McKee and Anderson Named Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is pleased to announce Mercyhurst's
Colin McKee and Slippery Rock's
Sabrina Anderson as its 2015-16 Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year. McKee and Anderson 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.
McKee holds a 3.70 ERA at Mercyhurst, majoring in biology. He was dominant this year for the Lakers, recording a 1.82 ERA in 15 starts and earning the honor of PSAC West Pitcher of the Year. He was also named NCBWA All-Region First Team, NCBWA Region Co-Pitcher of the Year, D2CCA All-Region First Team, and a Tomko Award Finalist. The senior was drafted by the Houston Astros the Major League Baseball Draft in the 18th round (546th overall). He was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Anderson earned All-American honors in the heptathlon this spring, finishing 10th at the NCAA Championships. She was a PSAC Champion in the event and finished in the top 10 in the conference in the 100m hurdles and the high jump. She earned all-region honors in the heptathlon and the high jump and was named CoSIDA Academic All-District for the second straight year. She was the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Field Athlete of the Year and the Most Outstanding Overall Athlete at the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. She has been named PSAC Top 10 four times. In just three years, Anderson has already completed all the requirements for her degree in exercise science and has been admitted to the Master's of Business Administration program at SRU.
The PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are now in their 26th 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.