Devon Lonergan named PSAC Champion Scholar Athlete
YORK, Pa. --- Clarion University Sophomore Devon Lonergan has been named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Men’s Swimming Champion Scholar, the league office announced Thursday at the 2020-21 PSAC Men’s Swimming Championship in York, Pennsylvania.
Lonergan is the first champion scholar for men’s swimming from Clarion since Sam Kinney earned the award in the 2016-17 year.
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 York, Pennsylvania native recorded a 3.98 GPA while majoring in Early Childhood Education at Clarion.
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.