LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – IUP men's basketball senior Dante Lombardi was named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Winter Top 10 Team, announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
 
Initiated in the 1997-98 academic year, the PSAC Top 10 Awards are designed to recognize student-athletes who excel in both the classroom and in athletic competition. The Top 10 Award is selected by the conference's sports information directors and given to five males and five females in each athletic season: fall, winter and spring.
 
This is Lombardi's second straight PSAC Top 10 honor, becoming the first IUP men's basketball player to achieve that feat.
 
Lombardi is a finance major with a 3.65 cumulative grade point average. He wrapped up his final season with the Crimson Hawks this March earning multiple All-Atlantic Region nods (NABC, D2CCA) as well has his second career first team All-PSAC West selection. He averaged 17.3 points and 5.2 assists in leading IUP to a PSAC West regular season title, PSAC tournament championship, No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Region, and a No. 2 final ranking in the NABC Division II Top 25 poll.
 
Arguably the best guard in the PSAC West, Lombardi was the only player in the conference – and one of three in the Atlantic Region – to average more than 17.0 points and 5.0 assists per game.
 
The PSAC Tournament MVP, Lombardi became IUP's all-time assist leader this season finishing his career with 567. He dished out seven or more assists nine times, posting a career-high 12 against Pitt-Johnstown, and had three double-doubles.
 
A deadly shooter from deep, Lombardi led the PSAC and ranked eighth in Division II with a school record 106 made 3-pointers this season. His 273 career treys are third most in IUP history.
 
He finished his career with 1,603 points and is the only player in program history with at least 1,300 points and 500 assists.
 
2018-19 PSAC Winter Top 10
The complete 2018-19 Winter Top 10 Team includes (women) Christina Sather, Clarion; Nadia Mulder, West Chester; Becca Cubbler, Bloomsburg; Tiffany Lapotsky, East Stroudsburg; and Abby Wagner, Shippensburg; and Chance Marsteller, Lock Haven; Dylan North, West Chester; Dante Lombardi, IUP; JJ Ollio, Slippery Rock; and Nathan Davis, Seton Hill.

IUP's PSAC Top 10 honors
Lombardi gives IUP 57 total top 10 awards since 1997-98, the fourth most in conference history. Shippensburg has 69, Slippery Rock 65, and Clarion 58 are the top three.

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