Marshall University Athletics
Kalaskey Awarded C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship
6/9/2022 1:12:00 PM | Women's Golf
Award named in honor of Jim Castañeda
IRVING, Texas – Marshall women's golf senior Torren Kalaskey was awarded the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship by Conference USA, the league office announced on Thursday.
2022 marks the 14th year that the award is named in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda who served Rice for 46 years as an educator, coach, and Faculty Athletics Representative before he passed away in 2008. Every season, C-USA grants the $4,000 scholarship to distinguished graduates selected by the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.
Kalaskey is the first member of the women's golf team to be honored with the prestigious award at Marshall (see full list of Herd winners below). The Charleston, West Virginia, native is a four-time member of the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and recipient of the Academic Medal for sporting a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better. Kalaskey has been on the Dean's List at Marshall every semester and is a four-time President's List selection for having a 4.0 GPA. She currently holds a 3.85 GPA after earning her bachelor's degree in biological science while also minoring in chemistry and creative writing.
On the course, Kalaskey competed in seven more events this past season with the Herd. She tallied a total of 34 birdies, good for third-most on the team. Kalaskey was the top finisher for Marshall at the Pirate Collegiate Classic (Sept. 20-21) as she, and teammate Makena Rauch, tied for 10th overall to help the Herd place fourth. Kalaskey finished the tournament with a career-best, three-round score of 224 and recorded six birdies.
Along with her accolades in the classroom and her work on the course, Kalaskey has also been heavily involved in the community. She served as Marshall's President of the Student Athlete Association Committee (SAAC) and was awarded the 2021 Conference USA Spring Spirit of Service Award.
Kalaskey plans to attend West Virginia's School of Medicine.
Marshall Recipients of the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship
2006 - Jeff Mullins, Football
2007 - Ian O'Connor, Football
2008 - Britani Keeney, Track & Field
2009 - Camilla Overup, Swimming & Diving (first year named for Dr. Jim Castañeda)
2010 - Kristin Marcum, Volleyball
2011 - Elizabeth Fleming, Volleyball
2012 - Tyson Gale, Football
2013 - Zach Hunter, Men's Soccer
2014 - Laura Der, Volleyball
2015 - Sammie Bane, Volleyball
2016 - Jack Hopkins, Men's Soccer
2017 - Willie "Tony" Hayes, Men's Cross Country
2018 - Anna Lynch, Swimming & Diving
2019 - Thomas Martin, Baseball
2020 - D'Andre Knight, Baseball
2021 - Kyle Winquist, Men's Soccer
2022 – Torren Kalaskey, Women's Golf
2022 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients
Rocio Safont, Charlotte, Women's Tennis Lily Richman, Florida Atlantic, Beach Volleyball Madison Lewis, FIU, Softball Torren Kalaskey, Marshall, Women's Golf Gretchen Mead, Middle Tennessee, Softball Lyric Choice, North Texas, Women's Track and Field Steele Netterville, Louisiana Tech, Baseball John Morton, Old Dominion, Football Nicole Lennon, Rice, Volleyball Ta'Quoris 'TQ' Newsome, Southern Miss, Football Brady Greene, UAB, Baseball Reynaldo Flores, UTEP, Football Adrian Rodriguez, UTSA, Men's Basketball Kenlie Barrett, WKU, Women's Golf
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Women's Golf Team and on www.herdzone.com.
2022 marks the 14th year that the award is named in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda who served Rice for 46 years as an educator, coach, and Faculty Athletics Representative before he passed away in 2008. Every season, C-USA grants the $4,000 scholarship to distinguished graduates selected by the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.
Kalaskey is the first member of the women's golf team to be honored with the prestigious award at Marshall (see full list of Herd winners below). The Charleston, West Virginia, native is a four-time member of the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and recipient of the Academic Medal for sporting a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or better. Kalaskey has been on the Dean's List at Marshall every semester and is a four-time President's List selection for having a 4.0 GPA. She currently holds a 3.85 GPA after earning her bachelor's degree in biological science while also minoring in chemistry and creative writing.
On the course, Kalaskey competed in seven more events this past season with the Herd. She tallied a total of 34 birdies, good for third-most on the team. Kalaskey was the top finisher for Marshall at the Pirate Collegiate Classic (Sept. 20-21) as she, and teammate Makena Rauch, tied for 10th overall to help the Herd place fourth. Kalaskey finished the tournament with a career-best, three-round score of 224 and recorded six birdies.
Along with her accolades in the classroom and her work on the course, Kalaskey has also been heavily involved in the community. She served as Marshall's President of the Student Athlete Association Committee (SAAC) and was awarded the 2021 Conference USA Spring Spirit of Service Award.
Kalaskey plans to attend West Virginia's School of Medicine.
Marshall Recipients of the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship
2006 - Jeff Mullins, Football
2007 - Ian O'Connor, Football
2008 - Britani Keeney, Track & Field
2009 - Camilla Overup, Swimming & Diving (first year named for Dr. Jim Castañeda)
2010 - Kristin Marcum, Volleyball
2011 - Elizabeth Fleming, Volleyball
2012 - Tyson Gale, Football
2013 - Zach Hunter, Men's Soccer
2014 - Laura Der, Volleyball
2015 - Sammie Bane, Volleyball
2016 - Jack Hopkins, Men's Soccer
2017 - Willie "Tony" Hayes, Men's Cross Country
2018 - Anna Lynch, Swimming & Diving
2019 - Thomas Martin, Baseball
2020 - D'Andre Knight, Baseball
2021 - Kyle Winquist, Men's Soccer
2022 – Torren Kalaskey, Women's Golf
2022 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients
Rocio Safont, Charlotte, Women's Tennis Lily Richman, Florida Atlantic, Beach Volleyball Madison Lewis, FIU, Softball Torren Kalaskey, Marshall, Women's Golf Gretchen Mead, Middle Tennessee, Softball Lyric Choice, North Texas, Women's Track and Field Steele Netterville, Louisiana Tech, Baseball John Morton, Old Dominion, Football Nicole Lennon, Rice, Volleyball Ta'Quoris 'TQ' Newsome, Southern Miss, Football Brady Greene, UAB, Baseball Reynaldo Flores, UTEP, Football Adrian Rodriguez, UTSA, Men's Basketball Kenlie Barrett, WKU, Women's Golf
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Women's Golf Team and on www.herdzone.com.
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