Kaitlin Alexander

University of Florida

CNN

Founders Scholarship

Kaitlin Alexander is a senior telecommunications/news major at the University of Florida. During the 2016-17 academic year, she is producing content for ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM/850 AM, PBS affiliate WUFT-TV and GatorVision. Alexander, who studied abroad in Spain last summer, previously interned with WCJB-TV, an ABC affiliate in Gainesville, Fla. She is the first member of AWSM’s student chapter at UF selected as an internship/scholarship recipient.

Amanda Capritto

LSU

PRO Sports Communications

Sophie Scholarship

Amanda Capritto is a senior at Louisiana State. She is working as a communications intern for the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education and is an assistant for communications and promotions at Red Stick CrossFit in Baton Rouge during this school year. Capritto also is a student ambassador for the LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, acting as a mentor and guide for incoming and prospective students.

Courtney Day

Drake

USA Softball

Joyce-Jenks Family Scholarship

Courtney Day is a junior public relations and marketing major at Drake University. She is working in the Drake Athletics communications office assisting all 15 athletic teams as well as the Drake Relays during the 2016-17 academic year. She previously interned with the Kansas City T-Bones, an independent minor-league baseball team. She also has worked with the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and Drake Athletics’ marketing department.

Erin Dolan

Penn State

ESPN

Leah Siegel Memorial Scholarship

Erin Dolan is a junior broadcast journalism major at Penn State. She is gaining experience through the Big Ten Network’s StudentU, goPSUsports.com, Penn State Sports Night and ComRadio, an online station operated by Penn State students during this school year. Dolan, who also has worked for SB Nation and as an ESPNU Campus Connection representative, became the first female winner of the Harry Kalas Award, a scholarship given by the Philadelphia Broadcasters Association, last year.

Katherine Fitzgerald

Arizona State

USA Today Sports

AWSM Board Scholarship

Katherine Fitzgerald just completed her graduate work at Arizona State after earning an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina, where she double-majored in photojournalism and sports administration. At ASU, her stories ranged from covering a team of native Hungarians and refugees working to fight racism in Budapest to anthem protests by high school football players in Los Angeles. At UNC, she worked with the men’s lacrosse team and covered Olympic sports.

Alaina Getzenberg

Cal-Berkeley

MLB.com

Jim Brennan Scholarship

Alaina Getzenberg is a senior media studies major at the University of California, Berkeley. She spent the fall semester as an intern in the Washington Redskins’ digital media department. Getzenberg previously interned with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and served as sports editor of The Daily Californian (student newspaper) where she covered a variety of sports, including football and men’s basketball.

Eden Lasse

Gonzaga

SI.com (SIJ Scholar)

Mary Garber APSE Scholarship

Eden Laase is a senior journalism major at Gonzaga University where she serves as editor-in-chief of the student paper, The Bulletin. She previously served as sports editor of The Bulletin, focusing on basketball and soccer coverage. She has worked as an intern for three summers at the Grand Junction (Colo.) Daily Sentinel, her hometown newspaper, and at the Colorado Springs Gazette. Laase will attend the Sports Journalism Institute’s training workshop in Missouri before her AWSM internship.

Victoria Rutigliano

Quinnipiac

Golf Channel

Betty Brennan Scholarship

Victoria Rutigliano is a junior journalism major at Quinnipiac University. She has covered the men’s ice hockey team for three years and, last year, served as executive producer of Quinnipiac’s student-run television show – Sports Paws – which was recognized by the College Media Association as the best TV sportscast. Rutigliano is spending the spring semester as an intern for Fox Sports West in Los Angeles.

Kaitlin Alexander

University of Florida

CNN

Founders Scholarship

Kaitlin Alexander is a senior telecommunications/news major at the University of Florida. During the 2016-17 academic year, she is producing content for ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM/850 AM, PBS affiliate WUFT-TV and GatorVision. Alexander, who studied abroad in Spain last summer, previously interned with WCJB-TV, an ABC affiliate in Gainesville, Fla. She is the first member of AWSM’s student chapter at UF selected as an internship/scholarship recipient.

Amanda Capritto

LSU

PRO Sports Communications

Sophie Scholarship

Amanda Capritto is a senior at Louisiana State. She is working as a communications intern for the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education and is an assistant for communications and promotions at Red Stick CrossFit in Baton Rouge during this school year. Capritto also is a student ambassador for the LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, acting as a mentor and guide for incoming and prospective students.

Courtney Day

Drake

USA Softball

Joyce-Jenks Family Scholarship

Courtney Day is a junior public relations and marketing major at Drake University. She is working in the Drake Athletics communications office assisting all 15 athletic teams as well as the Drake Relays during the 2016-17 academic year. She previously interned with the Kansas City T-Bones, an independent minor-league baseball team. She also has worked with the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and Drake Athletics’ marketing department.

Erin Dolan

Penn State

ESPN

Leah Siegel Memorial Scholarship

Erin Dolan is a junior broadcast journalism major at Penn State. She is gaining experience through the Big Ten Network’s StudentU, goPSUsports.com, Penn State Sports Night and ComRadio, an online station operated by Penn State students during this school year. Dolan, who also has worked for SB Nation and as an ESPNU Campus Connection representative, became the first female winner of the Harry Kalas Award, a scholarship given by the Philadelphia Broadcasters Association, last year.

Katherine Fitzgerald

Arizona State

USA Today Sports

AWSM Board Scholarship

Katherine Fitzgerald just completed her graduate work at Arizona State after earning an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina, where she double-majored in photojournalism and sports administration. At ASU, her stories ranged from covering a team of native Hungarians and refugees working to fight racism in Budapest to anthem protests by high school football players in Los Angeles. At UNC, she worked with the men’s lacrosse team and covered Olympic sports.

Alaina Getzenberg

Cal-Berkeley

MLB.com

Jim Brennan Scholarship

Alaina Getzenberg is a senior media studies major at the University of California, Berkeley. She spent the fall semester as an intern in the Washington Redskins’ digital media department. Getzenberg previously interned with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and served as sports editor of The Daily Californian (student newspaper) where she covered a variety of sports, including football and men’s basketball.

Eden Lasse

Gonzaga

SI.com (SIJ Scholar)

Mary Garber APSE Scholarship

Eden Laase is a senior journalism major at Gonzaga University where she serves as editor-in-chief of the student paper, The Bulletin. She previously served as sports editor of The Bulletin, focusing on basketball and soccer coverage. She has worked as an intern for three summers at the Grand Junction (Colo.) Daily Sentinel, her hometown newspaper, and at the Colorado Springs Gazette. Laase will attend the Sports Journalism Institute’s training workshop in Missouri before her AWSM internship.

Victoria Rutigliano

Quinnipiac

Golf Channel

Betty Brennan Scholarship

Victoria Rutigliano is a junior journalism major at Quinnipiac University. She has covered the men’s ice hockey team for three years and, last year, served as executive producer of Quinnipiac’s student-run television show – Sports Paws – which was recognized by the College Media Association as the best TV sportscast. Rutigliano is spending the spring semester as an intern for Fox Sports West in Los Angeles.