May
7, 2007
KU
ANNOUNCES SENIOR ATHLETE, SCHOLAR ATHLETE 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 2.
Ryan Loper (sr.
Boiling
Springs/Cumberland Valley)
of the baseball team and Sarah Brandon (sr.
Gibsonia/Pine-Richland)
of volleyball team were named the senior athletes of the year, based
on their four-year career athletic accomplishments. Brandon
and Jeff Craig (sr.
Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban), of the baseball team, received awards as KU’s top senior
scholar-athletes based on a combination of their career academic and
athletic accomplishments.
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Loper |
Loper was the 2004 Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) East Rookie of the Year and was named to the North
Atlantic Regional All-Tournament team. In 2005 and 2006, Loper was
an All-PSAC East first team honoree. Also in 2006, he was named the
PSAC East Player of the Year. Loper has played more games as a
Golden Bear baseball player then any other with 210 played thus
far. He is second on the career list in RBI, hits, at-bats, triples
and home runs. He ranks among the leaders in doubles, runs scored
and batting average. Loper is only the second KU baseball player to
achieve 200 hits and play in 200 games (Al Fitch).
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Brandon |
Brandon holds the single match, season and career
record for kills with 1,840. She ranks third at KU in hitting
percentage and blocks. Brandon is a three-time PSAC East Player of
the Year, a four-time All-PSAC East first team honoree, three-time
AVCA All-Region first team, two-time Daktronics All-Region first
team and Daktronics second team All-America recipient. The
psychology major has a 3.70 QPA and has been honored twice by ESPN
the Magazine Academic All-District. In 2006, Brandon was named to
the PSAC Fall Top 10.
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Craig |
Craig
is a speech/language pathology major with a 3.64 QPA. In 2006, he
was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II second
team. Craig ranks among KU’s career leader in hits, RBI total bases
and batting average. This season, he leads the team in at-bats,
hits, doubles, RBI and total bases.
