PASADENA, Calif. (November 16, 2022) –The Tournament of Roses® announced today the recipients of the 2022 Rose Bowl Game Keith Jackson Postgraduate Scholarship. Marco-Antonio Salas (Arizona State University) and Ethan Weinstein (University of Wisconsin) will each be awarded a $10,000 scholarship award toward their postgraduate education in addition to receiving a unique and specialized work-study experience at the 2023 Rose Bowl Game.
 
The scholarship recognizes its recipients for exceptional achievement at a Big Ten and Pac-12 university who plan to pursue a career in the sports industry. The application process was open to senior-level undergraduate students and first year graduate students who submitted a personal essay and academic records along with the other application materials. This is the third year that the scholarship has been awarded.
 
Salas graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in sports journalism from Arizona State University in May of 2022. He is currently enrolled in a Master's Program in Sports Law and Business at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. As an undergraduate, he was a four-year letterwinner for the ASU football team and also assisted in the school's Athletic Media Relations department.
 
Weinstein will graduate from the University of Wisconsin in December. He currently holds a 4.0 GPA and works as a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Talent Manager for Malka Sports. While at Wisconsin, Weinstein worked as a football recruiting operations assistant for the Badgers and was the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the UW Dance Marathon which raised over $40,000 for Children's Wisconsin. Following graduation, he intends to enter the Master's program at Northwestern where he will study Sports Administration.
 
"Marco-Antonio and Ethan are both exceptional individuals who are deserving recipients of the Rose Bowl Game Keith Jackson Scholarship," said Amy Wainscott, 2023 President of the Tournament of Roses. "The Tournament of Roses, along with our partners at the Big Ten and Pac-12, are proud to honor them for all their hard work and we look forward to what the future has in store for them as they begin their postgraduate studies."
 
The scholarship is named on behalf of Keith Jackson, who was the voice of college football for several generations. Jackson was a man of many catchphrases, including "Whoa, Nellie" and "Big Uglies", but was also credited with popularizing the Rose Bowl Game's nickname as "The Granddaddy of Them All". He was on the call for the Rose Bowl Game on 15 occasions, more than any other broadcaster, from 1989 to 2006. His final game in the broadcast booth was the 2006 BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl Game.

The Keith Jackson Postgraduate Scholarship is funded by the Rose Bowl Game, which is a tri-party agreement between the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-12 Conference. For more information, including details on eligibility and how to apply, please visit www.rosebowlgame.org/scholarship.