PSAC Releases Winter Top 10 Honorees
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is pleased to announce its Winter 2017-18 Top 10 Award recipients, chosen and voted on by the league’s sports information directors. The PSAC Top 10 Awards are designed to recognize student-athletes who excel in both the classroom and in athletic competition.
Initiated in the 1997-98 academic year, the Top 10 is given to five males and five females in each athletic season; fall, winter and spring.
The Winter 2017-18 awards winners are Shippensburg's Alex Balla, Bloomsburg’s Hannah Boudreau, IUP’s Austin Cooper, Seton Hill’s Kaitlyn Germanoski, California’s Summer Hill, IUP’s Dante Lombardi, Lock Haven’s Chance Marsteller, Gannon’s Maggie Mitchell, Shippensburg’s Danielle Sciremammano and Pitt-Johnstown’s Isaac Vescovi.
Vescovi and Hill land on the list for the second consecutive season.
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Alex Balla (Quakertown, Pa. / Quakertown), Shippensburg
Indoor Track & Field - Senior
Major: Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Cumulative GPA: 3.77
2018 PSAC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Track Athlete…2018 PSAC Champion in 3K (8:34.75)…2018 PSAC Champion in 5K (15:00.26)…just the sixth man in PSAC history to achieve the long-distance double (3K and 5K titles) at the PSAC Indoor Championships…2018 USTFCCCA All-Region in 3K (8:37.94 on flat track at Bucknell Tune-Up) and 5K (time at PSACs)...2017 PSAC Fall Top 10 Winner…2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-District…T&F: 12-time PSAC place-winner (7x indoors, 5x indoors)…3-time All-PSAC finisher (2x indoors, 1x outdoors)…Indoor 3K (1st in 2018, 8th in 2017, 8th in 2016, 7th in 2015)…Indoor 5K (1st in 2018, 4th in 2017, 6th in 2015)…Outdoor 5K (5th in 2017, 5th in 2016)…Outdoor 10K (2nd in 2017, 4th in 2016, 4th in 2015...USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. |
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Hannah Boudreau (Hampstead, Md. / North Carroll), Bloomsburg
Indoor Track & Field
Major: Mass Communications
Cumulative GPA: 3.79
Two-time All-Region honoree by USTFCCCA … All-PSAC in the 5000-meter run after third-place finish at 2018 PSAC Indoor Championships … also finished fifth overall in the 3000-meter run at conference meet … Two-time PSAC Champion (10000-meter run at 2015 Outdoor Championships and 3000-meter run at 2017 Indoor Championships) … 10x All-Region selection (2015 Outdoor: 1st in 10000, 4th in 5000; 2016 Indoor: 4th in mile; 2016 Outdoor: 4th in 10000; 2017 Indoor: 1st in 3000, 3rd in 5000; 2017 Outdoor: 4th in 10000; 4th in 5000; 2018 Indoor: 3rd in 5000, 5th in 3000) … 14-time PSAC qualifier throughout collegiate career. |
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Austin Cooper (King of Prussia, Pa. / Upper Merion), IUP
Indoor Track & Field - Senior
Major: Regional Planning / Economics
Cumulative GPA: 3.89
USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region in the mile … Had second fastest mile time in the Atlantic Region (4:15.60) … Finished second in the event at the PSAC Championships … Ran lead leg of IUP record breaking 4x800 relay at PSAC Championships (7:51.41), which finished second at the meet … IUP’s 4x800 relay was also the second fastest team in the region … Also finished eighth in 3000m at PSAC Championships (8:59.28)...PSAC Spring Top 10 in 2017 … 13 combined All-Region honors (XC, ITF, OTF) … Four individual titles at PSAC Championships …Three-time All-PSAC in cross country … Dean’s List every semester … Three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete. |
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Kaitlyn Germanoski (Jeannette, Pa. / Penn Trafford), Seton Hill
Indoor Track & Field
Major: Graphic Design
Cumulative GPA: 3.97
Earned second team All American honors at the Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. She cleared a personal best 1.71 meters to earn a ninth place finish in the high jump...Member of the SHU track team that has won the PSAC Top Team GPA award for both of her seasons. Also named a scholar athlete by the PSAC and NACDA. |
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Summer Hill (Honesdale, Pa. / Honesdale), California
Indoor Track & Field - Graduate Student
Major: Exercise Science and Health Promotion (Bachelors: Sport Management)
Cumulative GPA: 3.90 (Bachelor's: 3.89)
Reached NCAA provisional standard in three separate events – 800m, 1 mile, DMR … USTFCCCA All-Region in three events – 800m, 1 mile, DMR … Posted second-fastest 800m time in PSAC this winter with time of 2:14.05 at Kent State … Ranked fourth on league’s performance list in 1 mile with time of 4:58.65 at Grand Valley State … Leadoff leg on fastest DMR in PSAC this season, setting school record with time of 11:45.76 at Grand Valley State … Helped DMR claim conference title for fifth-straight year (4x member) … Earned All-PSAC status in 1 mile at league championships by placing second with time of 5:02.58...Three-time NCAA All-American (1500m 2x, 1 mile) … Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (2016 Second Team, 2017 First Team) … 2016-17 PSAC Winter Top 10 … 2017 USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year … 11x PSAC Champion in track & field … 3x Most Outstanding Track Athlete at PSAC Championships … Holds a combined three school records. |
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Dante Lombardi (Indiana, Pa. / Kiski Prep), IUP
Men's Basketball - Junior
Major: Finance
Cumulative GPA: 3.80
All-PSAC West second team … CoSIDA Academic All-District® … Averaged 12.9 points per game and ranked third in PSAC with 5.1 assists per game … Played through several upper and lower body injuries that sidelined him early in the season … Increased shooting percentage by 50 points (.382 to .432) … Four 20-point games … 19 games in double-figures … Had .809 free throw percentage … .343 3-point field goal percentage...CoSIDA Academic All-District® as a junior … Dean’s List five times … PSAC Scholar-Athlete … Three-time PSAC West honoree, 2016 Freshman of the Year … 1,033 career points, 397 career assists. |
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Chance Marsteller (New Park, Pa. / Kennard Dale), Lock Haven
Wrestling - Redshirt Junior
Major: Sports Administration
Cumulative GPA: 3.83
2018 NCAA DI All-American … Placed 4th at 165 pounds at NCAA Tournament (arguably the deepest weight class in the field) … 2017-18 PSAC Champion (Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler) … At PSAC Tournament, went 4-0 with three pins & a tech fall … Second at Eastern Wrestling League Championships … Finished the season at 44-4 … The 44 wins are school record for single season … Third at prestigious Southern Scuffle … Perfect 16-0 in duals, 6-0 in EWL duals and 3-0 in D1 PSAC duals … 28 of 44 wins on the season came by either major, tech or pin (10 MD, 10 TF, 8 PINS) … Helped lead Lock Haven to PSAC and EWL team titles … LHU finished 16th at DI nationals, highest finish since 2002...Named to 2017-18 EWL All-Academic Team. |
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Maggie Mitchell (Newark, Ohio / Newark), Gannon
Women's Basketball - Senior
Major: Sport and Exercise Science
Cumulative GPA: 3.91
16.7 points per game, 3.9 assists per game, 2.6 rebounds per game, 0.7 steals per game, 42.2 FG% (158-374), 38.6 3FG% (71-184), 90.6 FT% (96-106), 112 assists, 21 steals...Is a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete … received the Division II Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award … has earned All-PSAC honors during both years as a Lady Knight after transferring from Ashland University … secured All-ECAC accolades as a senior … scored over 1,000 points during her collegiate career … led the PSAC and ranked seventh nationally in free throw percentage … ranked second among PSAC players in three-point field goal percentage, third in three-point field goals per game (2.45), fifth in assists per game, eighth in points per game and eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.30) … finished 36th among all NCAA Division II players in three-point field goal percentage and 46th in three-point field goals per game … finished her two-year Gannon career fifth all-time in scoring average (17.0), seventh in three-point field goal percentage (39.0), 11th in three-point field goals (142) and 29th in scoring (968) … graduated as Gannon’s all-time leader in free throw percentage (89.1, 212-238) … recorded a pair of point totals worthy of Gannon’s all-time top-15 single-season totals … hit 71 three-pointers during both her junior and senior campaigns, tying for 10th-place all-time at Gannon … broke Gannon’s single-season free throw percentage record as a senior, hitting 90.6 percent (96-106) of her attempts … reached the 20-point plateau in a game 12 times as a senior … is one of five Lady Knights in program history with at least four 30-point performances … led the PSAC in free throw percentage (87.9), minutes played per game (36.75), three-point field goals made (71) and three-point field goals per game (2.54) as a junior. |
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Danielle Sciremammano (DuBois, Pa. / DuBois Area), Shippensburg
Indoor Track & Field - Redshirt Senior
Major: Early Childhood Education / Special Education
Cumulative GPA: 3.69
2018 NCAA All-American in 60-meter hurdles…2018 USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year…2018 PSAC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Athlete…broke PSAC all-time indoor record (and meet record) in 60-meter hurdles twice at PSAC Championships, first running 8.53 seconds in prelims and then 8.47 seconds in finals…finished eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles to become SU’s first-ever All-American in the event…finished 13th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the long jump…2018 PSAC Champion in the 60-meter hurdles (8.47) and 2018 PSAC Champion in the long jump (19-2.5)…USTFCCCA All-Region in 60-meter hurdles (8.47) and long jump (19-6.75 PR at Kutztown)...14-time PSAC place-winner -- Indoor 60 Hurdles (1st in 2018, 3rd in 2017, 2nd in 2016, 3rd in 2015), Indoor Long Jump (1st in 2018, 4th in 2017, 4th in 2016), Outdoor 100 Hurdles (2nd in 2017, 3rd in 2016, 7th in 2015), Outdoor Long Jump (4th in 2017, 4th in 2016, 4th in 2015), Outdoor 4x100 (4th in 2016)…7-time All-PSAC performer…2017 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier in Long Jump…2-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree (2016, 2017)…4-time USTFCCCA All-Region. |
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Isaac Vescovi (Patton, Pa. / Cambria Heights), Pitt-Johnstown
Men's Basketball - Senior
Major: Secondary Education - Math
Cumulative GPA: 3.99
20.9 ppg...5.1 rpg...570 FG% (229-402)...88.6 FT% (78-88)...42 assists...28 steals..8 blocks...Ranked 21st nationally in free-throw percentage, 24th in total field goals made, 40th in field goal percentage, and 42nd in points per game...Led team in scoring, free-throw percentage, and field goal percentage...Became Pitt-Johnstown’s 29th 1,000-point scorer on December 3...Finished career ranked 12th on Pitt-Johnstown’s All-time Scoring List with 1,394 points...2017-18 First-Team Co-SIDA Academic All-American...2017-18 First-Team All-PSAC West...Named PSAC West Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on January 22...2016-17 PSAC Winter Top-10 Selection...Two-time First-Team Academic All-District selection. |
To be a candidate for the PSAC Top 10 Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials for their respective team. The winter sports eligible for consideration for the Winter Top 10 Awards are men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s swimming and wrestling.
At the conclusion of the academic year, all Top 10 Award winners from each season are eligible for the PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, given to one male and one female candidate.