SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. - Shepherd University's Carson Poffenberger earned the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Men's Basketball Champion Scholar Award, the conference office announced on Saturday prior to the beginning of the 2025 PSAC Men's Basketball Championship semifinals in Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Poffenberger, a senior from Morgantown, W. Va., maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average through 128 credits in pursuit of a degree in business.
 
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.