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Sean Strauman certainly lived up to the title accorded him by a track and field website—”the world’s fastest tuba player”—during his career at IUP.
A member of the university marching band and track and field team for four years and the cross country team for one, Strauman won the NCAA Division II national championship in the 800 meters in 2008. He was a five-time All-American and seven-time PSAC champion, indoors and outdoors, in the event. The only time Strauman failed to win a conference title—at the indoor meet his senior year—a quad injury prevented him from finishing the race. Strauman bounced back to claim the NCAA outdoor title two months later.
He still holds the IUP and PSAC outdoor record (1:48.57) set a decade ago and the school and conference indoor record (1:50.62) he ran en route to a second-place finish at nationals in 2007.
Strauman was twice selected the PSAC Track Athlete of the Year: indoors in 2007 and outdoors in 2008. An accounting major, he was named a United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American and was selected the male IUP Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior. He earned his MBA from IUP in 2009.
An auditor for the Pennsylvania Department of Energy, Strauman resides in South Park.
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