ERIE, Pa. - Slippery Rock University's Jaime Dermotta earned the 2024 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Women's Soccer Champion Scholar Award. Dermotta was honored prior to Slippery Rock's semifinal against Shepherd University on Friday evening..

Dermotta, a senior hailing from Rillton, Pa. (Serra Catholic High School) has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average through 118 credits in pursuit of a degree in biology.
 
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.