Wednesday, May 9, 2001

REDIGER NAMED MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior track & field athlete Anthony Rediger (Sellersville/ Pennridge HS) of Moravian College has been named the Middle Atlantic Corporation Spring Male Scholar-Athlete.

The MAC Scholar-Athlete is a new award in the MAC this season that is being awarded to a senior male and female student-athlete each sport season.  All 16 schools in the MAC nominate one male and female student-athlete and the winner is selected by the MAC Awards Committee and the Executive Director of the MAC.

Rediger was a five-time MAC All-Star his senior season this year with first team accolades in the high jump indoors and the triple jump outdoors while earning second team honors in the triple jump and long jump indoors and the high jump outdoors.  Rediger competed in the jumping events for four years for the Greyhounds and won numerous events and twice set the meet record in the triple jump at the Lions' Invitational hosted by the College of New Jersey.  Rediger, who majored in I/O Psychology and minored in business management, completed his college degree with a 3.37 grade point average.