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	December 18, 2002 Three LHU Tracksters Merit Academic All-America Honors Farrow, Kauffman and Stinson Earn National Academic Accolades

	(Lock Haven, Pa.) - Three Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania track and field student-athletes, Jennifer Farrow (Canton/Athens), Jana Kauffman (Strasburg/Lampeter-Strasburg) and Matt Stinson (Wescosville/Emmaus), earned Academic All-America honors as awarded by the NCAA Division II United States Track and Cross Country Coaches Association. To meet the standards for the USTCCCA Academic All-America award, the student-athlete must be above a freshman standing academically, meet the standards for qualification at the NCAA Division II Championships, and maintain at least a 3.25 grade point average. Junior sprinter Jennifer Farrow captured her second All-America title in the 400-meter dash last season after finishing third in the finals. Among her multiple accolades and accomplishments, Farrow was named the NCAA Division II East Region Co-Female Athlete of the Year, was a PSAC Spring Top Ten Award winner and also successfully defended her Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) 400-meter title for the third-straight season. As a member of the LHU women’s track and field team, Farrow earned PSAC crowns in both indoor and outdoor seasons. Individually, she was the 400 meter indoor and outdoor champion and also anchored the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relay squads to conference titles during the outdoor championships. Farrow broke or re-wrote her own indoor records in the 400 meters (57.77), 200 meters (26.06), 60 meters (8.09) and outdoor marks in the 400 meters (54.19), 200 meters (25.00), 4x100 relay (47.77), and 4x400 relay (3:53.17). Her indoor and outdoor school records in the 400 meters are also all-time PSAC records. Farrow, a senior academically, is Recreation-Fitness Management major who posted a 3.83 grade point average during the spring semester and owns a 3.37 overall average.	LHU's Track Academic All-Americans: (l-r)Jennifer Farrow, Jana Kauffman, Matt Stinson
	Jana Kauffman, also a junior, was an NCAA Division II National Championship qualifier in the 1500 meter run. Kauffman won her first PSAC title in the 1500 meters in 2002, stealing the title with Lock Haven’s second-fastest time in the event in 4:37.35. She was also a member of the third-place distance medley relay team during the indoor conference championships, and along with Farrow, was part of both indoor and outdoor team PSAC championship finishes. A two-time Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American, this is her first award for track and field. Kauffman is a Health Science major who has a 3.52 cumulative grade point average and posted a 3.39 average during the spring semester. Junior decathlete Matt Stinson became Lock Haven’s first male multi-event All-American after placing seventh in the decathlon at the NCAA Division II National Championship with a school-record 7,002 points. As a member of the PSAC indoor championship squad, Stinson helped lead the 4x400 meter relay to a victory. In the outdoor championships, Stinson did not compete in the decathlon but instead helped the 4x100 meter relay to a second-place finish and the 4x400 meter relay to third-place. He also earned All-PSAC honors in the high jump by finishing third. Stinson is a Health and Physical Education major at Lock Haven. He earned a 3.42 grade point average during the spring semester, and currently maintains a 3.35 overall average. The LHU men’s track and field team captured the 2002 PSAC Indoor Championship and was third at the conference’s outdoor championship meet. The Lady Eagle track and field team swept the pair of crowns, nabbing titles at both PSAC indoor and outdoor championships. ###LHU###