Celebrating Stanford’s Scholar-Athlete Heritage

Major Scholar-Athlete Award Winners

Rhodes Scholars

YearScholar-AthleteSport
1931Robert M. BrownTrack and Field
1932J.B. KnappMen's Water Polo
1938Tom KilleferBaseball
1946Frank D. (Sandy) Tatum Jr.Men's Golf
1974Scott MathesonMen's Tennis
1988Victoria DonaldsonRowing
1989Kim GroseSailing
1991Robert SternfelsMen's Water Polo
1991Cory BookerFootball
1996Olivia WhiteWomen's Water Polo
2011Kate Niehaus Cross Country, Track and Field

NCAA Top VIII Award

YearScholar-AthleteSport
1977John HenchenSwimming
1983John ElwayFootball
1987Jon LouisGymnastics
1987John MoffetSwimming and Diving
1991Ed McCaffreyFootball
1995Lea LovelessSwimming and Diving
1996Jenny ThompsonSwimming and Diving
1999Kristin FolklVolleyball
2002Misty HymanSwimming and Diving
2003Tara KirkSwimming and Diving
2003Ogonna NnamaniVolleyball
2008Rachel BuehlerSoccer
2008Ben Wildman-TobrinerSwimming
2009Dylan CarneyGymnastics

NCAA Elite 88 Award Winners

(established in 2009-2010)
YearScholar-AthleteSport
2011Greg HirshmanMen's Tennis
2011Monica Coughlan Women's Water Polo
2011Miles UnterreinerMen's Track and Field (indoor)
2011Nick AmuchasteguiWrestling
2010Nick AmuchasteguiWrestling
2010Monica CoughlanWomen's Water Polo
2010Greg HirshmanMen's Tennis
2010Katherine NiehausWomen's Cross Country
2010Garrett WernerMen's Volleyball

ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Hall of Fame

YearScholar-AthleteSport
2007Julie Foudy, '94Women's Soccer
2007Steve Smith, '81Men's Water Polo
2000Pablo MoralesMen's Swimming

NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award

YearScholar-AthleteSport
1979Otis ChandlerTrack and Field
1995Bob MathiasTrack and Field
2002Eunice Kennedy ShriverSwimming, Track and Field
2005Sally RideTennis

NCAA Silver Anniversary Award

YearScholar-AthleteSport
1998Sally RideTennis

NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Award

YearScholar-AthleteSport
2008Dylan CarneyGymnastics