fall sport student-athletes across the three NCAA Divisions to receive the scholarship and is the first from Washington College to earn the scholarship since Kailyn Brandt ’21 received the award four years ago. Like Esposito, Brandt played field hockey at WC.
"I am so grateful to be a recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship," states Esposito. "The opportunity to continue my education in a field I am passionate about is an immense privilege that I greatly appreciate. I am so thankful to my professors, my WCFH (Washington College Field Hockey) family, and my parents for supporting me in my academic and athletic journeys."
A member and past president of Lambda Alpha, the National Anthropology Honors Society, she will be starting a PhD program in Anthropology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, studying archaeology.
Esposito, the 2021 Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year and 2024 Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, is one of three players in program history to notch 100 career points, as she scored 46 goals and added eight assists, doing it in just three seasons due to an injury that wiped out her junior campaign. She holds the record at Washington for most goals (13) and points (27) in a season by a freshman and tied for most goals in a single season (18), which she did in 2022. She was a four-time NFHCA (National Field Hockey Coaches Association) Scholar of Distinction and member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad, a three-time All-Centennial and NFHCA Region V selection and two-time Academic All-Centennial. The senior was also 2023 CSC (College Sports Communicators) Academic All-District® and selected to the 2024 NFHCA Division III Senior Team.
“Kat is an extremely deserving recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship," says field hockey head coach Alex Calder-Butler. "Over her four years here at Washington College, she has truly represented what it means to be a student-athlete, committing herself both in the classroom and on the field. I cannot wait for her to embark on this next chapter at UNC and am very proud of her.”
The NCAA hands out up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually, a maximum of 42 for the fall, winter and spring seasons, and are evenly divided between men and women with up to 63 each year and 21 per season going to each. It is a one-time scholarship, not renewable and go to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically who are in their final year of athletic competition.






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