Lindsey Fadden named PSAC Women's Tennis Scholar Athlete
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. --- Slippery Rock University freshman Lindsey Fadden has been named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Champion Scholar, the league office announced Friday.
Fadden is the first champion scholar for women's tennis from Slippery Rock since Viola Lugmayr earned the award in the 2018-19 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 90 NCAA championships across all three divisions – I, II, and III.
Fadden, a native of Waterford, Pa., recorded a 4.0 GPA while majoring in finance and economics at The Rock.
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, Sh, ippensburg University, Slippery Rock University and West Chester University.