35 Student-Athletes Make the PSUAC All-Conference List

University Park, Pa. - 35 Penn State Greater Allegheny student-athletes were recognized by the Penn State University Athletic Conference for their outstanding effort both in the classroom and in competition, as each of them were awarded the Academic All-Conference honor.

To be eligible for the Academic All-Conference distinction, a student-athlete must either maintain a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher during their semester of competition or maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and have at least 24 credits completed. 

The list of the award-winners are as follows, separated by sport:

Baseball:
Matt Warhola
Joshua Arroyo-Vazquez
William Carter
Gianmarco Concepcion
Eric Schell
Jefry Mejia Mercedes
Clay Groff
Jonathan Reyes 

Men's Basketball
Peter Olumese
Eric Moody
Carl London
Matt Williams
Aaron Byrd

Softball
Casey Naylor
Marina Rinaldi
Shelby Bendick
Kim Hall 

Women's Basketball
Aaquila Youngblood
Nakayla Layne

Men's Soccer
Seung Wook Cho
Bengaly Diane
Qimin Sun

Women's Soccer
Nicole Bacvinskas
Nana Kennedy-Kwofie
Victoria Benedetto
Melissa Loftus
Betel Gebre
Kristina Dague
Rachel Ramsey
Lauren Pruitt

Volleyball
Nicole Velasquez
Alyssa Finocchi
Christina Floyd 

Cross Country
Rob Meier
Keith Smith 

The spring saw 19 new student-athletes, boosting the tally up to 35, counting dual athletes only once. Congratulations, student-athletes!