QUAKERTOWN, Pa. - IUP's Maddie Griffin earned the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Softball Champion Scholar Award, the conference office announced on Wednesday prior to IUP's first contest at the 2025 PSAC Softball Championship at Veterans Park in Quakertown, Pa.

Griffin, a junior from Ligonier, Pa., maintained a 4.0 grade point average through 135 credits in pursuit of a degree in accounting.
 
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.