Congratulations to HumBio alum, Ella Eastin '19 has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for academic and athletic achievements.
"NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners receive a one-time grant of $10,000. To qualify, they must maintain at least a 3.2 grade-point average, perform with distinction in their sport and be nominated by their institution’s faculty athletics representative.
Eastin won 12 NCAA swimming championships in individual events and relays and earned 20 All-America honors. She was a two-time Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Year and the 2018 NCAA Championships Swimmer of the Meet. In 2019, she became the first woman to win four NCAA titles in the 400-yard individual medley. Eastin, who won 11 individual and relay titles at the Pac-12 Championships, was the 2019 conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and 2019 Tom Hansen Medal recipient. Eastin helped Stanford to three NCAA team titles and three Pac-12 team championships. She set four American, NCAA and school records while at Stanford.
She graduated from Stanford in 2019 with a degree in human biology. She was focusing on the Tokyo Olympics but was forced to give up her swimming career because of a condition diagnosed as dysautonomia, possibly from long-haul COVID-19. Eastin’s career goal is to become a registered nurse."
Read the full announcement on the athletics page here.