May 20, 2011 - Geneva College
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Beaver Falls, PA - At the end of each academic year, Geneva College and the Golden Tornadoes highlight excellence in the classroom. Geneva has enjoyed great success for yet another athletic season, but it has also continued a string of excellence off the field. The Geneva College Athletic-Directors Award was created following the 2001 school year and honors juniors and seniors who have compiled at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA while also participating on a varsity team.

The 2011 class of Athletic-Director Award winners includes 43 student-athletes, which is the fifth highest number in the past ten years and also the most since 2007. The number of honorees is up from 37 in 2010.

Following is a list of those Geneva College student-athletes among the honorees in 2011:

Seniors Juniors
Leanne Abate - Softball Martha Adams - Softball
Matt Baer - Baseball Graciela Arias - Track
Adriane Blake - Softball/Volleyball Annissa Halulko - Soccer
Monica Boyer - Cross Country David Harwood - Soccer
Kate Caldwell - Tennis Cody Hoskins - Football
Christine Carugati - Basketball Tyler Jodon - Football
Chelsea Cover - Tennis Rachel Kuegler - Volleyball
Sarah Davis - Cross Country Bethany Lemmon - Volleyball
Joel Gatti - Baseball Josh Mann - Soccer
David Girardi - Football Nathan Mansor - Cross Country/Track
Josh Gunnett - Cross Country Jake McCracken - Soccer
Valerie Hamilton - Basketball Maura McLaughlin - Tennis
Jon Jurinko - Baseball Noah Medich - Baseball
Jeremy Kiger - Football Samantha Michetti - Softball
Ariel Lilly - Softball/Soccer Brianna Mixter - Volleyball
Liz Michalak - Track Seth Montgomery - Football
Aisha Moore - Track Caleb Musselman - Soccer
Adam Rose - Football
Brandon Sopko - Basketball Alyse Scarsella - Basketball
Ryan Thorn - Cross Country Claude Smith - Football
Julia Urbanski - Cross Country/Track Mike Trn - Baseball
Laura Zerbe - Volleyball Charles Walters - Cross Country/Track
Kara Zimmerman - Tennis


Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva Collegeā€²s philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).

May 20, 2011