Indianapolis, Ind. --- Former Minnesota State volleyball player Krista Hassing has earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her efforts on the court and in the classroom.

This marks the 13th time a Maverick has received an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.
 
The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually.  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 non-renewable scholarships of $10,000 are awarded three times a year corresponding to each sport season (fall, winter and spring).  Each sports season there are 21 scholarships available for men and 21 scholarships available for women for use in an accredited graduate program.

Hassing played for the Mavericks from 2013-2016 and was a three-time First Team All-NSIC Selection, a two-time AVCA Division II Honorable Mention All-American, a two-time Academic All-NSIC selection and a NSIC Myles Brand Award recipient.  She was also named Minnesota State's Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 2016. 


On the court, Hassing recorded 1,361 career kills, which is sixth in school history while registering 357 career blocks while anchoring the Maverick front-line attack.

Hassing is a native of Blue Earth, Minn., and majored in nursing while at Minnesota State.  She is the 13^th Maverick to receive the award and the second in as many years as Kaylee Jensen earned the honor last year.

To qualify for the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship program, student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, be in their final year of eligibility and plan to pursue graduate study. Student-athletes must also maintain at least a 3.2 grade point average and be nominated by their institution's faculty athletics representative (FAR). 

Hassing is the first Maverick to win the award after entering the work force prior to receiving the honor.  Over the last five years she has worked as a nurse at the Mayo Clinic in the cardiac surgery and heart/lung transplant intensive care unit.  She is pursing her Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) at the University of Minnesota to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).
 

Minnesota State Student-Athletes who have been award the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship
Student-Athlete	Sport	Year
Bernie Maczuga	Football	1970
Mike Medchill	Wrestling	1972
David Kruse	Basketball	1997
Joey Keillor	Men's Cross Country/Track & Field	1998
Kelli Freeman	Women's Basketball	2005
Michael Robinson	Football	2011
Kendra Huettl	Softball	2012
Ellie Van De Steeg	Volleyball	2016
Adam Cooling	Wrestling	2017
Coley Ries	Softball	2018
Alex Goettl	Football	2019
Kaylee Jensen	Women's Track & Field	2022
Krista Hassing	Volleyball	2023