Mercyhurst's Nicholas Lang Earns PSAC Men's Basketball Champion Scholar Accolade
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --- Mercyhurst sophomore Nicholas Lang was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Champion Scholar, the league announced Saturday afternoon prior to Mercyhurst’s semifinal in Shippensburg, Pa.
Lang is the third Laker to win the award and first since 2015-16 (Andy Hoying).
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 New Market, Md. product and Linganore graduate has accumulated 58 credits towards his finance degree while posting a flawless 4.0 grade point average.
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