Greg Patton (Bloomington HS, Bloomington, Ill.) recently graduated from Augustana, but the accomplished sprinter continues to pull in honors as a result of his combination athletic and academic excellence. He was recently named the winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for spring sports.
 
Patton was one of just 29 male athletes across all divisions to be awarded the postgraduate scholarship by the NCAA. The $7,500-dollar grant is awarded by the NCAA to "student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition."
 
Patton excelled both physically on the track and academically in the classroom during his four years at Augustana, which began in the fall of 2009. He is the 27^th student-athlete in Augustana history to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
 
Less than three weeks ago he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He was a first team selection on that prestigious team and was joined by teammate Jonathan Smith (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.), a second team selection. Josh Eisenberg (Richmond-Burton HS, Spring Grove, Ill.) and Dave Voland (Batavia HS, Batavia, Ill.) were named to the third team. These selections increase Augustana's number of Academic All-America selections to 146, which is sixth in the nation, regardless of division.
 
Patton had an impressive track career, both indoors and outdoors. In his senior year, Patton was the 400-meter conference champion in the indoor and outdoor meets. Patton also was a part of the 4X400 team that took second place in the national outdoor meet this year. For his career, Patton was a six-time All-American and a nine-time CCIW champion. He is also a member of three relay teams that set school records: the outdoor 4X100 (:40.88), the outdoor 4X400 (3:09.48) and the indoor 4X400 (3:16.88).
 
The son of Eunice and Greg Patton of Bloomington, Illinois, he graduated with a degree accounting and political science and had a 3.56 grade point average. Patton also minored in geography while attending Augustana.
 
Release written by student assistant Leo Anderson
  
2012-13 NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

NAME	SPORT	SCHOOL
Nathan Anderson	Golf	North Dakota State
Brett Austin	Track & Field	Western Kentucky
Bjorn Barrefors	Track & Field	Nebraska-Lincoln
Shane Basen	Baseball	North Carolina-Charlotte
Kevin Caulfield	Tennis	Haverford
Lucas Cherry	Track & Field	Southern Illinois-Carbondale
Austin Cook	Golf	Arkansas-Fayetteville
Justin Creel	Baseball	Coastal Carolina
Benjamin Depo	Track & Field	Plattsburgh State
Brian Himelright	Track & Field	North Carolina State
Phillip Imholte	Baseball	St. Cloud State
Max Lang	Track & Field	Florida
Troy Larson	Baseball	Minnesota-Twin Cities
Eric Law	Lacrosse	Denver
Matthew Martin	Track & Field	Ohio Wesleyan
Thomas McCarthy	Baseball	Kentucky
Timothy McGurrin	Tennis	Scranton
Robert Page	Track & Field	Boston
Demetrios Pagonis	Track & Field	Davidson
Greg Patton	Track & Field	Augustana
Mike Pelletier	Volleyball	Springfield
Parker Petty	Track & Field	Abilene Christian
Mark Quaranta	Baseball	Mount St. Mary's
Thomas Rouse	Volleyball	Ball State
Anthony Sherbakov	Tennis	California-Davis
John Straka	Baseball	North Dakota State
Matthias Treff	Track & Field	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Victor Valente	Tennis	Georgia State
Dawson Vorderbreugge	Track & Field	California State-Stanislaus

 
AUGUSTANA ATHLETES WHO HAVE EARNED NCAA POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

YEAR	ATHLETE	SPORT
1968	Jeff Maurus	Football
1970	Tim Dodge	Wrestling
1971	Ken Anderson	Football
1975	Bruce Hamming	Basketball
1976	John Stanek	Men's Track & Field
1977	Joe Thompson	Football
1986	Steve Sanders	Football
1995	Rachel Knapp	Women's Track & Field
1995	Tommy King	Football
1996	Ryan Carpenter	Football
1998	Alison Wolak	Women's Track & Field
1998	Chris Meskan	Football
2000	Mackenzie Hay	Football
2001	Kim Baier	Women's Track & Field
2002	Rudy Kovachevich	Men's Cross Country
2003	Todd Baldwin	Football
2004	Manda Geerts	Women's Track & Field
2005	Steve Broski	Baseball
2006	Nick Johnson	Men's Track & Field
2007	Meghan Voiland	Women's Track & Field
2007	Samantha Knox	Softball
2009	Keli Coleman	Women's Track & Field
2009	John Wagle	Baseball
2009	Blaine Westemeyer	Football
2010	Max Petersen	Men's Track & Field
2012	Matt Bowman	Men's Track & Field
2013	Greg Patton	Men's Track & Field
2013	Sarahbeth Jones	Women's Track & Field