Berryman Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
June 05, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Cardinal Varsity Club
Noah Berryman, a recent Ball State graduate and member of the men's swimming and diving team, has received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He was one of only 21 male winter sport athletes nationwide to receive the $10,000 scholarship, recognizing his accomplishments in academics, athletics, extracurricular activities, and community service. He joins fall sport athletes Maria Broering and Marie Plitt among Ball State recipients in the past academic year.Â
In May 2023, Noah graduated cum laude from Ball State, with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics and a minor in psychology. Then, in May 2024 he completed a graduate certificate in business administration. This fall he will enter a master's degree in sport management at Southern Methodist University, with the goal of becoming a collegiate athletic director.Â
"I'm very happy for Noah as he accepts this postgraduate scholarship and begins his graduate assistantship in athletic compliance at SMU," said Ryne Hillenberg, associate athletic director for compliance at Ball State. "He was a terrific leader for our student-athlete body and Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) the past two years. We greatly appreciate his many contributions and wish him the best."
Berryman, who is from Brownsburg, Indiana, served for four years on SAAC, two of those years as president. Off-campus, he was actively involved with the Indiana Swimming Inc. Board of Directors for seven years, serving as an athlete representative and, most recently, an intern. During his sophomore year of college, Noah also became actively involved with USA Swimming and is currently serving a two-year term on the Athletes Executive Committee.
As a swimmer, Noah specialized in the breaststroke, serving as a mainstay in both individual and medley events and earning recognition for his leadership, character, and mental attitude. University-wide, he was named to the Top 25 Student list. At the athletic conference level, he received the MAC's highest honor, the Medal of Excellence in 2023, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in academics, athletics, leadership, and service. He was a four-time member of the Academic All-MAC Team, and named in May as a member of the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
Regarding his future career, Noah commented, "As an athletic director, I will ensure an emphasis on student success in academics and leadership as well as athletics. In my experiences as a student-athlete myself, I have learned that college athletics is about more than just winning; it's also about developing the next generation of leaders."
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