Sports News: Spring 2006
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

MORAVIAN’S BRIAN BERGSTOL HONORED AS MASCAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE FOR GOLF

ANNVILLE, PA --- Moravian College senior Brian Bergstol (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor HS) has been named the 2007 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Scholar-Athlete in the sport of golf.

The MASCAC recognizes one athlete for each of its 22 sports as its Scholar-Athlete Award winner. The nominee must be a senior, have participated in his or her sport during the season in which the award is given, and must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20. The award is based on three criteria: academic achievement, athletics excellence, and service and leadership. The student-athletes will receive their awards at the MASCAC Awards Luncheon at Widener University on May 8th.

Bergstol, who has a 3.51 GPA and is majoring in management, won the 2007 Commonwealth Conference Individual Championship this past weekend with a five-under par 211 in the two-day, 54-hole tournament at Shawnee Country Club. Bergstol also won the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Individual Championship, and he was the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year in 2007 and 2006. Bergstol was named the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year back in 2004 when he was the runner-up at the conference championships.

Bergstol has been on the PING/Golf Coaches Association All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team the last three years, and he earned spots on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team in 2007, 2006 and 2004. Bergstol’s 71.93 stroke average for the 2006-07 season breaks his own school by over two and a half strokes which he set last year at 74.58. Bergstol is also the career leader in stroke average by more than two strokes at 75.40 over 67.5 rounds in his collegiate career. He played in 56 career tournaments, winning medalist honors seven times and finishing in the top five 29 times.

Bergstol has been on the Dean’s List seven times during his academic career at Moravian, and he has been honored on the MASCAC Academic Honor Roll three times.