PSAC release

EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University placed 123 student-athletes on the PSAC Scholar-Athlete list for the 2007-08 academic year, the conference announced Thursday.

A total of 1,488 student-athletes were recognized from the PSAC's 14 institutions, surpassing last year's total of 1,420. To be eligible for the scholar-athlete awards, student-athletes must attain at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average while competing in an intercollegiate varsity sport.

The list is topped by the Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year, which were awarded to Mansfield's Chris Cummings and Slippery Rock's Jennifer Hansen, both track & field athletes. Cummings was an All-American in cross country, indoor and outdoor track this year, while Hansen earned All-America honors both indoors and outdoors in the pole vault.

The scholar-athlete of the year award was renamed last year to honor Pete Nevins, the sports information director at ESU for 33 years, who passed away in January 2007.

ESU's scholar-athletes are headed by a conference-best 10 students who were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II teams in their respective sports: Danny Drago (men's soccer), Sam Shuman (football), Chris Bach (men's basketball), Monika Fogelsanger and Jackie Yandrisevits (women's basketball), Kristen Halvorsen (softball), Sean Carr (wrestling), Julian Taibi (men's tennis), Trina Carito and Kristen Morby (women's track and field).

The Warriors are also represented by Brittany Staub, the PSAC East Women's Soccer Athlete of the Year, who is one of 14 conference athletes of the year to earn scholar-athlete honors.

Below is the list of ESU's 2007-08 Scholar-Athletes:

Baseball - Jason Colletti, Bill Hezel, Bryce Muth, Brendan O'Malley, Kyle Sheaffer; Basketball - Chris Bach, Andy Heimbach, Mike Tobin; Football - Mark Blecher, LeRyan Dallas, Matthew Freed, J.D. Howell, David Pacchioni, Mike Piazza, Jesse Reider, Drew Reinhard, Kevin Schafer, Sam Shuman; Soccer - Danny Drago, Michael Kane, Toric Robinson, Jason Rudder, Jason Shegda; Tennis - Kyle Doebler, Julian Taibi; Track & Field/Cross Country - Frank Adragna, Jeff Buck, Colin Feeney, Ryan Kramer, Drew Miller, Tony Prudente, Tom Sutor, Paul Wagner; Volleyball - Brian Geslak, Josh Hobson, Chris Holden; Wrestling - Matthew Benedetti, Sean Carr, Jesse Dunn, Kyle Heselpoth, Tom Pagano, Matt Swallow

Basketball - Alexa Detzi, Sheila Gallagher, Monika Fogelsanger, Rachel Grimes, Kristen Murray, Amanda Pavalko, Jackie Yandrisevits; Field Hockey - Katie Anderson, Tesla Atkins, Karleigh Bowen, Sara Clements, Sarah Cordora, Carolyn Kisling, Rebecca Male, Jennifer Mullen, Joanna Reckley, Kelsey Tucker; Lacrosse - Christine Bradley, Jessica Brown, Janelle Cronmiller, Megan Devlin, Megan Glod Wetzel, Lindsey Moyer; Soccer - Kaitlin Anders, Ashley Becker, Jennifer Buckley, Kailyn Buckley, Caitlyn Curran, Lindsay Foder, Michelle Ginn, Justine Gostomski, Lynda Hicks, Jillian Leach, Heather Miller, Ashley Mytyk, Samantha New, Dena Shleifer, Erin Snyder, Brittany Staub; Softball - Jackie Battaglino, Jen Bensinger, Amanda Dice, Ali Hale, Kristen Halvorsen; Swimming - Nichole Hamburg, Emily Johnson, Shannon LeBlanc, Megan Lopretto, Mary Lynn, Cathleen Pellington, Debbie Ritter; Tennis - Katie D'Ambrosia, Jamie Ferrigno, Marissa Tanner, Amanda Wascavich; Track & Field/Cross Country - Jacquelyn Berthelsen, Amanda Bradbury, Trina Carito, Clarissa Cooblall, Lindsay Dynow, Jenna Fisher, Carolyn Jablonowski, Jasmine Johnson, Caitlin Keen, Samantha LaPergola, Kathleen Magerr, Kristen Morby, Niki Pasquarella, Leanne Pelak, Amilee Schillinger, Jessica Sekely, Janelle Smith, Jonna Trexler, Jennifer Welch; Volleyball - Brianne Bachman, Emily Detter, Martha Dettl, Diana Gibson, Lindsey Lullo, Kayla Mahaffay, Alyson Stark