KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown University has reached new heights for academic excellence. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) announced Monday that 180 KU student-athletes have been named PSAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2017-18 academic year, a school-record by nearly 20.
2018 marks the 12th straight year KU has had 100 or more student-athletes on the PSAC Scholar-Athlete squad, and breaks the previous record of 162 from 2016.
132 of the 180 were female student-athletes for KU, while 48 were male.
In order to earn scholar-athlete recognition, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or above.
As a conference, the PSAC set a new record of 3,053 Scholar-Athletes from its 18 institutions. The 3,053 Scholar-Athlete total marks 42 percent of the student-athlete population. Both of these numbers break the previous record of 2,934 and 41 percent set in 2017. The league has now registered at least a 30 percent rate for 10 straight years.
Gannon paced the league with a 56 percent scholar-athlete rate, while Seton Hill held a 52 percent mark. For the fourth consecutive year, Mercyhurst has the most scholar-athletes with 308, while West Chester is second with 266.
Kutztown’s scholar-athletes are listed below.
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country (27)
Madi Bleiler
Emma Brackett
Stephanie Bresadola
Erin Callaghan
Alexis Dongvort
McKenzie Fagan
Amanda Ferraro
Jessica Glass
Kelly Groth
Staci Jett
Morgan Johnson
Megan Kirn
Keri Marini
Shannon McChesney
Olivia Morano
Katerina Parowski
Ashley Petre
Katie Seegert
Sarah Shannon
Lindsay Smyth
Kira Solt
Julie Stratton
Leah Talley
Ally Tama
Macey Tanseco
Madelyn Witkoski
Abigail Zeger
Women’s Tennis (5)
Taylor Capoferri
Ashley Carter
Mackenzie Delp
Elyssa Tomczyk
Kara Urland
Women’s Swimming (6)
Madi Bleiler
Claire Frank
Meredith Heydt
Alison McLaughlin
Katerina Parowski
Jocelyn Seidt
Women’s Lacrosse (9)
Emily Leeb
Olivia Haas
Kayla Kearns
Amanda Lehman
Haley Kline
Madison Carlucci
Cyla Cafferata
Devon Fitzpatrick
Sarah Gabriele
Women’s Golf (7)
Hannah Amos
Sydney Fisher
Rebecca Graham
Jillian Jones
Caity Leppert
Rachel Tarnopoll
Shannon Weber
Women’s Bowling (5)
Melanie Aptaker
Megan Bauter
Keanna Delp
Ella Luzzi
Felicia Trievel
Women’s Basketball (6)
Taylor Thames
Zoe Zerman
Alex Leader
Kaylan Jackson
Caroline Stauffer
Rylee Derr
Softball (18)
Alyssa Oakley
Erin Fortney
Jackie Morell
Kay Solderitch
Gia Santigate
Tamara Jennings
Paola Texidor
Zoe Texidor
Alyssa Donato
Ava Bottiglia
Amanda Portoff
Angie Carty
Kristin Kaleycik
Kiera Brown
Hannah Auvil
Jenna Lipowski
Sara Keeny
Morgan Mather
Women’s Soccer (21)
Kristina Miller
Chelsea Fadio
Gabrielle Evans
Lexi Gaetano
Morgan Staley
Rachel Rizzo
Randi Smith
Hannah Oren
Emily Zwiercan
Olivia Novak
Courtney Browning
Shea Conway
Kaylee Kupiec
Megan Kelly
McKenna Zerbe
Sam LaBianca
Maggie Cecere
Savanna Harrison
Madison Mummert
Schyler Ackerman
Kate Martin
Field Hockey (19)
Alyssa Donato
Courtney Konowal
Hannah Shirk
Hadley Wiktor
Mackenzie Fuhrman
Madison Stewart
Kyra Wozniak
Grace Dow
Rita Muro
Madison Wampler
Julia Cummiskey
Morgan Aldinger
Hannah Marx
Lauren Latchford
Rose Moore
Molly Bobjak
Lauren Baldwin
Leigh Roselli
Laura Durdon
Women’s Volleyball (12)
Paige Miller
Amanda Meck
Alli Henderson
Niki Carpenter
Sarah Williams
Holly Owen
Cara Long
Carly Shortridge
Taylor Brown
Abby Daniels
Aly Bohman
Madisyn Kleinfelter
Wrestling (8)
Bill Manley
Evan Kauffman
Jacob Maile
Mitchell Camp
Connor Yourkavitch
Cameron Scalio
James Potts
Darius Joyce
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country (13)
Caleb Baukman
Dontez Jolly
Andrew Sulon
Obi Ogbonna
Nick DeGennaro
Ryan Benner
Mathew Bianco
Luke Hoffman
Abdul Saad
Austin Cory
Jose Colon-Cruz
Tyler Fenske
Derek Barney
Men’s Tennis (5)
Gabriel Nogara Souza
Nolan Perugini
Nikolay Kodinov
Joan Oliver Perez
David Nunez Contreras
Men’s Basketball (2)
Kiyon Hardy
Ricky Hicks
Football (12)
Tyler Boger
Connor Maxwell
Jadan Hudson
Jake Adams
Tyler Borg
Conor Sullivan
Ryan Hubley
Derek Anderson
Adam Krauter
Garrett Blesi
Jalen Nieves
Ronny Tomasetti
Baseball (8)
Bo Rottet
Zack Delp
Michael Hunter
Mitch Pinder
Jake Augustus
Evan Musto
Collin Bishop
Kevin Sell