University of Richmond Athletics
TJ Anderson Named Richmond’s Recipient of A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship
06/17/2022 | Women's Soccer
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference announced Friday that it has awarded the A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship for 2022 to Richmond women's soccer's TJ Anderson. The prestigious honor, which totals $70,000, is given to a graduating student-athlete from each of the league's 14 members.
Anderson, a native of Peachtree Corners, Ga. was named to the 2021 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer All-Academic Team for the third time in her career. She is a graduate student and midfielder who most recently helped the Spiders secure their most conference wins since 2011 and first A-10 postseason appearance since 2014.
This past season, Anderson started all 18 games for the Spiders and averaged 66 minutes per game. She was Richmond's second-leading scorer with five goals, including the game-winner in a 2-0 win against Fordham. She also netted the game-winner via a penalty kick in a 1-0 win over Rhode Island.
Anderson assisted Richmond's lone goal in the A-10 Championship Quarterfinals at Dayton, and she totaled a team second-best 24 shots on the year with 11 of those reaching target.
Off the pitch, Anderson earned her Bachelor's of Science in biology on a pre-med track with a minor in psychology. She participated in the Equality Research Lab at Richmond, exploring underlying inequalities in transplant recipients.
Anderson is a four-time dean's list member and was named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year. She is a member of the National Honors Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success, and earned Dean Recognition for Hard Work and Extraordinary Achievement in the Spring 2021 semester.
Since 2014, the A-10's Postgraduate Scholarship program has awarded $490,000 to 94 former student-athletes. Each of the 14 honorees receives $5,000 to contribute towards full-time enrollment in a postgraduate or professional program. Instituted to provide continuing education opportunities for graduating student-athletes, the program returns following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The class represents eight different sports with an average GPA of 3.72. The selection process involves the league's athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives.
In each of the last six postgraduate classes, 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 program expanded to four recipients in 1997 and then grew to 10 in 2014.
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Anderson, a native of Peachtree Corners, Ga. was named to the 2021 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer All-Academic Team for the third time in her career. She is a graduate student and midfielder who most recently helped the Spiders secure their most conference wins since 2011 and first A-10 postseason appearance since 2014.
This past season, Anderson started all 18 games for the Spiders and averaged 66 minutes per game. She was Richmond's second-leading scorer with five goals, including the game-winner in a 2-0 win against Fordham. She also netted the game-winner via a penalty kick in a 1-0 win over Rhode Island.
Anderson assisted Richmond's lone goal in the A-10 Championship Quarterfinals at Dayton, and she totaled a team second-best 24 shots on the year with 11 of those reaching target.
Off the pitch, Anderson earned her Bachelor's of Science in biology on a pre-med track with a minor in psychology. She participated in the Equality Research Lab at Richmond, exploring underlying inequalities in transplant recipients.
Anderson is a four-time dean's list member and was named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year. She is a member of the National Honors Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success, and earned Dean Recognition for Hard Work and Extraordinary Achievement in the Spring 2021 semester.
Since 2014, the A-10's Postgraduate Scholarship program has awarded $490,000 to 94 former student-athletes. Each of the 14 honorees receives $5,000 to contribute towards full-time enrollment in a postgraduate or professional program. Instituted to provide continuing education opportunities for graduating student-athletes, the program returns following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The class represents eight different sports with an average GPA of 3.72. The selection process involves the league's athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives.
In each of the last six postgraduate classes, 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 program expanded to four recipients in 1997 and then grew to 10 in 2014.
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