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(Lock
Haven, Pa.) - Lock Haven University
of Pennsylvania wrestlers Charlie
Brenneman (Hollidaysburg/ Hollidaysburg) and Mike
Maney
(Clarence/Bald Eagle Area) were both selected as
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Winter Top Ten award winners, as
released today by the conference office.
The PSAC Top Ten
awards recognize five male and five female student-athletes from the PSAC who
distinguish themselves in the classroom, as well as in the arena of
competition. The conference
designates Top Ten Award winners after each of the competitive sports seasons,
fall, winter and spring.
This
is the first PSAC Top Ten honor for Charlie
Brenneman, an NCAA qualifier and All-PSAC wrestler for the Bald Eagles.
Brenneman led the Haven in wins this season with a 35-11 overall record and was
also the team leader with eight major decisions. He placed third at the PSAC
Championships and fifth at this year’s Eastern Wrestling League (EWL)
Championships where he earned his first NCAA bid as a wild card pick. Earlier
in the season, Brenneman won the individual title at the West Virginia Open. He
is a four-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete and a two-time EWL All-Academic Team
member. A senior majoring in Secondary Education with a concentration in
Spanish, Brenneman owns an impressive 3.98 grade point average.
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LHU wrestlers Charlie Brenneman (L) and
Mike Maney (R) were both selected as
PSAC Winter Top Ten Award winners for excellence
in competition as well as in the classroom.
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It is Lock Haven wrestler Mike Maney’s second PSAC Top Ten award, also earning the honor
last winter. Maney has earned a 3.46 grade point average while majoring in
Secondary Education/Social Sciences. A two-time All-American, he won the
‘Outstanding Wrestler’ award at the PSAC Championships after claiming the
PSAC title for the fourth time. This
past December, Maney became the 14th wrestler in Lock Haven history
to reach the 100-wins plateau and wrapped up his career tied for fifth place on
the University all-time wins list with a four-year total of 119-29.
He finished second on the team in wins this season with a record of
34-8. Maney is a four-time PSAC
Scholar-Athlete, a three-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)
Academic All-America honorable mention and also earned Verizon Academic
All-District honors in 2003.
To be a candidate for the Top
Ten Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.25 cumulative
grade point average and be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic
credentials. Only student-athletes from the Winter sports season are eligible
for the Winter Top Ten Awards. Those
sports include men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming
and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and wrestling.
At
the end of the academic year, the league announces the Scholar-Athlete Awards,
which recognize student-athletes on all PSAC squads with 3.25 cumulative GPAs
or better. Additionally, the PSAC
names the top Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of Year.
Other
2004 Winter Top Ten award winners include: Nebojsa Bogdanovic (Shippensburg;
Men’s Basketball), Alex Clemsen (Edinboro; Wrestling), Johnny Gloster (Cheyney;
Men’s Basketball), Bethany Bankovich (Clarion; Swimming), Jacqui Martin (
Indiana
; Women’s Basketball), Sameera
Philyaw (
California
; Women’s Basketball), Kelly Stewart
(Shippensburg; Indoor Track & Field) and Courtney Thompson (Edinboro;
Women’s Basketball).
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