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January 16, 2003
Lady Eagle Soccer's Becky Nichols Earns PSAC Top Ten Award

(Lock Haven, Pa.) - Becky Nichols (Wind Gap, Pa./Nazareth), a senior soccer player for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, was recognized as a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Fall Top Ten award winner, 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.
Nichols, a four-year starting midfielder for the Lady Eagle soccer team, earned First Team All-Northeast Region and Second Team All-PSAC honors this season. Also a Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, she posted six goals and three assists from her midfield position as she helped lead LHU to its first-ever undefeated conference season (11-0-0) and an overall 16-3-1 ledger. Nichols was an All-American in 2000, and is a four-time First Team All-Northeast Region and All-PSAC pick. Carrying a cumulative 3.81 grade point average in Criminal Justice, she is a two-time Academic All-District and PSAC Scholar-Athlete honoree. At the close of her four-year career, Nichols ranks seventh all-time at Lock Haven with 19 goals and ninth overall with 48 career points.


PSAC Top Ten Award winner Becky Nichols

               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 Fall sports season are eligible for the Fall Top Ten Awards. Those sports include men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball.
           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 2002 Fall Top Ten award winners include: Nick Beisker (Football-East Stroudsburg), Laura Hall (Volleyball-IUP), Dan Holland (Football-Mansfield), Jen Kratz (Volleyball-Kutztown), Mark Stallings (Cross Country-Millersville), Sean Stewart (Soccer-East Stroudsburg), Josh Telenko (Football-IUP), Jen Yoder (Soccer-Millersville), and Sheila Zilinski (Field Hockey-Bloomsburg).

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