ESU Football Media Guide - East Stroudsburg University Athletics

The PSACPSAC OverviewOriginating in 1951 to administer and promotemen’s athletics, the Pennsylvania State AthleticConference has evolved into one of the NCAA’s mostheralded intercollegiate conferences.The first major step came in 1977, when based ona growing interest, the league reorganized to providea structure for its women’s programs. Only three yearslater, lacking a standard competitive division, league voted to reclassify theentire conference to NCAA Division II.Among its recent enhancements the PSAC expanded its membershipwith two full-time members twice during a five-year span. The first occurredduring the 2008-09 academic year with the addition of Gannon andMercyhurst Universities. Then, in the summer of 2013, Seton Hill Universityand the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown joined the league as full-timemembers. Long-known as the NCAA’s largest one-state conference, the PSACnow consists of 18 institutions located within the Commonwealth, making thePSAC the largest NCAA conference regardless of state borders or classifyingdivision. The league is also distinguished as the largest football-playingconference in the NCAA, and, with 23, the conference that sponsors the mostchampionships at the Division II level.Highly competitive on a regional and national level, PSAC schoolsannually combine to send nearly one-third of its teams into NCAA postseasonplay. Ultimately, the membership’s success has yielded 46 NCAA team and 255individual title winners.While proud of its athletic accomplishments, the league also has evolvedinto one of Division II’s finest from an academic standpoint. In each of the pastfive years, nearly one-third of the PSAC’s student-athletes are honored eachacademic year as “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining a grade-point average of3.25 or better - a total that has tripled since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were firstrecognized in the mid-1990s.Although all 18 current institutions are members of Division II, fiveleague schools also compete at the Division I level in select sports. PSACschools enroll over 134,000 students and claim approximately 750,000 alumni,Divisional Champions2007: West Chester (E), California (W)2006: Bloomsburg (E), IUP, California (W)2005: Bloomsburg (E), California, Edinboro (W)2004: West Chester (E), Shippensbug, Edinboro,IUP (W)2003: ESU, Bloomsburg (E), IUP, Edinboro (W)2002: ESU, Bloomsburg (E), IUP (W)2001: Bloomsburg (E), IUP (W)2000: Bloomsburg (E), Clarion, IUP, Slippery Rock (W)1999: West Chester (E), Slippery Rock (W)1998: Millersville (E), Slippery Rock (W)1997: Bloomsburg (E), Slippery Rock (W)1996: Bloomsburg (E), Clarion (W)1995: Bloomsburg, Millersville (E), Edinboro (W)1994: Bloomsburg, West Chester (E), IUP (W)1993: Millersville (E), IUP (W)1992: West Chester (E), IUP (W)1991: ESU (E), IUP (W)1990: Millersville (E), IUP (W)1989: West Chester, Millersville (E), Edinboro (W)1988: Millersville, (E) Shippensburg (W)Pennsylvania StateAthletic Conference204 Annex BuildingLock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pa. 17745Commissioner: Steve Murray, (570) 484-2512Assoc. Comm. for External Relations:Will Adair, (570) 484-2780Asst. Comm. for Internal Relations/SWA:Carlin Chesick, (570) 484-2512Director of Strategic Communication & New Media:Caley Glasgow, (570) 484-2884PSAC Champions — 1934-2012The State Game2012: IUP 41, Shippensburg 102011: Kutztown 21, Slippery Rock 142010: Mercyhurst 56, Bloomsburg 372009: Shippensburg 42, California 352008: California 47, West Chester 361987: IUP 21, West Chester 91986: IUP 20, West Chester 61985: Bloomsburg 31, IUP 91984: California 21, Bloomsburg 141983: Clarion 27, ESU 141982: ESU 24, Edinboro 221981: Shippensburg 34, Millersville 171980: Clarion 15, Kutztown 141979: Lock Haven 48, Cheyney 141978: ESU 49, Clarion 41977: Clarion 25, Millersville 241976: ESU 14, Shippensburg 14 (tie)1975: ESU 24, Edinboro 201974: Slippery Rock 20, West Chester 71973: Slippery Rock 28, West Chester 141972: Slippery Rock 29, West Chester 271971: West Chester 35, Edinboro 141970: Edinboro 14, West Chester 61969: West Chester 41, Clarion 34including over 550,000 who reside in Pennsylvania.The PSAC is governed by the presidents of the 18 member institutions.It employs a commissioner, two associate commissioners, and a director ofmedia relations at its headquarters in Lock Haven, Pa.2012-13 NCAA ChampionsTeam - West Chester (Field Hockey); Individual - Division II Indoor Track& Field - Shippensburg, Men’s Distance Medley Relay; Division II OutdoorTrack & Field - Brenae Edwards, Mansfield (10,000m)2012-13 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (52 - ESU, 8)MSOC - Bryce Shaffer (Blm), Shane Hallett (Gan), Khriswayne Wallace (ES),Tyler Hollingsworth (Gan), Alex Perri (Gan), Robbie Bennett (Gan), AdamSharbaugh (Gan); WSOC - Mary Reilly (Gan); FB - Will Giles (Gan), BrandenWilliams (Edin), Mike Frenette (Ship); Anthony DiPasquale (IUP), Chet Welc(Cal), Johnny Franco (IUP), Cody Crosby (Gan); WVB - Meghan Franz (Cal),Hannah Heeter (Clar), Gao Xuan (LH); MBB - Luis Leao (Hurst), Mike Kromka(Clar); WBB - Hannah Heeter (Clar), Jen Papich (Gan); SB - Samantha Scott(Gan), Hope Spancake (Cal), Rebecca Smith (ES); BB - Pat Kregeloh (Ship),Eric Boyer (ES); Men’s At-Large - Zack Kempa (IUP), Brendan McKeown (ES);Women’s At-Large - Clarissa Enslin (Cal), Janelle Krantz (SR), Kelsey Nuhfer(Cal), Kayla Shull (Clar), Nancy Stehman (WC), Rabecca Lausch (ES), MicheleSchrift (WC); Men’s T&F/CC - Aaron Dinzeo (Cal), Kevin Jewel (SR), Matt Tholis(ES), Joel Flott (Ship), Bryan Deibel (Edin), Jacob Griffin (Hurst), Kori Meshaw(Kutz); Women’s T&F/CC - Tabitha Bemis (Edin), Corinne Fitzgerald (ES), ErinKling (Cal), Rose Mascoli (ES), Stephanie Case (SR), Vicki Davis (Blm), KatieSpratford (Ship), Kara Styles (SR), Stephanie Smigiera (Edin)THOLIS NAMED PETE NEVINS MALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEARESU senior javelin standout Matt Tholis was named the male recipient ofthe Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the PSAC’s top academic honor.An Exercise Science major with a 3.91 GPA, Tholis was the first ESU studentathleteto be recognized as the PSAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was therunner-up in the javelin at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships.2012 PSAC Football StandingsEastern DivisionPSAC OverallW L W L*Shippensburg 7 0 11 2Bloomsburg 6 1 10 2ESU 4 3 5 5West Chester 4 3 7 4Kutztown 4 3 7 4LIU Post 2 5 3 7Millersville 1 6 2 9Cheyney 0 7 1 10*Eastern Division Champion1968: ESU 28, California 28 (tie)1967: West Chester 27, Clarion 71966: Clarion 28, West Chester 261965: ESU 26, IUP 101964: ESU 27, IUP 141963: West Chester 36, Slippery Rock 71962: Slippery Rock 13, ESU 61961: West Chester 21, Slippery Rock 01960: West Chester 35, Lock Haven 6Picked by Saylor System1959 - West Chester 1954 - ESU, Bloomsburg,1958 - California West Chester (tie)1957 - Lock Haven 1953 - West Chester1956 - West Chester 1952 - West Chester1955 - Bloomsburg 1951 - BloomsburgPicked by Sportswriters1950 - West Chester 1940 - IUP, Millersville (tie)1949 - Bloomsburg 1939 - Slippery Rock1948 - Bloomsburg 1938 - Mansfield1947 - Mansfield 1937 - Lock Haven1946 - California 1936 - Lock Haven1942 - ESU 1935 - Shippensburg1941 - Millersville 1934 - IUPWestern DivisionPSAC OverallW L W L*IUP 6 1 12 2Mercyhurst 6 1 9 2California 5 2 8 3Slippery Rock 5 2 6 5Edinboro 3 4 4 6Clarion 2 5 4 7Gannon 1 6 3 8Lock Haven 0 7 1 10*Western Division Champion32 30 ESU Football Media Guide