Vanguard senior becomes scholarship award finalist

A Vanguard University senior has been named as a finalist for the 2002

Sears Directors’ Cup Postgraduate Scholarship awards.

Matthew Swift was nominated for his work as a member of the athletic

training support staff. His duties included serving as a student

supervisor at all basketball, baseball and softball events on campus.

Swift is one of 10 finalists contending for four $5,000 scholarships

in the NAIA division. The awards will be announced in June.

In addition to his work in the athletic department, Swift has served

the campus as a worship team leader, was a member of the Student Athlete

Advisory Council, took leadership roles for four years with the

university’s “Hands Across the Border” student outreach to Mexico and

spent part of the summer of 2001 with a mission team in India.