Representatives from four different Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference schools have been tabbed as respective league Athletes of the Year for the sport of Indoor Track and Field.  The selections are made by the league's head coaches. 

West Chester's Danielle Scardino and Slippery Rock's Jennifer Hansen garnered honors on the women's side.  Scardino was named the Track Athlete of the Year and Hansen claimed Field Athlete of the Year.  For the men, Chris Cummings of Mansfield was named the Track Athlete of the Year while Kutztown's James Dart earned the honors for Field Athlete of the Year.

Slippery Rock's Whitney Hendershot and West Chester's Jarrett Eaton were named league Rookies of the Year.  Head coaches John Papa of Slippery Rock and Dave Osanitch of Shippensburg were selected by their peers as Men's and Women's Coaches of the Year, respectively.

Scardino, a senior who hails from Levittown (Neshaminy HS), just missed a spot in the finals at the NCAA II National Championships as she placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles with a new West Chester best time of 8.655.  Prior to the national championship meet, Scardino was named the women's Track Athlete of the Meet, as well as the Overall Co-MVP, at the 2008 PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.  She took home gold in three events at that meet, winning the 55-meter dash (7.22), 200-meter dash (25.72) and the 55-meter hurdles (8.17).  Earlier in the season at the PSAC East Challenge, the senior also completed a gold-medal sweep in the same three events.  In addition to her PSAC accolades, the senior was also named the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches' Association East Region Athlete of the Year for her efforts during her senior campaign. 

Hansen, a junior out of Charleston, W. Va. (Capitol HS) tied for third place at the NCAA II Championships with her mark of 12-09.00 in the pole vault and earned All-America honors in the process.  Hansen captured gold in the event at both the PSAC West Challenge and the 2008 PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, where she recorded a school and conference best mark of 13-01.5 and was the Field Athlete MVP.  She was also honored by the USTFCCA as the East Region's Field Athlete of the Year.  Hansen is now a two-time All-American and the two-time defending PSAC Champion in the pole vault after finishing third in the conference as a freshman.

Hendershot, a rookie from Salamanca, N.Y. (Salamanca HS), earned All-America honors after tying for fifth-place at the NCAA II National Championships in the high jump with a mark of 5-07.25.  At the PSAC Championships, Hendershot set a new SRU best and tied the all-time league record in the same event with her mark of 5-09.25.  At that meet, she also placed sixth in the pentathlon and set a new Rock record with 3,310 points.  Her efforts helped The Rock to a tie for first-place finish and its second-straight women's indoor title.

A senior from Mansfield (Mansfield HS), Cummings ended his Mountaineer career as one of the most decorated student-athletes in Mansfield history.  He is the first Mountaineer to earn indoor track and field All-America honors after placing sixth in the mile in 2006.  This season, Cummings placed second in the mile (4:12.63) by just 0.01 seconds in a photo finish to earn his second All-America honor.  A member of the distance medley relay squad, Cummings' efforts helped the team earn Mansfield's first trip to nationals after becoming the first team DMR team to earn a PSAC title for the Mountaineers.  At the league championships, Cummings was selected as an Overall Co-MVP of the Meet after winning the mile and setting the field house and meet record (4:11.84).  The senior is just one of two Mansfield indoor track and field athletes to earn a PSAC title, winning the mile this year and in 2004.  For his career, he owns four combined individual and relay top three finishes at the PSAC Championships.  As a member of the cross country team, Cummings finished his career as a four-time All-PSAC honoree, as well as becoming Mansfield's first All-American with his 31st place finish this fall.

Dart, a senior out of Havertown (Haverford HS), placed seventh in the 2008 NCAA II National Championships with his mark of 54-08.75 in the shot put to earn his first All-America citation.  At the PSAC Championships, Dart placed second in the shot put behind teammate Steve Tyson with his throw of 54-00.05 while adding a fifth-place finish in the weight throw with a distance of 54-03.75.  Earlier in the season at the Susquehanna Open, Dart had a school record breaking a throw of 55-1.

A rookie from Roslyn (Abington HS), Eaton placed third at the NCAA II Championships in the 60-meter hurdles with his time of 7.88, setting a new West Chester and PSAC record in the process.  In addition, Eaton owns the PSAC record in the 55-meter hurdles with his time of 7.31, which he set at the league championships with his first-place finish.  The freshman also came close to the league record in the 55-meter dash at the PSAC Championships with his time of 6.5 seconds,  which was just off the record pace of 6.32 held by Millersville's Gerald Mack and Kutztown's Keith Crowell.  For Eaton's efforts, he was also named the USTFCCA East Region Athlete of the Year.

Papa led his men's squad to its first-ever PSAC Indoor Track and Field title while his women's squad earned at least a share of its second-straight after tying Shippensburg for the top honor in 2008.  The 21st-year head coach helped guide five student-athletes to the NCAA Championships this season, all of whom set SRU records in their respective events.  At the league championships, Papa guided two individuals to PSAC titles while two more added runner-up finishes.  This is Papa's 11th PSAC Coach of the Year Award and 11th USTFCCCA East Region Coach of the Year.

Osanitcsh earns his second PSAC Coach of the Year honor after leading the Lady Raiders to the program's first-ever indoor conference title with its first-place tie with Slippery Rock and also earned his third USTFCCCA East Region Coach of the Year Award.  Osanitcsh helped guided six athletes to the NCAA II National Championships, including the distance medley relay team, which was the first relay team in school history to qualify and set the all-time PSAC record.  The group also became the first women's relay team to earn All-America honors after placing seventh at the NCAA Championships.