EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Kutztown University's Sarah Gatehouse earned the 2023 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Field Hockey Champion Scholar Award, the league office announced on Friday prior to the start of the 2023 PSAC Field Hockey Championship semifinals at East Stroudsburg University.
Gatehouse, a senior from Sinking Spring, Pa. (Wilson High School), has maintained a 4.0 grade point average through 105 credits in pursuit of a degree in sports management.
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.