KU ANNOUNCES SENIOR ATHLETIC, ACADEMIC AWARDS 

KUTZTOWN, PA – The Kutztown University athletic department announced the recipients of its senior athletes and senior scholar athletes of the year awards at the annual all-sport banquet on May 1. 

            Michael Baldwin (sr. Philadelphia/Dobbins Tech) of the football team and Alison Maurer (sr. Lewisberry/Northern York) of track and field team were named the senior athletes of the year, based on their four-year career athletic accomplishments.  Baldwin and Colleen Healey (sr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River North), of the field hockey team, received awards as KU’s top senior scholar-athletes based on a combination of their four-year career academic and athletic accomplishments.

             Baldwin graduated in December with a 3.78 grade-point average (GPA) as a criminal justice major.  He was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America second team and first team Academic All-District in 2005.  A three-year co-captain and four-year starting safety, Baldwin was the 2005 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Defensive Player of the year.  He was named to the All-PSAC East team in 2004 and 2005.  Also, Baldwin was named to the second team Little All-America, first team Daktronics All-Northeast Region in 2005, the 2004 and 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District II first team and a member of the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District II second team. 

            Maurer is a five-time PSAC Champion thrower for the Golden Bear track & field team.  She won three consecutive PSAC indoor titles in the 20-lb. weight throw (2004-06) and holds the PSAC indoor championship record in the event (55-4).  Outdoors, she is a two-time PSAC Champion, winning the 2004 PSAC title in the discus, and the 2006 crown in the hammer, the first time the event was contested at the conference meet.  She was named the PSAC Most Valuable Field Athlete at the 2006 Championship.  Maurer has competed at the NCAA Championships four times, twice indoors and twice outdoors.  She earned All-America honors at the 2005 outdoor championships, placing seventh in the hammer.   

            Healey is a fifth-year student at KU, having graduating in 2005 with a 3.72 GPA in elementary education.  She is currently pursuing a master’s degree as a reading specialist.  As a senior on the field hockey team last fall, she was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America and All-PSAC first teams.  She was also a second-team All-America choice in 2004.  Healey is a two-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete, and a three-time member of the NFHCA Academic Squad.  Healey finished her career with 10 goals and nine assists.