LHU’s Veldhuis Earns Spot on PSAC Top-10

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Lock Haven University track and field’s junior Keith Veldhuis (Thamesford, Ontario/Ingersoll DCI) was selected to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Winter Top-10 the conference office announced today (May 5 

Veldhuis holds a 3.974 GPA while studying health and physical education.  His GPA marks the highest of all student-athletes at LHU and the top grade for the male athletes on the Winter Top-10.

This past season he set a school record for the heptathlon with 4496 points.  He would later go on to win the tightly contested event at the PSAC Championships. In 2003, Veldhuis was a PSAC outdoor champion in the decathlon, earned All-America honors in the 4x400 relay and was named the PSAC Rookie of the Year.

The Top Ten Awards, selected by the PSAC’s sports information directors, recognize student-athletes 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 sports seasons: fall, winter and spring.

 

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 must 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 are: wrestling, men’s and women’s basketball, men's and women's swimming, and men’s and women’s indoor track & field.