The NCAA currently awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually, 63 for men and 63 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
The one-time grants of $10,000 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 21 scholarships available for men and 21 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.
Eligibility is restricted to student-athletes at NCAA member institutions who, in their final year of eligibility, have performed with distinction as members of varsity teams in the sport for which they were nominated. Nominees must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.200 (based on a 4.000 scale), be nominated by the faculty athletics representative or designee, and intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a part-time or full-time graduate student.
Selections are made three times each academic year. Nomination booklets are sent to faculty athletics representatives, directors of athletics, senior woman administrators, and conference commissioners. Candidates are screened by seven regional selection committees, and winners are selected by the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.
North Dakota State student-athletes have earned 51 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships:
- James Schindler (football, 1966)
- Robert Dodge (men's tennis, 1967)
- Stephen Stephens (football, 1969)
- Joe Cichy (football, 1971)
- Paul Cichy (football, 1975)
- Lee Petersen (wrestling, 1975)
- Brady Lipp (men's basketball, 1981)
- Laura Jacobson (women's volleyball, 1982)
- Doug Hushka (football, 1984)
- John Bodine (men's track and field, 1986)
- Steve Anderson (wrestling, 1988)
- Charles Stock (football, 1989)
- Joe Regnier (men's basketball, 1989)
- Kristi Kremer (women's basketball, 1989)
- Doug Hanson (men's track and field/cross country, 1991)
- Arden Beachy (football, 1993)
- Ryan McGlynn (men's track and field, 1996)
- Rhonda Birch (women's basketball, 1997)
- Sean Fredricks (football, 1997)
- Andrea Jeseritz (women's track and field, 1998)
- George Thompson (wrestling, 1998)
- Heith Janke (men's track and field, 1999)
- Theresa Lang (women's basketball, 1999)
- Jayne Even (women's basketball, 2000)
- Jason Retzlaff (men's basketball, 2000)
- Codi Lehr (women's track and field, 2000)
- Wayne Mooney (wrestling, 2000)
- Steven Saxlund (wrestling, 2001)
- Michelle Wiest (softball, 2001)
- Jill Theeler (women's indoor track and field, 2002)
- Kinsey Coles (women's indoor track and field, 2004)
- Amanda Thieschafer (women's outdoor track and field, 2004)
- Brooke Hartman (women's soccer, 2004)
- Jared Essler (men's indoor track and field, 2005)
- Terrance Wolbaum (men's indoor track and field, 2005)
- Andrew Aakre (men's outdoor track and field, 2005)
- Olivia Cole (women's soccer, 2005)
- Sarah Panzer (women's soccer, 2006)
- Sheila Parrish (women's volleyball, 2006)
- Greg Liebl (men's outdoor track and field, 2008)
- Kole Zimmerman (baseball, 2008)
- Laura Hermanson (women's indoor track and field, 2009)
- Brett Winkelman (men's basketball, 2009)
- Whitney Carlson (women's indoor track and field, 2011)
- Nathan Anderson (men's golf, 2013)
- Leslie Brost (women's outdoor track and field, 2013)
- John Straka (baseball, 2013)
- Wes Satzinger (baseball, 2014)
- Allie Lahren (women's outdoor track and field, 2018)
- Jonah Warwick (men's outdoor track and field, 2018)
- Benji Phillips (men's outdoor track and field, 2023)
