Kutztown University student Amanda Portoff of Milford, CT (06460) was named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete on Wednesday for the 2015-16 academic year. 160 KU student-athletes earned the honor.
All 20 of KU's NCAA-sponsored programs donned a PSAC Scholar-Athlete. As a department, KU increased by 15 students from 145 Scholar-Athletes the last two years, the most for the institution at the time.
35 percent of Kutztown's 460 student-athletes earned recognition from the PSAC, an increase of three percent from last year. 118 of the 160 were female student-athletes for KU, while 42 were male. It is the 10th straight year Kutztown has had 100 or more student-athletes on the PSAC Scholar-Athlete squad.
Of the 160, 18 seniors earned their fourth PSAC Scholar-Athlete award, including one five-year honoree.
KU Sport-Specific Notes:
- Men's Basketball: Tied Program Record from 2002, 2015 (4)
- Women's Cross Country/Track & Field: Tied Program Record from 2015 (27)
- Field Hockey: Tied Program-Record from 2008 (18)
- Women's Soccer: Program-Record (20)
- Softball: Program-Record (13)
The PSAC set a new record of scholar-athletes with 2,818 student-athletes. The total marks 40 percent of the student-athlete population. Both of these numbers break the previous record of 2,692 and 38 percent set one year ago. The league has now registered at least a 30 percent rate for eight straight years.