Anderson, Reinhardt Tabbed Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- Slippery Rock's David Reinhardt and Sabrina Anderson have been named the 2016-17 Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year, the league announced Friday afternoon.
The Rock representatives were selected by a vote of the league's sports information directors.
It marks the second time in PSAC history that the same school has boasted both representatives (Shippensburg, 1993-94).
The Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, a student-athlete must have been recognized as a fall, winter or spring PSAC Top 10 award winner in the same academic year.
David Reinhardt (Youngsville, Pa./Eisenhower), Slippery Rock
Men's Outdoor Track & Field - Doctorate
Major: Doctor of Physical Therapy (UG: Exercise Science)
Cumulative GPA: 3.76 (UG),3.82 (D)
Reinhardt is the fourth Rock male to garner the award.
All-American in javelin for the second time in his career ... PSAC champion and national qualifier in hammer throw, finishing one spot shy of All-America honors at nationals ... broke SRU record in the hammer when he won the event at PSAC meet with the ninth best throw in the nation this year (61.59 meters) ... had NCAA marks and ranked in the top 20 in both the hammer and the javelin ... scored 16 points at PSAC championships by placing in the hammer, javelin and discus to help SRU to a second place finish in the team standings ... took 20 700-level doctoral credits during the spring semester alone, most of which were in clinical settings 60 miles from campus ... first team CoSIDA Academic All-District ... success this year came after missing entire 2015-16 indoor and outdoor seasons after having Tommy John surgery on throwing elbow ... All-Region in hammer and javelin ... had the best hammer mark in the region ... Two-time first team CoSIDA Academic All-American and on the ballot again this year (team is announced late June) ... three-time PSAC top 10 honoree, including this winter ... All-Region in hammer and javelin this spring and All-Region in the weight throw during the winter this year ... National Champion in the javelin in 2014 before he suffered injury to his throwing elbow that required Tommy John surgery ... owns a 3.82 graduate GPA after completing 82 credits in the rigorous doctor of physical therapy program at SRU ... graduated with his undergrad in exercise science with a 3.76 after completing 143 credits ... in total, Reinhardt has completed 225 academic credits during his career at SRU ... Dean’s List every semester ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in each of his last two years of competition ... All-Region in each of the last two years ... SRU record holder ... last PSAC track and field athlete, male or female, to win an individual national title.
Sabrina Anderson (Warren, Pa./Warren), Slippery Rock
Women's Outdoor Track & Field - Senior
Major: Master of Business Administration (UG: Exercise Science)
Cumulative GPA: 3.91 (UG), 4.0 (G)
Anderson is the fifth woman to win the award in consecutive years and fifth SRU respresentative to earn the accolade.
Competed indoor and outdoor on two torn ankle ligaments that required surgery after PSAC outdoor championships ... battled through that injury to place second and earn All-PSAC honors in the seven- event heptathlon at the PSAC Championships, her sixth straight All-PSAC finish in the multi-event competition at PSAC championship events ... first team CoSIDA Academic All-District ... All-Region in the heptathlon with the second best score in the region this spring ... Completed 30 graduate credits while taking classes 30 miles from campus in less than one year while competing this season ... Anderson has proven to be one of the top student-athletes in PSAC history, as her accolades display ... she was the 2015-16 PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year and is a five-time PSAC Top 10 honoree, being named to the team in every season she has been eligible so far, including this winter ... two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, including a first team honoree last year ... on the Academic All- America ballot again this year (team is announced late June) ... all-time PSAC record holder in pentathlon indoor (3,818 points) and first team All-American in the event last winter before suffering the ankle injuries this year ... despite competing on torn ligaments, still won her third straight PSAC title in the pentathlon indoor this year and was All-Region in the multi both indoor and outdoor ... graduated with her undergrad degree in exercise science in just three years with a 3.91 GPA and 143 completed credits in those three years ... will finish her entire MBA graduate degree in less than one year after taking 30 credits heading into this summer, posting a 4.0 GPA this year ... in total, Anderson has completed 173 academic credits in less than four full years, while earning All-America honors on the track as well ... Dean’s List every semester ... USTFCCCA All-Academic each year ... All-Region each season.
The PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are now in their 27th year of existence. In 2007, the awards were renamed to honor East Stroudsburg's long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at East Stroudsburg for 33 years, and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 East Stroudsburg events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes.