Morse Earns SFU another NEC Scholar-Athlete Distinction – 43 SFU Athletes Named to NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
Loretto, Pa. – The Northeast Conference released their five 2007-08 NEC Winter Scholar-Athlete award winners on Wednesday, April 2, listing Saint Francis women’s indoor track and field member senior Lisa Morse (Freedom, N.Y./Pioneer Central) as one of the beneficiaries for the first time in her career.
Morse has captured three NEC individual championships and is an eight-time All-NEC first or second team honoree.
This past indoor season, Morse earned four first place finishes for the shot put event at the Bison Invitational (14.28m), the Penn State Relays (14.44m), Bucknell Heptagonal (14.54m) and the Northeast Conference Championships (14.66m). In addition to her aptness in the shot put, Morse earned a fourth place finish in the weight throw competition at the NEC Championships (15.54m). Concluding her indoor career, Morse took down a fifth place finish at the ECAC Championships (14.10m).
Representing the Red Flash, Morse’s name graces the top nine throws from all indoor competitions this past winter slate.
Morse is obtaining her major in Biology/Marine Biology and upholds a 3.63 grade point average.
This past 2007 fall season, senior Bryce Luetzen (Denver, Colo./Colorado Lutheran) represented Saint Francis as the NEC Scholar-Athlete award winner for men’s soccer. In November, Luetzen became the first men’s soccer player in school history to earn distinction as an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, earning second team honors. A four-year starter and two-year captain, Luetzen was the leader on a stingy defense that recorded a school record eight shutouts in 2007. The Red Flash yielded just seven goals and posted a league-best four shutouts in nine league games en-route to a second straight NEC title match appearance. The second team all-NEC pick also contributed on the offensive end with three assists. Luetzen, who is a Saint Francis and NEC Academic Honor Roll student, is a VITA Volunteer for the Dorothy Day Center, where he prepares tax returns for low income families. He helps coach local youth soccer teams, is a four-year volunteer with the Pennsylvania Special Olympics, participates in Relay for Life and is a member of Outreach to local elementary school children. Luetzen is also a member of Sigma Beta Delta, a Business Honors Society. An Accounting major, Luetzen maintains a 3.73 grade point average.
The NEC also announced its winter academic honor roll, comprised of 382 student-athletes. Saint Francis was bestowed with the honor of having 43 Red Flash athletes be a part of the esteemed list.
Those named to the NEC winter academic honor roll are as follows:
Kurt Hoffman - Men’s Basketball - Mathematics
Michael Asare - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - Physician Assistant
John Bair - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - Physical Therapy
Ian Butcher - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - English
Jorden Davis - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - Marketing
Brent DiGiorgio - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - Physician Assistant
Denis Eradiri - Men’s Indoor Track & Field - Computer Science/Sys.
Taryn Adamski - Women’s Basketball - Physician Assistant
Emily Bollinger - Women’s Basketball - English/Communications
Samantha Leach - Women’s Basketball - Exploratory
Shawna Scott - Women’s Basketball - Accounting
Julianne - Women’s Basketball - Exploratory
Jill Albee - Women’s Indoor Track & - Accounting
Antonia Artise - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Physician Assistant
Danielle Burton - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - History/Secondary Ed.
Brittany Crum - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Occupational Therapy
Cara Dinger - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Physician Assistant
Anna Hoffman - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Elementary Special Ed.
Shannon Kovack -. Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Psychology
Noelle Lyons - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Physical Therapy
Abigale May - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Math/Secondary Ed.
Cynthia Mazurak - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Exploratory
Lisa Morse - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Biology
Elise Pearce - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Physical Therapy
Sarah Rutledge - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Physical Therapy
Megan Thomas - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Chemistry/Forensics
Julie Yasko - Women’s Indoor Track & Field - Management
Erin Collins - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Physician Assistant
Elyse Dobrick - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Physician Assistant
Melissa Heintz - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Biology
Stefanie Hozempa - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Elementary Education
Jennifer Jeffreys - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Marketing
Kaitlin Lyons - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Physical Therapy
Kaitlin MacDonald - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Occupational Therapy
McKenzie Madore - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Physician Assistant
Caitlyn McCann - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Biology
Elise Merrill - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Biology
Cara Morgan - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Elementary Education
Jenna Raptosh - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Elementary Education
Megan Seale - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Nursing
Kaitlyn Snyder - Women’s Swimming & Diving - Mathematics/Secon. Ed.
Kelly Strosser - Women’s Swimming & Diving - History
All Scholar-Athlete award winners must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours, maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.