BSU's Bryan Wilson and The LU's Brittney Waters Receives Victory Scholarship Award

Brittney Waters
(Courtesy: The Lincoln University Athletics)



Bryan Wilson
(Courtesy: Bowie State University Athletics)

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania  -- Typically being a student-athlete ends after your senior season in college, but this isn't the case for Bowie State University's Bryan Wilson and The Lincoln University's Brittney Waters.

Wilson started 14 games for the CIAA Champion Bulldogs of Bowie State, The Upper Marlboro, MD native averaged 7.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and was the third leading 3-point shooter on the team making 32.3 % of his attempts behind the arc.

Waters and Wilson have been selected to receive the Victory Scholarship Award by Sport Changes Life (SCL). SCL awards student-athlete recipients the opportunity to study for their master's degree while continuing their career in sports. Victory Scholars provide its recipients with full tuition fees for graduate school, accommodation expenses, subsistence expenses, and an opportunity to continue their athletic career.

"I am delighted and feel blessed to be one of the Victory Scholarship recipients," said Waters. "This is an opportunity of a lifetime and certainly a dream come true for me."

A native of Capitol Heights, MD, Waters averaged 5.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for the Lady Lions. Her experience at the University was enriched and filled with the joy of meeting new people and playing basketball.

Majoring in Accounting and a minor in Entrepreneurship has opened up plenty of doors for Waters.

“Professor Robert Allen gave me the idea of studying abroad in Ireland,” Waters said. Professor Allen was Waters major advisor and mentor during her four years at Lincoln.

Finding the balance between academics and athletics is not easy for most students; however, this was not an issue for Waters.  She was on the Dean's List and graduated with academic honors. Her transition from undergrad to graduate school shouldn't be overwhelming for Waters.

“While at Lincoln, I've always been a student first and an athlete second,” Waters proclaims. “I can truly say that Lincoln has prepared me for my future, athletically and academically.”

Lincoln Director of Athletics Dianthia Ford-Kee echoed those sentiments.

“We are very proud of Brittney,” Ford-Kee said. “I have been a part of Brittney's entire career at Lincoln and she has always been a model student-athlete. She is the first Lincoln student-athlete to receive this award with Sport Changes Life. We know she will represent our University at the highest level and will be a change agent for the students she touches in Ireland.”

Waters and Wilson are scheduled to attend the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Waters will play for the Belfast Rockets, a professional team in the Irish Women's Superleague. In addition both players will coach and work with at-risk youths as part of the Sport Changes Life program.

COURTESY THE LINCOLN UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION and BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION