|
||||
|
RELEASE DATE: 01/20/06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARITY WALKER EARNS PSAC TOP TEN AWARD FOR SCHOOL RECORD SECOND TIME
Only ten athletes from the entire PSAC are selected to the list, regardless of sport or gender. 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 fall sports season are eligible for the Fall Top Ten Awards. At
the end of the academic year, the league announces the Scholar-Athlete Awards,
which Charity Walker exemplifies all the qualities considered in naming this elite list of student-athletes. Walker maintains a 3.98 GPA in environmental biology.
She is a
four-time All-PSAC
honoree most recently finishing 12th at the PSAC Championships this
fall. This past season, Learn finished first at the Mansfield Opener, Tidewater
Invitational and SUNY Oneonta Invitational and also finished third at the
Collegiate Track Conference Championships. A two-time NCAA qualifier and an NCAA
All-American in 2004, Learn was the first runner in school history to earn All-PSAC
honors in all four of her seasons at Mansfield. She
has also earned All-PSAC in both indoor and outdoor track.
Joining her on the PSAC Fall Top Ten list are: Michael Baldwin - Senior - Kutztown - Football Camilo Hinestroza - Senior - California - Soccer Julie Karcher - Junior - West Chester - Soccer Laura Kline - Senior - Kutztown - Field Hockey Julie Nemergut - Senior - Edinboro - Cross Country Lloyd Price - Senior - California - Football Kelly Richards - Senior - Edinboro - Cross Country Chris Robson - Junior - Lock Haven - Cross Country Jimmy Terwilliger - Junior - East Stroudsburg - Football
|
||||
|
||||
For anyone
who thought Charity Learn, now Charity Walker, was finished with
her outstanding collegiate cross country career, you would be mistaken. The
senior standout has managed to grasp one more outstanding achievement to add to
her plentiful list of accomplishments at Mansfield. She was honored for a school
record second time as a member of the PSAC Fall Top Ten earlier this week.
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.