Mercyhurst's Rebecca King Earns PSAC Women's Cross Country Scholar Athlete Award
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. --- Mercyhurst junior Rebecca King has been named the PSAC Women's Cross Country Champion Scholar, the league office announced Friday at the PSAC Women's Cross Country Championship in Bloomsburg, Pa.
King is the first Laker to win the award in the sport.
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 89 NCAA championships across all three divisions – I, II, and III.
The Clymer, N.Y., native and Clymer Central graduate sports a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average while majoring in early childhood with a focus on special education.
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