WEST CHESTER, Pa. – IUP junior Sean Bowling (Pylesville, Md./North Hartford) earned the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Football Champion Scholar Award, which the league presented prior to the conference championship game on Saturday afternoon at West Chester University.
 
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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 23 team championship finals. The selection criteria for the Champion Scholar Awards is identical to that of the NCAA Elite 89 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.
 
The Pylesville, Md., product and North Hartford graduate has accumulated 63 credits towards his chemistry (pre-med) degree while boasting a 3.81 grade point average.
 
Bowling is the second IUP football player to earn the award, joining senior offensive lineman Anthony DiPasquale in 2012.

IUP leads the way in Champion Scholars
Bowling represents IUP's 23rd PSAC Champion Scholar since the award came into existence during the 2011-12 season. It's the most of any school in the conference. He's the second PSAC Champion Scholar for IUP this season.

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