Washington, D.C. – Andres Rodriguez of the La Salle men's soccer team earned the Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship on Thursday afternoon.
Rodriguez, a defender from Zaragoza, Spain, has played in 25 career games for the Explorers, including eight last season as a graduate student.
In 2022, he started in 15 of the team's 16 contests as a sophomore before being sidelined with an injury during the 2023 and 2024 campaigns.
Rodriguez is a double major in business systems and analyatics as well as computer science. He has a cumulative of 3.913 GPA.
The class consists of eight male student-athletes and six female student-athletes from 10 different sports with an average GPA of 3.816. The selection process involves the league's athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives.
"I would like to congratulate our outstanding group of student-athletes. Each recipient of our Postgraduate Scholarship has demonstrated excellence both in competition and in the classroom. As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting student-athletes, the Atlantic 10 is proud to assist with their postgraduate studies. We look forward to following the future successes of these 14 deserving honorees," said A-10 Commissioner Dan Leibovitz.
Over the last decade, the A-10's Postgraduate Scholarship program has awarded $612,000 to 128 former student-athletes. Each of this year's 14 honorees receives $3,000 to contribute toward full-time enrollment in a postgraduate or professional program.
2026 Postgraduate Scholarship Honorees
Davidson – Dylan Felt (Men's Swimming & Diving)
Dayton – Katherine Blandford (Women's Rowing)
Duquesne – Mackenzie Muir (Women's Soccer)
Fordham – Zoe Talabong (Women's Volleyball)
George Mason – Ainsley Toews (Women's Swimming & Diving)
George Washington – Katherine Swatek (Women's Rowing)
La Salle – Andres Rodriguez (Men's Soccer)
Loyola Chicago – Aidan Crawford (Men's Soccer)
Rhode Island – Alexander Arbogast (Men's Track & Field)
Richmond – Joseph Sheridan (Men's Lacrosse)
Saint Joseph's – Anthony Gargani (Men's Cross Country)
Saint Louis – Daniel Jekov (Men's Swimming & Diving)
St. Bonaventure – Brooke Piper (Women's Lacrosse)
VCU – Philip Daniel (Men's Track & Field)
Over the last 11Â years, the average GPA of the honorees for the Postgraduate Scholarship Program has been 3.70 or higher. The program, which began honoring two student-athletes in 1991, has been so successful and well-received by both the recipients and the A-10 member institutions that it has expanded several times. The most recent expansion, which was adopted in January of 2015 and implemented that spring, now includes one representative from each A-10 school.
To be considered for the Postgraduate Scholarship, student-athletes must have performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports throughout their career, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.
The Postgraduate Scholarship Program is part of the conference's broad-based commitment to student-athlete opportunities and academics. The conference consistently ranks among the top Division I conferences in both Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released by the NCAA.
