WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saint Joseph's women's soccer player Natalie Nevins has been selected as a recipient of a 2025 Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship, conference officials announced on Thursday. This prestigious honor is given to a graduating student-athlete from each of the league's 14 members to provide financial benefits for advanced academic degrees.  

The class is comprised of 11 female and three male student-athletes, representing eight different sports with an average GPA of 3.78. The selection process involves the league's athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives.

Nevins is working on a masters in writing studies with a 4.0 GPA. She was a five-year starter for the Hawks, leading the team in assists this past season with seven, also ranking second on the team in points. She has helped St. Joe's earn a berth in the A-10 postseason each of the last four seasons with trips to the semifinals in three of them. In the classroom, she has been a member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll four times. 

"Providing this prestigious honor to Atlantic 10 student-athletes gives a very deserving group of academically driven young men and women the opportunity to extend their education and enrich their lives," stated Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. "We have countless success stories of former postgraduate scholars who have used the funds to earn post graduate degrees in many areas. This commitment gives tangible context to an important part of the A-10's commitment to the academic success of our student-athletes. I congratulate each of these deserving individuals and have no doubt all will continue to be tremendously successful."
 
Over the last decade, the A-10's Postgraduate Scholarship program has awarded $570,000 to 114 former student-athletes. Each of this year's 14 honorees receives $3,000 to contribute towards full-time enrollment in a postgraduate or professional program. First instituted to provide continuing education opportunities for graduating student-athletes, the program awards $42,000 in scholarship funding to former A-10 student-athletes. This marks the ninth year the Atlantic 10 has provided the scholarships to individuals from each Atlantic 10 campus.

Over the last 11 years, the average GPA of the honorees for the Postgraduate Scholarship Program has been 3.70 or higher. The program, which began honoring two student-athletes in 1991, has been so successful and well-received by both the recipients and the A-10 member institutions that it has expanded several times. The most recent expansion, which was adopted in January of 2015 and implemented that spring, now includes one representative from each A-10 school.
 
To be considered for the Postgraduate Scholarship, student-athletes must have performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports throughout their career, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.
 
The Postgraduate Scholarship Program is part of the conference's broad-based commitment to student-athlete opportunities and academics. The conference consistently ranks at the top amongst all Division I Conferences in both Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and the Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA.