West Chester's Marissa Elizardo Earns PSAC Field Hockey Champion Scholar Award
WEST CHESTER, Pa. --- West Chester senior Marissa Elizardo was tabbed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Field Hockey Champion Scholar, the league office announced Friday afternoon prior to WCU’s semifinal game.
Elizardo is the first Golden Ram to win the award since 2013 (Nancy Stehman).
The PSAC Champion Scholar Awards are modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 award and honor the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing at the site of each of the PSAC's 23 team championship finals. The selection criteria for the Champion Scholar Awards is identical to that of the NCAA Elite 90 awards, which honor the student-athlete with the top GPA at each of the championship finals sites of the 90 NCAA championships across all three divisions – I, II, and III.
The North Wales, Pa., product and North Penn graduate has accumulated 115 credits towards her education major with a focus on middle grades while boasting a 3.975 grade point average.
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