HILTON HEAD, S.C.  – Women's basketball's Avery Locklear was named the 2019 recipient of the SunTrust Foundation Minority Graduate Scholarship on Tuesday evening at the Peach Belt Conference's annual awards dinner in Hilton Head, S.C. It is the seventh time in as many years that a UNC Pembroke student-athlete has been presented with the scholarship.
 
A four-year starter for the Braves, Locklear played in 108 career games (89 starts) and averaged 6.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists for the Black & Gold over her notable collegiate career. A three-time member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll and the PBC All-Academic Team, she also took home the league's coveted Elite 15 award following her sophomore and junior campaigns.
 
Locklear was presented with the Mike and Amy Wood Foundation Graduate Scholarship in early March. That scholarship, which is given to one men's and one women's PBC basketball player, provides financial assistance to a basketball student-athlete who will either be starting or has already begun graduate studies.
 
The Landis native, who also was crowned UNCP's Most Outstanding Senior earlier this month, was also the only PBC student-athlete to be named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Team which recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.