EDINBORO, Pa. — IUP sophomore
Jessica Jones earned the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women's Indoor Track & Field Champion Scholar Award, which the league presented to her prior to the PSAC championship Sunday evening.
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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.
Jones is working toward her degree in mathematics and German, boasting a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is a dean's list student.
Jones and teammate Noah Mandel represent IUP's 25th and 26th PSAC Champion Scholars. She is the second IUP women's track and field athlete to receive this award, joining Chelsea O'Hanlon, who was named a scholar in 2013.
IUP boasts the most PSAC Champion Scholars of any school in the conference since the award came into existence during the 2011-2012 academic year. Three other IUP athletes received the honor this year: Colter Long, swimming; Sean Bowling, football;
Allyson Dryer, cross country.
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