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TQ Newsome Earns C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship

DALLAS – Southern Miss linebacker TQ Newsome was announced as one of 14 recipients of Conference USA's Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship on Thursday. 2022 marks the 14th year the award has been named after Dr. Jim Castañeda, who served Rice for 46 years as an educator, coach and Faculty Athletics Representative before he passed in 2008. Every season, C-USA grants the $4,000 scholarship to distinguished graduates selected by the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Conference USA Board of Directors.