Dykes Earns SoCon Postgraduate Scholarship
5/27/2026 2:58:00 PM | Women's Soccer
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Mercer women's soccer's Lena Dykes was one of 10 postgraduate scholarship recipients for the 2025-26 academic year, The Southern Conference (SoCon) announced Wednesday.
The scholarships awarded annually, will be presented during the 2026 awards dinner at the J.W. Marriott Hotel Savannah Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday evening as part of the conference's spring meetings.
SoCon member schools submit nominations, and the recipients are selected by the SoCon Graduate Scholar Committee. The scholarships are worth $2,000 each and are awarded to student-athletes who plan to pursue degrees in graduate school or professional school. The nominees are evaluated in three areas: academics, athletics and community service.
Dykes received the Bob McCloskey Insurance Scholarship for excelling academically and athletically while pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering with a mathematics minor. A President's List student and three-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree, Dykes plans to continue at Mercer in graduate school studying biomedical engineering with the goal of becoming a clinical rehabilitation engineer. Inspired by volunteer work fitting prosthetics for amputees in Vietnam, she developed a passion for improving mobility and quality of life through medical technology. Dykes balanced her studies with community service, including tutoring elementary students and extensive international medical mission work. She played a key role through 15 matches this past season, helping the Bears shut out seven opponents. Mercer advanced to the SoCon Championship Game in November.Â
The scholarships awarded annually, will be presented during the 2026 awards dinner at the J.W. Marriott Hotel Savannah Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday evening as part of the conference's spring meetings.
SoCon member schools submit nominations, and the recipients are selected by the SoCon Graduate Scholar Committee. The scholarships are worth $2,000 each and are awarded to student-athletes who plan to pursue degrees in graduate school or professional school. The nominees are evaluated in three areas: academics, athletics and community service.
Dykes received the Bob McCloskey Insurance Scholarship for excelling academically and athletically while pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering with a mathematics minor. A President's List student and three-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree, Dykes plans to continue at Mercer in graduate school studying biomedical engineering with the goal of becoming a clinical rehabilitation engineer. Inspired by volunteer work fitting prosthetics for amputees in Vietnam, she developed a passion for improving mobility and quality of life through medical technology. Dykes balanced her studies with community service, including tutoring elementary students and extensive international medical mission work. She played a key role through 15 matches this past season, helping the Bears shut out seven opponents. Mercer advanced to the SoCon Championship Game in November.Â
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