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WPCC FALL ACADEMIC AWARDS RECOGNIZE 21 FROM WOLFPACK TEAMS

WPCC FALL ACADEMIC AWARDS RECOGNIZE 21 FROM WOLFPACK TEAMS

YOUNGWOOD, Pa. - The Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference (WPCC) released its 2018 Fall All-Academic Award winners Tuesday and 21 student-athletes from Westmoreland County Community College were recognized to lead all conference schools.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of college course work during the term they are nominated; must have a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for Honors and 3.5 on a 4.0 scale for High Honors; and must have participated in a varsity sport during the semester they were nominated. 

Of the conference-leading 21 members on the All-Academic list, 13 Wolfpack student-athletes earned High Honors, also the most in the WPCC. That total included six student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester. The top team represented on the list for Westmoreland was the volleyball program, with seven players making the list, including four on High Honors.

Next up for the Wolfpack teams was the WPCC Championship women's cross country team, as well as the men's soccer team with four each, while the men's basketball program had three make high honors and the men's golf team placed three on the list, including two on high honors. 

Overall for the conference, 81 student-athletes were recognized, including 15 with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Below is a list of the Wolfpack student-athletes who were recognized as 2018 WPCC Fall All-Academic honorees:

High Honors

Name Honors Year Sport Hometown/High School
Chelsi Bartlow High Honors So. W. Cross Country Hempfield, Pa./Hempfield
Jacob Cannon High Honors Fr. M. Golf California, Pa./Home Schooled
Akhil Chidipi High Honors So. M. Soccer India/India
Garrett Dhans High Honors Fr. M. Basketball Burgettstown, Pa./Burgettstown
Hope Hixon High Honors So. Volleyball Armagh, Pa./United
Xavier Johnson High Honors So. M. Basketball Nassau, Bahamas/Queen's College
Emmanual Lebbie High Honors So. M. Soccer Greensburg, Pa./Robert Ketter Charter School
Maddie Lorince High Honors Fr. Volleyball Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant
Scott Myshin High Honors So. M. Golf Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon
Emily Oswald High Honors So. Volleyball Blairsville, Pa./Blairsville
Megan Polash High Honors So. Volleyball Windber, Pa./Winder
Megan Sensue High Honors So. W. Cross Country Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe
Michael Yuricha High Honors Fr. M. Basketball North Huntington, Pa./Norwin

Honors

Name Honors Year Sport Hometown/High School
Kaitlyn Ambrose Honors Fr. W. Cross Country Jeannette, Pa./Hempfield
Chelsey Frock Honors Fr. Volleyball Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant
Jade Gray Honors Fr. Volleyball West Newton, Pa./Yough
Cody Hall Honors So. M. Soccer Dunbar, Pa./Connellsville
Rose Lavelle Honors So. W. Cross Country Irwin, Pa./Yough
Brianna McCully Honors So. Volleyball Blairsville, Pa./Blairsville
Trevor Nelson Honors So. M. Golf West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin
Travis Sitko Honors So. M. Soccer Leisenring, Pa./Connellsville