By: By: Bill Morgal, Interim Sports Information Director
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Shippensburg women's basketball senior forward
Lauren Beckley was named on Thursday afternoon to the 2009-10 PSAC Winter Top 10 squad. Beckley was honored for the third consecutive season and is the first SU athlete in history to win the Top 10 award in every eligible year for one sport.
Beckley, an All-American selection by the WBCA and the Division II Bulletin, is the all-time leading scorer in conference history and finished the regular season as the PSAC's leading scorer at 21.8 points per game. She ranked sixth in the nation in points per game, eighth in the nation in free-throw percentage (an SU record 88.7) and 18th in the nation in rebounds per game (10.1). She finished just 16 points short of Tracy Spencer's SU season scoring record.
In her career, Beckley scored 2,407 points through 113 career games and ranks 15th all time in Division II. She is the only player in league history to win a conference player of the year award in both divisions and one of just five players in the league with 2,000 or more career points and 1,000 or more career rebounds. Overall, Beckley was a three-time PSAC Player of the Year.
She is also a two-time CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American for the College Division of District 2. She currently boasts a 3.59 grade-point average while seeking a major in exercise science and a minor in biology.
Shippensburg was the only school to have multiple female recipients of the award for the winter campaign and have all three of its overall nominees selected for the award. Sophomore women's indoor track and field star
Neely Spence and senior men's swimmer
Shane Wolter also received PSAC Winter Top 10 awards on Thursday.
It is the first time since the Spring of 2003 that Shippensburg has had three Top 10 award winners in one season. That year, Page Heath (women's lacrosse), Jared Krebs (baseball) and Kelly Stewart (women's track and field) were recognized by the conference.
For each of the three athletic seasons, five male and female winners are voted on by the conference's sports information directors. Each school is allowed to nominate two male candidates and two female candidates. The winter campaign includes the sports of indoor track and field, wrestling, swimming and basketball.
Shippensburg's All-Time PSAC Top 10 Award Winners
Fall 2009-10
Mary Dell (women's cross country)
Spring 2008-09
Mary Dell (women's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2008-09
Lauren Beckley (women's basketball)
Mary Dell (women's indoor track and field)
Spring 2007-08
Justin Garber (baseball)
Winter 2007-08
Lauren Beckley (women's basketball)
Spring 2005-06
Heather Chantiles (softball)
Winter 2005-06
Corey Jacoby (wrestling)
Spring 2004-05
Frank D'Agostino (baseball)
Jaime Dacey (softball)
Winter 2004-05
Corey Jacoby (wrestling)
Fall 2004-05
John Kuhn (football)
Spring 2003-04
Page Heath (women's lacrosse)
Jared Krebs (baseball)
Kelly Stewart (women's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2003-04
Nebojsa Bogdanovic (men's basketball)
Kelly Stewart (women's outdoor track and field)
Fall 2003-04
John Kuhn (football)
Kelly Stewart (women's cross country)
Spring 2002-03
Page Heath (women's lacrosse)
Winter 2002-03
Beth Klemick (women's swimming)
Winter 2001-02
Beth Klemick (women's swimming)
Mike Robinson (men's swimming)
Spring 2000-01
Greg Ryan (men's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2000-01
Christa Cline (women's basketball)
Janette Pieczynski (women's basketball)
Spring 1999-00
Jamie Eichelberger (baseball)
Winter 1999-00
Christa Cline (women's basketball)
Brett Owen (wrestling)
Winter 1998-99
Ashley Totedo (women's basketball)
Spring 1997-98
Danielle Argento (women's lacrosse)
Winter 1997-98
Ashley Totedo (women's basketball)
Fall 1997-98
Mike Iaquinta (football)