The Big Ten Conference announced its annual postgraduate scholarship recipients on Thursday, with Jack Griffith (men’s soccer) and Sam Lisy (women’s swimming and diving) being named Indiana’s two recipients.

Two students competing in intercollegiate athletics from each of the 14 Big Ten institutions who plan to continue their education at a graduate degree program were each awarded a $7,500 scholarship, based on primarily academic achievements.

Griffith earned numerous honors during his four seasons at Indiana, winning the NCAA College Cup Elite 90 award and the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award during his senior campaign. The Danville, Ind. product was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and also won the prestigious Jack D. Tichenor Award in 2016, given to the male and female student-athlete that holds the highest individual cumulative GPA among the entire Department of Athletics.

During her four years at Indiana, Lisy was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree for Hoosier swimming and diving team. The Euclid, Ohio native was also the recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award her freshman season in 2014-15. Lisy competed in the Big Ten Championships for IU all four years, swimming in breaststroke, butterfly and IM events.

Each Big Ten institution developed its own on-campus selection process when awarding the scholarship. Students must have maintained at least a 3.2 grade-point-average, demonstrated leadership qualities, served as an excellent role model and intended to continue their academic work beyond their baccalaureate degree at a graduate degree program.

The scholarship will be used to pay expenses of the student’s postgraduate education to include such related activities as research and teaching, as well as other expenses such as tuition, fees, room and board, required course-related supplies and books. In order to retain the scholarship, the recipient must be accepted into a full-time graduate degree program within three years from the fall semester after selection.

The University of Southern Indiana baseball team lost a heartbreaker in 10 innings to Quincy University, 5-4, Friday morning to start the Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Tournament at U.S. Baseball Field in Ozark, Missouri. USI, the third seed from the GLVC East Division, watched its record go to 29-20 overall, while Quincy goes 36-15.

The Screaming Eagles move into the loser’s bracket and will have to win Friday to continue in the 2018 post-season. USI will play the loser of today’s 7:30 p.m. contest between the top seed from the East and number-two ranked, University of Illinois Springfield, and the fourth-seed from the West, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Friday at 12:30 p.m.

The Eagles allowed a two-run first by the Hawks before rallying to tie the score, 2-2, in the top of the second. USI junior catcher Logan Brown (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) and freshman shortstop Ethan Hunter (Terre Haute, Indiana) pushed both of the Eagle runs across with RBI-singles.

Quincy bounced back to regain the lead, 3-2, in the fourth with a home run off of USI junior right-handed starter Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana). Krizan got a no decision after allowing three runs on seven hits, while striking out four in six-plus innings of work.

USI rallied in the ninth to take its first and only lead of the contest, 4-3, when junior pinch-hitter Jayden Beshears (Evansville, Indiana) crushed a two-run double off the left center wall. The Hawks, however, sent the teams into extra frames and score tied, 4-4, with a two-out run in the bottom half of the inning off of USI senior right-handed reliever Nick Coudret (Newburgh, Indiana).

Quincy would get the 5-4 win one inning later when the Hawks touched Coudret for a one-out triple and senior right-hander Kyle Griffin (Morganfield, Kentucky) for a winning-run scoring sacrifice fly. Coudret (6-3) got the tough luck loss after going 3.1 innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out five.

The Eagles had their chances to get command of the game, stranding 14 runners on-base and two runners on in six of the 10 frames, including the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

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