East Stroudsburg's Hannah Barbush Earns PSAC Field Hockey Champion Scholar
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --- East Stroudsburg University senior Hannah Barbush has been named the PSAC Field Hockey Champion Scholar, the league office announced Sunday.
Barbush is the first ESU field hockey athlete to be awarded the Champion Scholar accolade since Sydney McCarthy in 2017-18, and the third ESU field hockey champion scholar ever.
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 finals sites. 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 Manheim, Pennsylvania., native and Manheim Central product has accumulated 105 credits towards her special education/early childhood education degree and boasts a flawless 4.0 grade point average.
ABOUT THE PSAC
Headquartered in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference comprised of 18 institutions in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The member institutions are Bloomsburg University, California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Gannon University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University, Mansfield University, Mercyhurst University, Millersville University, The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Seton Hill University, Shepherd University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University and West Chester University.