2006-07 Winter Top 10 Awards
2006-07 Winter Top 10 Awards
(May 1, 2007)
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has named a group of outstanding student-athletes as the league’s Winter Top Ten Awards winners.
The Top Ten Awards, selected by the PSAC’s sports information directors, recognize student-athletes who distinguish themselves in the classroom, as well as in the arena of competition. The conference designates Top Ten Award winners after each of the sports seasons: fall, winter and spring.
To be a candidate for the Top Ten Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials. Only student-athletes from the winter sports season are eligible for the Winter Top Ten Awards. Those sports are: wrestling, men’s and women’s basketball, men's and women's swimming, and men’s and women’s indoor track & field.
At the end of the academic year, the league announces the Scholar-Athlete Awards, which recognize student-athletes on all PSAC squads with 3.25 cumulative GPAs or better. Additionally, the PSAC names the top Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of Year, which will be re-named this year as the Pete Nevins Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
Following are biographical sketches of the PSAC’s 2006-07 Winter Top Ten recipients:
Alex Clemsen
Senior, Edinboro
Wrestling (Moberly, Mo./Moberly)... Clemsen carries a 3.63 GPA in the field of business finance/marketing. At 184 pounds, he finished the season with a 37-4 record and earned Division I All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. En route to the tournament, Clemsen won his first Eastern Wrestling League title and became just the 14th wrestler in PSAC history to win four league championships. He concluded his career at Edinboro ranked ninth in career wins with a 121-35 record and was a four-time national qualifier. Clemsen is a five-time Edinboro Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Winter Top 10 and NWCA All-Academic Team honoree.
Jamir Gates
Senior, Cheyney
Men's Indoor Track & Field (Chester/Chester)... Gates owns a 3.62 GPA in finance and accounting. At the PSAC Championships, the senior finished second in the long jump (23-01 3/4) and seventh in the triple jump (45-05). At the PSAC East Challenge, Gates earned the top honors in the triple jump. He also took top honors at the College Classic in the long jump while grabbing silver in the triple jump. At the Ursinus Indoor Invitational, he won the triple jump and took second in the long jump.
Katie Glaws
Senior, IUP
Women's Basketball (North Canton, Ohio/Hoover)... Glaws owns a near perfect 3.94 GPA in accounting. The senior guard was instrumental in the success of the Crimson Hawks this season, averaging 12.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. IUP won its first PSAC Championship since 1988 and finished with a 24-9 record, tied for the second most wins in school history. Glaws was second on the team and 15th in the league in scoring, and ranked eighth in three-point field goal percentage (35.0, 71-203). She scored in double figures in 27 of 33 games and was named to the NCAA East Region All-Tournament Team where she tied the IUP single-game record with six three-pointers. For her career, Glaws ranks in IUP's top 10 in eight categories and owns five school records.
Ashley Grimm
Junior, Clarion
Women's Basketball (Sugarloaf/Hazleton)... Grimm carries a 3.92 GPA while studying biology/pre-dentistry. She led the PSAC in assists (137) and finished 24th in NCAA Division II with 5.27 apg. Her assists total is the fourth-most in single-season history at Clarion. The three-year starting point guard has finished in the league's top 10 every year for assists and ranks third at Clarion with 398, needing just 72 to tie the school record. Grimm owns 164 career steals to go along with 6.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. As a freshman, Grimm was the starting point guard on Clarion's 2004-05 NCAA qualifying team that also advanced to the PSAC semifinals. The junior is also an active member of Clarion's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Katie Kline
Junior, West Chester
Women's Basketball (Pennsville, N.J./Pennsville)... Kline boasts a 3.97 GPA in kinesiology. A first-team All-PSAC selection, Kline averaged 15.6 points (6th - PSAC) and 8.3 rebounds (8th - PSAC) per game and finished with a 45.9 shooting percentage. She led the team in both scoring average and points (437) while ranking second in rebounding. Kline scored 20 points five or more times this season, leading her team in scoring and rebounding 14 times.
Seth Martin
Senior, Lock Haven
Wrestling (Selinsgrove/Selinsgrove)... Martin maintains a 3.29 GPA in health and physical education. The senior won both the PSAC and Eastern Wrestling League Championships at 157 pounds while qualifying for the NCAA Division I National Championships for the third time in his career. Martin also won the PSAC Championship in 2006. He finished with the season with a 39-7 record, posting 11 major decisions and seven falls. His 113 career wins (113-48) ranks ninth in LHU history.
Brad Rager
Junior, California
Men's Indoor Track & Field (Bristol/Truman)... Rager owns a 3.30 GPA while studying chemistry. He won the 400-meter dash for the third-straight year at the 2007 PSAC Indoor Track & Field Championships and finished second in the 200-meter dash. Rager broke two of his own school records this season en route to posting NCAA provisional qualifying times in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. For his career, Rager has appeared in 10 total medal races (both outdoor and indoor), capturing eight first place finishes and one second-place. A member of California's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Rager was also named the 2005 PSAC Indoor Rookie of the Year and the 2005 PSAC Outdoor Championship MVP.
Andi Rose
Senior, Slippery Rock
Women's Indoor Track & Field (Wheeling, W. Va./Wheeling Park)... Rose maintains a 3.35 in health and physical education. The sprints and hurdles specialist earned All-America status at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships with a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles. The senior was named the league's Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year for the second successive year as well as the PSAC Championship meet overall and track MVP award winner. Her efforts at the league's championship led Slippery Rock to its first-ever PSAC indoor team title. For her career, Rose is a four-time All-America performer combining indoor and outdoor performances.
Sean Strauman
Junior, IUP
Indoor Track & Field (South Park/South Park)... Strauman owns a 3.69 GPA while studying accounting. He repeated as the PSAC Champion in the 800 meters and then shattered his own conference record at the NCAA II Indoor Track and Field Championships with his second place finish (1:50.62). His time was just one second away from claiming the national championship. A three-time All-American in the 800 meters and this season's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, Strauman has never been defeated by a PSAC opponent in the event. In addition to being named a Winter Top 10 selection a year ago, the junior was a Winter Top 10 selection as well as an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II second team selection. He is president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and plays the tuba in IUP's marching band.
Jamie Wolf
Senior, Clarion
Women's Diving (South Park/South Park)... Wolf boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA in molecular biology. The 2007 NCAA II Female Diver of the Year, Wolf won both the 1- and 3-meter national championships while setting the NCAA 1-meter diving record with 453.75 points. The senior repeated as the top diver on both boards at the Division I Pitt Invitational while sweeping honors at three dual meets. She finished first in the 1-meter board at the mostly Division I Zippy Invitational and Akron Invitational. For her career, Wolf is a three-time NCAA II Female Diver of the Year (2007, 2005, 2004) and has won an NCAA record seven national championships in eight tries. Wolf was named the Clarion University Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2006. This is her third Winter Top 10 selection.