CHICAGO – College of Chicago swimmer John Paul Phillips acquired a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship on the conclusion of the 2022-23 educational yr.
The NCAA distributes as much as 126 postgraduate scholarships yearly throughout the three sports activities seasons (fall, winter, and spring). Scholar-athletes can make the most of the $10,000 award in the direction of their present or future graduate diploma applications. Analysis standards consists of athletic and educational excellence, neighborhood service, campus involvement, demonstrated management and volunteer actions.
Phillips produced the perfect outcomes of his profession within the 2022-23 season. The primary-year graduate scholar swam on the boys’s 400-yard medley relay workforce that positioned third total on the NCAA Division III Championships. Individually, he earned a further All-American honor by inserting 14th within the 200-yard backstroke. Phillips’ efforts helped the Maroon males obtain their highest workforce inserting ever on the nationwide meet with a third-place trophy.
Over the course of his intercollegiate profession, Phillips earned three All-American honors and 6 All-College Athletic Affiliation (UAA) accolades. He was a four-time NCAA nationwide qualifier, together with thrice within the 200-yard backstroke.
Phillips shall be coming into his second yr pursuing a Ph.D. in Medical Physics at UChicago this fall.
The Maroon workforce captain additionally held different management positions on campus. He was President of the Order of the “C” (2020-22) in addition to the Scholar-Athlete Advisory Committee (2021-22). The OOC is the oldest varsity lettermen’s group within the nation.
On the tutorial recognition aspect, Phillips was named a First Crew Scholar All-American twice and Honorable Point out Scholar All-American as soon as by the School Swimming & Diving Coaches Affiliation of America (CSCAA). He was a four-time UAA All-Educational Crew honoree and earned 2023 Educational All-District standing from the School Sports activities Communicators (CSC).
Phillips has spent 2.5 years as a analysis assistant in UChicago’s medical physics lab. He was additionally an ORISE Summer season Fellow on the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration, the place he led improvement of an online software for information assortment in a multi-year examine.
