Feb. 27, 2008

STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford senior Sandy Hohener, a three-time All-America and MPSF All-Academic selection in his standout men's water polo career, was one of 58 student-athletes announced as an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner.

The winners, 29 male and 29 female student-athletes, will receive one-time, non-renewable grants of $7,500. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The Association awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women.

Hohener, a native of Santa Ana, Calif., boasts a superlative cumulative grade-point average of 4.079 through the Fall 2007 quarter while majoring in civil engineering.

In the pool, he was a major reason for Stanford's success over the past four years. Over his four-year career, Hohener made 529 saves and was thrice named All-American for his efforts. Taking over in the cage as a sophomore in 2005, Hohener stopped 171 shots over Stanford's run to the NCAA title game, earning second-team All-America honors. His reliability in the cage over the past two seasons was a boon to Stanford's top-four finishes at the MPSF Tournament and rise to No. 2 in the national polls in 2007.

Hohener also earned a special trifecta of honors as a sophomore and again as a senior, garnering All-America, All-MPSF and MPSF All-Academic accolades in 2005 and 2007.

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports.