Gannon's Joseph Deemer Earns Men's Swimming Champion Scholar Award
Photo Credit to Dave Leisering
YORK, Pa. --- Gannon sophomore Joseph Deemer was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Men’s Swimming Champion Scholar, the league office announced Saturday evening at the PSAC Swimming Championships in York, Pa.
Deemer is the first Golden Knight to garner 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 90 NCAA championships across all three divisions – I, II, and III.
The Connoquenessing, Pa., product and Butler Area graduate has accumulated 60 credits towards his finance degree while boasting a spotless 4.0 GPA.
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