By: Bill Morgal, SID

SHIPPENSBURG, PA – The University of Shippensburg has set a new academic standard with a record 263 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) scholar-athletes for the 2020-21 academic year. The data was distributed Wednesday by the conference office.

A PSAC athlete-scholar maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 while competing in an intercollegiate varsity sport.

This is the ninth time in the past 11 years that Shippensburg has set a new record total for PSAC athlete scholarships. Last year, the League had 200 PSAC scholarship-athletes, which in itself was a new academic record for 34 scholarship-athletes.

The PSAC researcher-athlete total includes 161 women and 102 men. For the first time since the data was first compiled by the PSAC in 1994, over 50 percent of the League’s student-athletes have been considered PSAC scholarship-athletes.

The following is the list of PSAC Shippensburg scholarship recipients for the 2020-21 academic year:
(data provided to the PSAC by the Office of Academic Support Services for League Student-Athletes)

Baseball (17): Eric Bohenek, Andrew Chronister, Justin Darden, Andrew Haynes, Kiernan Higgins, Chris Horst, Austen LaBarre, Christian Lent, Lake Lloyd, Jackson LoBianco, Ethan Miller, Gabe Stotler, Ben Werkheiser, Ray Winter, Morgan Wyatt, Jordan Yoder, Nick Zanic

Field hockey (17 *): Valen Alonso, Paige Bond, Jody Boyer, Jocelyn Branco, Paige Graber, Anna Gruber, Molly Herigan, Mya Kemp, Megan Lay, Lauren Loperfido, Maura Mears, Jazmin Petrantonio, Chloe Prettyman, Maddie Reuther, Meg Thompson, Lindsay Tripodo, Kristen Zellner

Football (29): Jared Achuff, Aaron Alphee, David Balint III, Cole Balint, Mike Banks, Brett Benjamin, Nour Chirchi, Jake DeLuccia, Josh Emge, Matt Feeney, Riley Good, Jake Hines, Will Humphrey, Chisom Ifeanyi, Ray Jones, Mekhi Lee, Bret Legath, Tanner Lorson, Shane McGarry, Jaxson Montross, Brycen Mussina, Trey Paul, Tyler Petucci, David Shank, Jacoby Sherard, Dontae Slocum, Ethan Smerecki, Cameron Tinner, Joshua Zacher

The butt (18): Julianne Capozzoli, Clairanne Chairs, Jessica DeMarte, Madi Jones, Kayla Jones, Addie Kalama, McKenna Keller, Bailey Krahl, Payton Margerum, McKenzie Pope, Hannah Raines, Maddie Rinker, Gabby Savarino, Kasey Schuchardt, Abby Seasock, Hannah Seifried, Hope Shearer , Carly Switala

Men’s basketball (3): Jake Biss, Geoff Helm, Terrence Moore

Cross-country Men (14): Joey Cintavey, Drew Dailey, Alexander Ermold, Andrew Feldman, Aiden Gonder, Nathan Harding, Cole Harris, Hayden Hunt, Josh Jackson, Chayce Macknair, AJ Plowman, Ryan Scicchitano, Ian Sherlock, Kevin Wagner

Men’s football (15): Zach Bailey, Seth Crabbe, Cory Ferguson, Ryan Glenlast, Luke Henry, Owen Iacobelli, Thomas Prusak, Griffin Redding, JJ Saukko, Ilari Seunavaara, Dalton Shifflett, Mason Stokes, Nathan Weldon, Cody Willoughby, Kyle Willwerth

Swimming Men (8): Matt Beard, Alec Burger, Andrew Hale, Hunter Keck, Trevor Woolwine, Tylor Yakaitis, Eric Zimmerman, Eli Zinn

Men’s Athletics (12): Brooks Bear, Josh Booth, Stephon Brown, Nate Crowl, Jake Gieringer, Josh Herbster, Mike Lingard, Robert Lissner, Nate Reed, Alec Stimson, Cam Strohe, Jordan Winslow

Softball (19): Kelsie Burawski, Morgan DeFeo, Emma Flattery, Maggie Hackler, Lacey Hunter, Hannah Johnson, Toni Jones, Tressa Kagarise, Maelynn Leber, Maria Leedom, Hannah Marsteller, Taylor Myers, Alyssa Nehlen, Hannah Palinkas, Grace Palmieri, Hanna Phillips, Taylor Radziewicz , Sydney Reffner, Bridget Sharkey

Tennis (9): Merel Hoekstra, Sahar Islam, Sharon Matesun, Jessalyn Morrow, Cally Papoutsis, Jenna Sluymer, Kayla Tryanski, Skylar Walder, Hannah Wieller

Women’s basketball (7): Ashley Adams, Jacquelynne Baker, Maddie Cornelius, Aunbrielle Green, Olivia Gregory, Ali Hauck, Eve Nealon

Women’s cross-country skiing (15): Ava Franklin, Jade Fry, Kyra Gerber, Isabelle Gulgert, Shelby Hay, Phylicia Hockman, Mackenzie Kurtz, Amanda LaVana, Leah Moffitt, Sydney Morgan, Jenna Robbins, Sydney Sirois, Olivia Sommers, Emily Velez, Belle Weikert

Women’s football (25): Kendra Barlow, Casey Bell, Mara Bowman, Amelia Brown, Alyse Caffrey, Alexandra Cottingham, Abbi Czarnecki, Julia Dalton, Kelli Dunagan, Laura Fazzini, Hailey Foresman, Maddie McDermott, Kendall Mikkelsen, Sydney Miller, Mackenzie Mitchell, Taylor Moore, Emma Oberholtzer , Lauren Ocker, KK O’Donnell, Sofia Pittas, Cassidy Skilton, Maddie Stichter, Anna Stoner, Nicole Tormann, Sakiah Veur

Women’s Swimming (19): Marissa Bittner, Madison Breiner, Maddi Dzurko, Neena Gollub, Michaela Hersh, Rachel Johnston, Manisha Kapoor, Kallie Lyle, Shannan Maher, Mari Reott, Erika Rundquist, Kayla Sudbrink, Sammy Taylor, Eva Tice, Alyssa Tomb, Lexington Wagner, Riley Weller , Brenna White, Natalie Wiley

Female athletics (18): Lieke Black, Rachel Bruno, Kayla Dalhouse, Erika Ebersole, Brooke Emery, Sara Fletcher, Leah Graybill, Megan Kendall, Ellie Kuhn, Caroline Mastria, Sara McKean, Ashlee Newton, Carson Pennings, Malayna Rowe, Maddie Sieg, Mallory Sunderland, Emily Titus , Norah Vallon

Wrestling (4): John Bachar, Alex Fouse, Matt Milbrand, Caleb Stephenson

Volleyball (14): Oyinda Agbale, Lydia Bauer, Kelsie Baus, Maddie Clabaugh, Emily Hangen, Olivia Kirby, Maria Lucas, Maggie McGuire, Alana Pergine, Dana Roberts, Joelle Schultz, Gianna Sigado, Jordan Skoff, Kaitlyn Townsend

* Merel Hoekstra and Jenna Sluymer are field hockey team sports athletes who are listed as tennis athletes. As a result, field hockey technically has 19 Athlete-Scholars, but individuals are only registered once for the purposes of PSAC Athlete-Scholar status.

** With a few exceptions, cross country athletes are also members of track and field teams for their respective gender, but are listed as cross country athletes in this version.