Gannon University Athletics

ERIE, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has announced its 2008-09 Scholar-Athletes, which are highlighted by the PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year. A total of 1,859 PSAC student-athletes have been named Scholar-Athletes while Gannon’s Kyle Goldcamp (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and Slippery Rock’s Jen Blasko have been named the PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year. The 1,859 scholar-athletes represent a new league record, helped in large part by the addition of two schools in Gannon and Mercyhurst, as nearly one-third of all PSAC student-athletes were named scholar-athletes.

The PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.25 cumulative grade-point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athletes of the Year, a student-athlete must have been recognized as a fall, winter or spring PSAC Top 10 award winner. In its 18th year of existence, the award was renamed in 2007 to honor East Stroudsburg’s long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at ESU for 33 years and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 ESU events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes. The awards are given to one male and one female candidate at the end of each academic year. The PSAC’s Scholar-Athletes are all student-athletes who have compiled a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 and above.

In its first year as a member of the PSAC, the Gannon men’s basketball team went 30-4 overall and 12-2 in the PSAC West en route to the PSAC West and PSAC Tournament titles, as well as the NCAA Atlantic Regional championship and a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight. Goldcamp was a big part of that run as he led Gannon with 18.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while shooting over 59 percent from the floor. He accomplished that despite missing 11 games in the middle part of the season with an illness. He was a PSAC Winter Top 10 selection and has a 3.87 GPA while majoring in Pre-Med.

Both Goldcamp and Blasko were ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans, with Blasko being named to the first team and Goldcamp to the second team for their respective sports. They were two of 17 student-athletes from the PSAC who were named Academic All-Americans this year.

Gannon’s 158 PSAC scholar-athletes include Josh Allego, Aaron Andzel, Justin Andzel, Brandon Crum, Peter Grouios, Eric Harpster, Kyle Harpster, Kolten Hoffman, Jeff Jones, Tate Kelly, Mark Myott, Shaine Patsilevas, Greg Radwan, Travis Shaffer, Jim Travers, Mark Demski, Kyle Goldcamp, Cory Knight, Alfonso Scandrett, Tyler Stoczynski, Danny Bauer, Andy Hellman, Ben Shannon, Nick Arrigo, Bob Bartley, A.J. Belch, Carmen Ciampi, Vinnie DeLuca, Connor Kimball, Jim Morgan, Josh Prischak, Michael Schnell, Brandon Spakowski, Tyler Sutphen, Matt Szczupakowski, Matt Ward, Anthony Weaver, Josh Williams, Keith Yager, Matt Barnes, Ben Cobbett, Drew Deimel, Rob Hersch, Dom Lombardi, Bobby Scalise, Alex Frank, Mario Gastaldo, Andy Hay, Dan Howell, Loek Masthoff, Austin Miller, Rich Peterson, Matthew Ruston, Kevin Strell, Taylor Corn, Jared Griffard, John Krakowski, Josh Marzilli, Greg Nelson, Connor Wolf, Jamison Anton, Ralph Clayton, Kyle Kuser, Ben Syme, Sam Brehm, Kevin McElhaney, Frank McGrath, Zack McKendree, A.J. Milanak, Jacob Tazzi, Brian Yoder, Abby Bunstine, Tiffany Crocker, Amanda Dacek, Becky Innes, Julie Kleber, Caitlyn Lowe, Carrie Nolan, Brittany Tabron, Kim Vargas, Rosie Cooper, Jacque Huff, Maureen McAnany, Kristin O’Hern, Nicole Shingledecker, Madison Steward, Jenna Szczepanski, Kim Urbanowicz, Stephanie Wilson, Brittany Zaborowski, Whitney Burkett, Amanda Eckhart, Allyssa Ferriell, Kelly Nickerson, Emily Quinn, Jess Slonaker, Colleen Dixon, Mary Eshenour, Madeline Farchione, Marissa Johnson, Heidi Lott, Molly Meagher, Taryn Millerd, Kayla Nelson, Molly SanJule, Susie Taylor, Maggie Brinkman, Andrea Eisenhart, Shannon Hess, Heather Patterson, Breanne Radin, Jordan Rickan, Colleen Schwarz, Jamie Shadd, Amanda Sharbaugh, Katie Urban, Steph Albright, Elaine Golz, Chastity Guerrero, Kara Hensley, Tiffany Joyce, Carol Kienzl, Katie Killian, Hannah Koenig, Kadie Ondrus, Ashley Petrone, Courtney Schwenk, Kristen Sebunia, Lauren Soldner, Shannon Zoltowski, Megan Beresford, Kaitlyn Bosy, Jean Groner, Colleen Harriger, Ellie Hess, Bethany Joern, Sarah Lawton, Laurel Martinez, Elizabeth Morse, Lauren Myrick, Kaitlyn Ramey, Diana Rocco, Chelsea Barrett, Courtney Cook, Lindsey Deitmen, Maire Prybyl, Ashley Tubbs, Holly Urbanick, Caitlin Andrews, Mallery Casale, Annie Greenhill, Libbie Guina, Katelyn Hansen, Stephanie Komorek, Ashley McLellan, Kendra Plackemeier, Emily Ruck.