Former UTEP track star Anthony Rotich is one of 14 recipients of the Jim Castaneda Postgraduate Scholarship Award, announced by the Conference USA office.
The conference annually awards the $4,000 Postgraduate Scholarships to graduates as selected by the C-USA Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.
Rotich, a civil engineer major and mathematics minor, graduated from UTEP in 2015 as four-time national champion, 11-time Mountain Region athlete of the year and a four-time C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
Rotich, who lives and trains in El Paso, is applying to UTEP’s College of Engineering – Construction Management.