July 2, 2014
Altavilla, Bemis Tabbed Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Lock Haven, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is pleased to announce Mercyhurst's Dan Altavilla and Edinboro's Tabitha Bemis as its 2013-14 Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Altavilla and Bemis were selected by the league's sports information directors.
The Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, a student-athlete must have been recognized as a fall, winter or spring PSAC Top 10 award winner in the same academic year.
Altavilla, a sports medicine/pre-physical therapy major with a 3.70 grade point average, was a baseball Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection as well as being the inaugural winner of the Brett Tomko Award given to Division II's most outstanding pitcher. He was named the ABCA/Rawlings Division II National Pitcher of the Year, and the Daktronics' Ron Lenz Division II National Pitcher of the Year, while being a First Team All-American from ABCA/Rawlings, Daktronics, and NCBWA. In 12 starts this season he accumulated nine wins and established a 1.23 ERA. He led Division II with 129 strikeouts to set a new Mercyhurst season standard and limited opponents to a .167 batting average. Altavilla broke a 99 year-old PSAC record when he tossed 19 strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work in the opening game of the PSAC Championship against West Chester. Altavilla was drafted in the fifth round and 141st overall in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft by the Seattle Mariners, marking the highest draft pick in Mercyhurst history.
Bemis, a sports and recreation major with a 3.92 grade point average, was a two-time All-American at the
2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, making her a six-time All-American (four indoor, two outdoor). She is a two-time PSAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and a three-time PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, as she has won 15 PSAC Championship titles in her career. This season she placed fifth in the triple jump (43' 3 ¼") at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship and eighth in the long jump (19' 9"). At the indoor championship she placed second in the long jump (19' 8 ¼") and seventh in the triple jump (40' 9 ¾"). Bemis is the first-ever PSAC athlete to be named to six PSAC Top 10 rosters, and is a three-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are now in their 24th year of existence. In 2007 the awards were renamed to honor East Stroudsburg's long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at East Stroudsburg for 33 years and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 East Stroudsburg events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes.
The Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, a student-athlete must have been recognized as a fall, winter or spring PSAC Top 10 award winner in the same academic year.
Altavilla, a sports medicine/pre-physical therapy major with a 3.70 grade point average, was a baseball Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection as well as being the inaugural winner of the Brett Tomko Award given to Division II's most outstanding pitcher. He was named the ABCA/Rawlings Division II National Pitcher of the Year, and the Daktronics' Ron Lenz Division II National Pitcher of the Year, while being a First Team All-American from ABCA/Rawlings, Daktronics, and NCBWA. In 12 starts this season he accumulated nine wins and established a 1.23 ERA. He led Division II with 129 strikeouts to set a new Mercyhurst season standard and limited opponents to a .167 batting average. Altavilla broke a 99 year-old PSAC record when he tossed 19 strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work in the opening game of the PSAC Championship against West Chester. Altavilla was drafted in the fifth round and 141st overall in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft by the Seattle Mariners, marking the highest draft pick in Mercyhurst history.
Bemis, a sports and recreation major with a 3.92 grade point average, was a two-time All-American at the
2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, making her a six-time All-American (four indoor, two outdoor). She is a two-time PSAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and a three-time PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, as she has won 15 PSAC Championship titles in her career. This season she placed fifth in the triple jump (43' 3 ¼") at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship and eighth in the long jump (19' 9"). At the indoor championship she placed second in the long jump (19' 8 ¼") and seventh in the triple jump (40' 9 ¾"). Bemis is the first-ever PSAC athlete to be named to six PSAC Top 10 rosters, and is a three-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are now in their 24th year of existence. In 2007 the awards were renamed to honor East Stroudsburg's long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at East Stroudsburg for 33 years and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 East Stroudsburg events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes.
July 2, 2014
PSAC Commissioner and Coaches are #Chillin4Charity
PSAC Commissioner and Coaches are #Chillin4Charity
Lock Haven, Pa. – Commissioner Steve Murray, challenged by Kutztown women's basketball coach Janet Malouf, endured an ice-cold water bath to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund as part of the "Cold Water Challenge" initiated by Arizona University head women's basketball coach Niya Butts.
West Chester women's coach Deirdre Kane challenged Malouf, and Malouf in turn completed the challenge and called out women's basketball coaches Jess Strom of California and Jennifer Smith of Lock Haven in addition to Commissioner Murray. For completing the challenge Malouf will donate $25 to the Kay Yow Fund in Murray's name.
Prior to getting doused with two buckets of ice-cold water, Murray challenged Mountain East Conference commissioner Reid Amos and NCAA Associate Director of Division II Josh Looney. If Looney and Amos do not complete the challenge, they must pay $100 to the Kay Yow Fund, and if they do Murray will contribute $50 to the foundation in their names.
The #Chillin4Charity cause came to the PSAC via Cheyney head women's basketball coach Kyle Adams and assistant coach Brittany Christian. Adams challenged Bloomsburg head women's basketball coach Bill Cleary and Kane. Cleary and Kane in turn challenged coaches within the PSAC to continue the #Chillin4Charity mission and it has quickly spread throughout the conference.
So far there have been 34 head and assistant basketball coaches and department staff within the PSAC that have completed the challenge.
The #Chillin4Charity initiative has swept the country and participating programs have included Notre Dame, University of Connecticut and Oklahoma. The challenge forces coaches and players to decide to either donate to the Kay Yow Fund to escape the ice-cold water bath or endure the ice water and pass on the challenge to other coaches or players. The challenge has now reached beyond the basketball court and has reached other athletic programs and department staff.
The #Chillin4Charity rules are pretty simple. If a coach accepts and completes the challenge within 48 hours, the challenger will donate a designated amount (approximately $50) to the Kay Yow Fund. If they fail to accept the challenge, they owe the Kay Yow Fund a larger sum (approximately $100). Student-athletes participating are donating community service hours.
The Kay Yow Fund is an organization created in honor of legendary North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow. Yow passed away in 2009 after fighting breast cancer. Since the fund's inception in 2007, $8 million has been raised and $3.8 million has been granted for scientific research and related programs focused on fighting women's cancers. Learn more
A complete list of PSAC personnel that have participated in the #Chillin4Charity challenge are below. Check back as more coaches and administrators particpate!
Bloomsburg – Bill Cleary (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
California – Jess Strom (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Katie Tetzlaw (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
Cheyney – Kyle Adams (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Brittany Christian (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Ruffin Bell (Athletics Director)
Edinboro – Stan Swank (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Callie Wheeler (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
East Stroudsburg - Maureen Smith (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Sandy Miller (Head Field Hockey Coach), Denny Douds (Head Football Coach), Jeff Wilson (Head Men's Basketball Coach), Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. (East Stroudsburg President)
Gannon – Jim Brunelli (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Kutztown – Janet Malouf (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Lock Haven – Jennifer Smith (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Mansfield – Alison Tagliaferri (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Mercyhurst – Deanna Richard (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Amy Achesinski (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Joe Kimball (Athletics Director)
Millersville – Mary Fleig (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Darlene Newman (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
Pitt-Johnstown – Mike Drahos (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Seton Hill – Mark Katarski (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Julie Kaufman and Jamie Kaufman (Assistant Women's Basketball Coaches), Kris Smith (Director of Corporate and Community Relations)
Slippery Rock – Bobby McGraw (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Ryenne Micaletti (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Women's Basketball team donated an additional $200
West Chester – Deirdre Kane (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Kiera Wooden (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Bridget Carlin (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Damien Blair (Head Men's Basketball Coach)
PSAC – Steve Murray (Commissioner)
West Chester women's coach Deirdre Kane challenged Malouf, and Malouf in turn completed the challenge and called out women's basketball coaches Jess Strom of California and Jennifer Smith of Lock Haven in addition to Commissioner Murray. For completing the challenge Malouf will donate $25 to the Kay Yow Fund in Murray's name.
Prior to getting doused with two buckets of ice-cold water, Murray challenged Mountain East Conference commissioner Reid Amos and NCAA Associate Director of Division II Josh Looney. If Looney and Amos do not complete the challenge, they must pay $100 to the Kay Yow Fund, and if they do Murray will contribute $50 to the foundation in their names.
The #Chillin4Charity cause came to the PSAC via Cheyney head women's basketball coach Kyle Adams and assistant coach Brittany Christian. Adams challenged Bloomsburg head women's basketball coach Bill Cleary and Kane. Cleary and Kane in turn challenged coaches within the PSAC to continue the #Chillin4Charity mission and it has quickly spread throughout the conference.
So far there have been 34 head and assistant basketball coaches and department staff within the PSAC that have completed the challenge.
The #Chillin4Charity initiative has swept the country and participating programs have included Notre Dame, University of Connecticut and Oklahoma. The challenge forces coaches and players to decide to either donate to the Kay Yow Fund to escape the ice-cold water bath or endure the ice water and pass on the challenge to other coaches or players. The challenge has now reached beyond the basketball court and has reached other athletic programs and department staff.
The #Chillin4Charity rules are pretty simple. If a coach accepts and completes the challenge within 48 hours, the challenger will donate a designated amount (approximately $50) to the Kay Yow Fund. If they fail to accept the challenge, they owe the Kay Yow Fund a larger sum (approximately $100). Student-athletes participating are donating community service hours.
The Kay Yow Fund is an organization created in honor of legendary North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow. Yow passed away in 2009 after fighting breast cancer. Since the fund's inception in 2007, $8 million has been raised and $3.8 million has been granted for scientific research and related programs focused on fighting women's cancers. Learn more
A complete list of PSAC personnel that have participated in the #Chillin4Charity challenge are below. Check back as more coaches and administrators particpate!
Bloomsburg – Bill Cleary (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
California – Jess Strom (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Katie Tetzlaw (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
Cheyney – Kyle Adams (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Brittany Christian (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Ruffin Bell (Athletics Director)
Edinboro – Stan Swank (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Callie Wheeler (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
East Stroudsburg - Maureen Smith (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Sandy Miller (Head Field Hockey Coach), Denny Douds (Head Football Coach), Jeff Wilson (Head Men's Basketball Coach), Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. (East Stroudsburg President)
Gannon – Jim Brunelli (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Kutztown – Janet Malouf (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Lock Haven – Jennifer Smith (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Mansfield – Alison Tagliaferri (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Mercyhurst – Deanna Richard (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Amy Achesinski (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Joe Kimball (Athletics Director)
Millersville – Mary Fleig (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Darlene Newman (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)
Pitt-Johnstown – Mike Drahos (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
Seton Hill – Mark Katarski (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Julie Kaufman and Jamie Kaufman (Assistant Women's Basketball Coaches), Kris Smith (Director of Corporate and Community Relations)
Slippery Rock – Bobby McGraw (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Ryenne Micaletti (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Women's Basketball team donated an additional $200
West Chester – Deirdre Kane (Head Women's Basketball Coach), Kiera Wooden (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Bridget Carlin (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach), Damien Blair (Head Men's Basketball Coach)
PSAC – Steve Murray (Commissioner)
June 25, 2014
PSAC Finishes 2013-14 with 57 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
PSAC Finishes 2013-14 with 57 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
Lock Haven, Pa. – With the addition of 36 PSAC athletes who earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America status during the 2014 spring season, the PSAC finished the academic year with a new record of 57 Academic All-Americans.
During the month of June CoSIDA released six Academic All-America teams. The 36 spring honorees join the PSAC's four winter selections and 17 fall selections. The PSAC's 57 Academic All-Americans breaks the previous record of 55 set during the 2011-12 academic year. Fall Release I Winter Release
The league's 57 selections are the most of any other Division II Conference, with the GLIAC and RMAC tied for second with 34. The NE-10 totaled 31 and the GLVC and MIAA both finished with 30.
Women's track and field/cross country led the PSAC with eight honorees, including three-time selection Tabitha Bemis of Edinboro. Other first team selections include Vicki Davis of Bloomsburg, Mallory Sanner of Seton Hill, and Kara Styles of Slippery Rock.
The women's at-large teams featured eight PSAC athletes including field hockey players Lindsay Brown of Slippery Rock and Nancy Stehman of West Chester, diver Kristin Day of Clarion, and swimmers Clarissa Enslin and Kelsey Nuhfer of California as First Team selections.
The men's at-large squads include seven PSAC athletes led by IUP's Zack Kempa's First Team selection.
Five baseball athletes from the conference earned Academic All-America status including First Team picks Dan Altavilla of Mercyhurst and Brandon Martinez of Kutztown.
First Team selections Natalie Wideman of California and Brenna Cosgrove of Edinboro led a group of four PSAC softball players on the Academic All-America Softball Teams.
Clarion's Hannah Heeter and Day were both named Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans of the Year for volleyball and women's at-large, respectively.
Across all 12 Academic All-American teams, 16 student-athletes were repeat honorees: Bemis, Davis, Styles, Dinzeo, Kempa, Enslin, Nuhfer, Stehman, Heeter (volleyball and basketball), Brendan McKeown (East Stroudsburg, wrestling), Pat Kregeloh (Shippensburg, baseball), Robbie Bennett (Gannon, men's soccer), Khriswayne Wallace (East Stroudsburg, men's soccer), Nemanja Nikolic (East Stroudsburg, men's soccer), and Cody Crosby (Gannon, football).
Nine PSAC athletes earned Academic All-America honors with flawless 4.0 grade point averages: Day, Styles, Crosby, John Matarazzo (Mercyhurst, football), Tiara Stossel (Seton Hill, women's basketball), Ian Vescovi (Pitt-Johnstown, men's basketball), Emilee Gysegem (Clarion, women's swimming), Morgan Huegel (California, men's track and field), andMegan Lundy (Shippensburg, women's track and field).
With the exception of football, the Academic All-America programs select a first team, second team and third team in all four divisions (I, II, III, College). In football, a first team and second team are selected in all four divisions.
Student-athletes eligible for selection onto the at-large teams are those that participate in the sports of: women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.
In order to be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be named to an Academic All-District first team. All-District teams are voted on by the CoSIDA membership in each district, while the Academic All-America teams are voted on by the CoSIDA Academic All-America committee and its Board of Directors.
More information on the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America program can be found at the CoSIDA website here.
PSAC Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans – 2013-14
Men's Soccer (4)
First Team – Robbie Bennett, Gannon (3)
Second Team - Khriswayne Wallace, East Stroudsburg (2)
Second Team – Alex Perri, Gannon
Third Team – Nemanja Nikolic, East Stroudsburg (&)
Women's Soccer (4)
First Team – Katie Oliveri, Kutztown
First Team – Lauren Impey, Slippery Rock
Second Team - Mani Brueckner, Gannon
Second Team – Stephanie Thompson, California
Football (6)
First Team – Mike Felker, Clarion
First Team – Colin Kimball, Mercyhurst
First Team – Tyler Zimmer, Seton Hill
First Team – Cody Crosby, Gannon (2)
Second Team – Robert Bleiler, East Stroudsburg
Second Team – John Matarazzo, Mercyhurst
Volleyball (3)
First Team – Hannah Heeter, Clarion (2)
First Team – Jill Edwards, Shippensburg
Third Team – Laurel Miller, California
Women's Basketball (3)
First Team – Hannah Heeter, Clarion (2)
Second Team – Jen Papich, Gannon
Third Team – Tiara Stossel, Seton Hill
Men's Basketball (1)
Third Team – Ian Vescovi, Pitt-Johnstown
Softball (4)
First Team - Natalie Wideman, California
First Team – Brenna Cosgrove, Edinboro
Second Team – Kate Pratt, Mansfield
Second Team – Hilary Lyons, Shippensburg
Baseball (5)
First Team – Dan Altavilla, Mercyhurst
First Team – Brandon Martinez, Kutztown
Second Team – Will Kengor, Slippery Rock
Second Team – Dan Johnson, Millersville
Third Team – Pat Kregeloh, Shippensburg (3)
Men's At-Large (7)
First Team – Zack Kempa, IUP (2)
Second Team – Dylan D'Urso, Mercyhurst
Second Team – David McCormick, West Chester
Third Team – Brady Heseltine, Mercyhurst
Third Team – Brendan McKeown, East Stroudsburg (3)
Third Team – Daisuke Takagi, Gannon
Third Team – Matt Turek, Gannon
Women's At-Large (8)
First Team – Lindsay Brown, Slippery Rock
First Team – Kristin Day, Clarion
First Team – Clarissa Enslin, California (1)
First Team – Kelsey Nuhfer, California (1) (@)
First Team – Nancy Stehman, West Chester (1)
Second Team – Emilee Gysegem, Clarion
Second Team – Allyson Mitidieri, IUP
Second Team – Bre White, Shippensburg
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (4)
First Team – Aaron Dinzeo, California (1)
First Team – Dustin Thomas, Edinboro
First Team – David Reinhardt, Slippery Rock
Second Team – Morgan Huegel, California
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (8)
First Team – Tabitha Bemis, Edinboro (1) (@)
First Team – Vicki Davis, Bloomsurg (2)
First Team – Mallory Sanner, Seton Hill
First Team – Kara Styles, Slippery Rock (2)
Second Team – Sarah Krolick, Edinboro
Second Team – Megan Lundy, Shippensburg
Second Team – Christina O'Connor, East Stroudsburg
Third Team – Julia Cain, Slippery Rock
1) Capital One Academic All-America Division II first team in 2012-13
(2) Capital One Academic All-America Division II second team in 2012-13
(3) Capital One Academic All-America Division II third team in 2012-13
@ Capital One Academic All-America Division II Second team in 2011-12
& Capital One Academic All-America Division II Third team in 2011-12
During the month of June CoSIDA released six Academic All-America teams. The 36 spring honorees join the PSAC's four winter selections and 17 fall selections. The PSAC's 57 Academic All-Americans breaks the previous record of 55 set during the 2011-12 academic year. Fall Release I Winter Release
The league's 57 selections are the most of any other Division II Conference, with the GLIAC and RMAC tied for second with 34. The NE-10 totaled 31 and the GLVC and MIAA both finished with 30.
Women's track and field/cross country led the PSAC with eight honorees, including three-time selection Tabitha Bemis of Edinboro. Other first team selections include Vicki Davis of Bloomsburg, Mallory Sanner of Seton Hill, and Kara Styles of Slippery Rock.
The women's at-large teams featured eight PSAC athletes including field hockey players Lindsay Brown of Slippery Rock and Nancy Stehman of West Chester, diver Kristin Day of Clarion, and swimmers Clarissa Enslin and Kelsey Nuhfer of California as First Team selections.
The men's at-large squads include seven PSAC athletes led by IUP's Zack Kempa's First Team selection.
Five baseball athletes from the conference earned Academic All-America status including First Team picks Dan Altavilla of Mercyhurst and Brandon Martinez of Kutztown.
First Team selections Natalie Wideman of California and Brenna Cosgrove of Edinboro led a group of four PSAC softball players on the Academic All-America Softball Teams.
Clarion's Hannah Heeter and Day were both named Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans of the Year for volleyball and women's at-large, respectively.
Across all 12 Academic All-American teams, 16 student-athletes were repeat honorees: Bemis, Davis, Styles, Dinzeo, Kempa, Enslin, Nuhfer, Stehman, Heeter (volleyball and basketball), Brendan McKeown (East Stroudsburg, wrestling), Pat Kregeloh (Shippensburg, baseball), Robbie Bennett (Gannon, men's soccer), Khriswayne Wallace (East Stroudsburg, men's soccer), Nemanja Nikolic (East Stroudsburg, men's soccer), and Cody Crosby (Gannon, football).
Nine PSAC athletes earned Academic All-America honors with flawless 4.0 grade point averages: Day, Styles, Crosby, John Matarazzo (Mercyhurst, football), Tiara Stossel (Seton Hill, women's basketball), Ian Vescovi (Pitt-Johnstown, men's basketball), Emilee Gysegem (Clarion, women's swimming), Morgan Huegel (California, men's track and field), andMegan Lundy (Shippensburg, women's track and field).
With the exception of football, the Academic All-America programs select a first team, second team and third team in all four divisions (I, II, III, College). In football, a first team and second team are selected in all four divisions.
Student-athletes eligible for selection onto the at-large teams are those that participate in the sports of: women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing, women's field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's skiing, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, men's and women's water polo and men's wrestling.
In order to be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be named to an Academic All-District first team. All-District teams are voted on by the CoSIDA membership in each district, while the Academic All-America teams are voted on by the CoSIDA Academic All-America committee and its Board of Directors.
More information on the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America program can be found at the CoSIDA website here.
PSAC Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans – 2013-14
Men's Soccer (4)
First Team – Robbie Bennett, Gannon (3)
Second Team - Khriswayne Wallace, East Stroudsburg (2)
Second Team – Alex Perri, Gannon
Third Team – Nemanja Nikolic, East Stroudsburg (&)
Women's Soccer (4)
First Team – Katie Oliveri, Kutztown
First Team – Lauren Impey, Slippery Rock
Second Team - Mani Brueckner, Gannon
Second Team – Stephanie Thompson, California
Football (6)
First Team – Mike Felker, Clarion
First Team – Colin Kimball, Mercyhurst
First Team – Tyler Zimmer, Seton Hill
First Team – Cody Crosby, Gannon (2)
Second Team – Robert Bleiler, East Stroudsburg
Second Team – John Matarazzo, Mercyhurst
Volleyball (3)
First Team – Hannah Heeter, Clarion (2)
First Team – Jill Edwards, Shippensburg
Third Team – Laurel Miller, California
Women's Basketball (3)
First Team – Hannah Heeter, Clarion (2)
Second Team – Jen Papich, Gannon
Third Team – Tiara Stossel, Seton Hill
Men's Basketball (1)
Third Team – Ian Vescovi, Pitt-Johnstown
Softball (4)
First Team - Natalie Wideman, California
First Team – Brenna Cosgrove, Edinboro
Second Team – Kate Pratt, Mansfield
Second Team – Hilary Lyons, Shippensburg
Baseball (5)
First Team – Dan Altavilla, Mercyhurst
First Team – Brandon Martinez, Kutztown
Second Team – Will Kengor, Slippery Rock
Second Team – Dan Johnson, Millersville
Third Team – Pat Kregeloh, Shippensburg (3)
Men's At-Large (7)
First Team – Zack Kempa, IUP (2)
Second Team – Dylan D'Urso, Mercyhurst
Second Team – David McCormick, West Chester
Third Team – Brady Heseltine, Mercyhurst
Third Team – Brendan McKeown, East Stroudsburg (3)
Third Team – Daisuke Takagi, Gannon
Third Team – Matt Turek, Gannon
Women's At-Large (8)
First Team – Lindsay Brown, Slippery Rock
First Team – Kristin Day, Clarion
First Team – Clarissa Enslin, California (1)
First Team – Kelsey Nuhfer, California (1) (@)
First Team – Nancy Stehman, West Chester (1)
Second Team – Emilee Gysegem, Clarion
Second Team – Allyson Mitidieri, IUP
Second Team – Bre White, Shippensburg
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country (4)
First Team – Aaron Dinzeo, California (1)
First Team – Dustin Thomas, Edinboro
First Team – David Reinhardt, Slippery Rock
Second Team – Morgan Huegel, California
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country (8)
First Team – Tabitha Bemis, Edinboro (1) (@)
First Team – Vicki Davis, Bloomsurg (2)
First Team – Mallory Sanner, Seton Hill
First Team – Kara Styles, Slippery Rock (2)
Second Team – Sarah Krolick, Edinboro
Second Team – Megan Lundy, Shippensburg
Second Team – Christina O'Connor, East Stroudsburg
Third Team – Julia Cain, Slippery Rock
1) Capital One Academic All-America Division II first team in 2012-13
(2) Capital One Academic All-America Division II second team in 2012-13
(3) Capital One Academic All-America Division II third team in 2012-13
@ Capital One Academic All-America Division II Second team in 2011-12
& Capital One Academic All-America Division II Third team in 2011-12
June 24, 2014
Gannon's Jen Papich to Represent PSAC as NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
Lock Haven, Pa. – Gannon women's basketball player Jen Papich has been selected as the PSAC's nominee for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Papich, a three-time All-PSAC Western Division First Team selection, is a two-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American and three-time First Team All-District honoree. The recent Gannon graduate has earned a spot on the PSAC Winter Top 10 list twice with a 3.95 cumulative grade point average in biomedical engineering. The 2012-13 PSAC Western Division Athlete of the Year landed spots on both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Division II Bulletin All-America Honorable-Mention teams the last two seasons.
On the court Papich finished her career third all-time at Gannon in free throws made (357), fourth in blocked shots (124), fifth in steals (244), seventh in rebounds (700), and sixth in points (1,534). She capped her senior season averaging 13.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 blocks per outing.
Away from the basketball court Papich has committed herself to a variety of community service initiatives. She has participated in Pink Zone fundraising efforts, Gannon's GIVE Day, Gannon's Day of Caring, Red Cross blood drives, and Operation Christmas Child, all while being a member of Gannon's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
A total of 446 female student-athletes were nominated nationwide by their institutions. Of the nominees, 205 competed in Division I, 75 competed in Division II, and 166 competed in Division III athletics.
The Woman of the Year award is in its 24th year and is designed to honor female senior student-athletes for their collegiate achievements in academics, athletics, leadership and service. A year ago, the PSAC nominated Clarion's Kayla Shull, who was one of nine finalists for the award. More
The NCAA will release the conference nominees in early August. The selection committee will then choose the top 10 nominees from each division (I, II, II). From among those 30 honorees, the selection committee will determine the top three in each division in September. Finally, the members of the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will vote from among the top nine to determine the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The top 30 student-athletes will be honored, and the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year announced, at the annual ceremony Indianapolis on October 19, 2014.
About the NCAA Woman of the Year Award
The NCAA established the Woman of the Year Award in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 24th year, the award is unique because it recognizes not only the athletics achievements of outstanding young women, but also their academic achievements, community service and leadership.
NCAA member institutions from all three divisions nominated their own woman of the year. To be eligible, these women must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have completed eligibility in their primary sport.
Papich, a three-time All-PSAC Western Division First Team selection, is a two-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American and three-time First Team All-District honoree. The recent Gannon graduate has earned a spot on the PSAC Winter Top 10 list twice with a 3.95 cumulative grade point average in biomedical engineering. The 2012-13 PSAC Western Division Athlete of the Year landed spots on both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Division II Bulletin All-America Honorable-Mention teams the last two seasons.
On the court Papich finished her career third all-time at Gannon in free throws made (357), fourth in blocked shots (124), fifth in steals (244), seventh in rebounds (700), and sixth in points (1,534). She capped her senior season averaging 13.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 blocks per outing.
Away from the basketball court Papich has committed herself to a variety of community service initiatives. She has participated in Pink Zone fundraising efforts, Gannon's GIVE Day, Gannon's Day of Caring, Red Cross blood drives, and Operation Christmas Child, all while being a member of Gannon's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
A total of 446 female student-athletes were nominated nationwide by their institutions. Of the nominees, 205 competed in Division I, 75 competed in Division II, and 166 competed in Division III athletics.
The Woman of the Year award is in its 24th year and is designed to honor female senior student-athletes for their collegiate achievements in academics, athletics, leadership and service. A year ago, the PSAC nominated Clarion's Kayla Shull, who was one of nine finalists for the award. More
The NCAA will release the conference nominees in early August. The selection committee will then choose the top 10 nominees from each division (I, II, II). From among those 30 honorees, the selection committee will determine the top three in each division in September. Finally, the members of the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will vote from among the top nine to determine the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The top 30 student-athletes will be honored, and the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year announced, at the annual ceremony Indianapolis on October 19, 2014.
About the NCAA Woman of the Year Award
The NCAA established the Woman of the Year Award in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 24th year, the award is unique because it recognizes not only the athletics achievements of outstanding young women, but also their academic achievements, community service and leadership.
NCAA member institutions from all three divisions nominated their own woman of the year. To be eligible, these women must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have completed eligibility in their primary sport.