ERIE, Pa. - Gannon's C.J. Oldham (Solon, Ohio/Solon) has been named the 2014 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Basketball Champion Scholar. Oldham received the award prior to the start of Saturday's PSAC semifinals at the Koehler Fieldhouse in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

In its third year of existence, the PSAC Champion Scholar Award is modeled after the NCAA's Elite 88 award. The award honors the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing at the site of each of the PSAC's 23 team championship finals.

A Mechanical Engineering major, Oldham owns a 3.68 cumulative grade point average after completing 133 credits towards his degree. A PSAC Scholar-Athlete, Oldham received the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award last season. The senior forward was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court, reserved for junior and senior varsity players with at least one year of residency at their current school and a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the academic year.

Three days ago, Oldham was named the 2014 PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Year. He is averaging 6.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks through 28 games.

Oldham became the fifth Gannon student-athlete to receive the award during the last three years. He joins Jen Papich (2013 women's basketball) Eric Bradley (2012 baseball), Kelly Nickerson (2012 women's golf) and Arlen Mase (2012 wrestling).