UH Mānoa’s Ginoza earns NCAA postgraduate scholarship - University of Hawaii System

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa swimmer Makena Ginoza was selected as one of 42 student-athletes to receive the NCAA’s Postgraduate Scholarship on May 12.
The NCAA awarded $10,000 each to 42 exceptional student-athletes as part of its Postgraduate Scholarship program. These student-athletes, representing winter sports across all three NCAA divisions, have demonstrated outstanding academic achievements, athletic excellence and leadership within their communities.
Ginoza competed in two events this season, highlighted by multiple podium finishes. Ginoza won gold as a member of the 200 medley relay team, where he swam the anchor leg with a mark of 22.80 against Whitman. At the Harvard-Arkansas tri-meet, he placed second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:22.89, and in the 500 free with a mark of 4:49.03.
The NCAA awards 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who have completed their final year of athletics competition. The scholarships are distributed three times annually, providing 21 scholarships each to men and women per season. The award is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship intended to support graduate study at an accredited institution.
For more on Ginoza, go to HawaiiAthletics.com