Cubbler, Westrick Claim Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honors
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- Bloomsburg senior Becca Cubbler and Gannon senior Joseph Westrick have been named the 2019-20 Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
The two honorees were selected by a vote of the league's sports information directors.
Cubbler is the second Bloomsburg athlete to garner the award and first since Shelly Miller (1994-95). Westrick is the second Gannon athlete to claim the honor and first since Kyle Goldcamp (2008-09).
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.
?Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford), Bloomsburg
Women’s Swimming – Senior
Major: Early Childhood Education/Special Education
Cumulative GPA: 3.91
Three-time NCAA Division II All-American … finished 10
th in 1000-yard freestyle (10:02.63) and earned two more honors as she was ranked 11
th in the country in the 500-yard freestyle (4:53.82) and 16
th in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:00.21) entering the NCAA Championships … won her first career PSAC title by earning gold in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.14) … was a six-time All-PSAC honoree at the 2020 championships (1
st in 200 free; 2
nd in 500 free, 1000 free, and 1650 free; 3
rd in 800 free relay and 400 medley relay) … broke her own school record in the 1000 free (10:02.35) at the PSAC Championships en route to second-place finish (previous record was 10:09.18) … named PSAC Female Swimmer of the Week on December 10 … CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large First Team (2018-19) … Only female from PSAC to earn First Team honors in At-Large division … First women’s swimmer (second overall) at BU to earn Academic All-America® status since 2007 … Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District® At-Large First Team (2018-19, 2019-20) … Two-time PSAC Winter Top 10 Award (2018-19, 2019-20) … Six-time NCAA Division II All-American … Three-time All-American in 2019 and in 2020 – first BU female swimmer since Stu Marvin took over as head coach in 2008 to earn All-American honors in three individual events in same year … PSAC Champion in 200-yard freestyle at 2020 PSAC Championships … PSAC Champion in 400-yard freestyle relay at 2018 PSAC Championships … 18-time All-PSAC honoree … Three-time D2 ADA Scholar-Athlete … Three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete … Three-time NCAA Scholar All-American … Four-year NCAA Championship qualifier … Owns six Bloomsburg women’s swimming school records (200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay)
Joseph Westrick (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley), Gannon
Men’s Cross Country – Senior
Major: Environmental Engineering
Cumulative GPA: 4.00
Gannon’s top runner at all eight races this season … Won three events (Gannon-Mercyhurst Invitational, Bloomsburg Invitational, PSAC Championships) … Finished 4th at Atlantic Region Championships … Finished in top four in seven of eight events this season (only outside of top four at nationals) … In 2019, Westrick accomplished the following: PSAC Fall Top 10 … CoSIDA Academic All-District … NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner … PSAC Athlete of the Year … PSAC Champion … PSAC Champion Scholar… Westrick is a 2x National Qualifier (2018, 2019) … 3x All-Atlantic Region (2017, 2018, 2019) … 3x All-PSAC (2017, 2018, 2019) … 2x PSAC Fall Top 10 (2018, 2019) … 2x First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018-19, 2019-20) … 2018-19 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
The PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are now in their 30th 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.