March 8, 2000
21 GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO MAC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
ANNVILLE, PA --- Moravian College has had 21 of its winter student-athletes named to the
Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Rolls announced Wednesday.
To be eligible for Academic Honor Roll accolades, a student-athlete must be at least a
sophomore, maintain a 3.20 or higher grade point average and be a starter or significant
reserve on a fall athletic team.
The womens indoor track and field team led Moravian with 11 student-athletes named
to the honor roll while the mens indoor track and field team had seven student-athletes
honored. The mens basketball squad has two players named to the MAC Academic Honor
Roll and one womens basketball player made the list.
Six of the 11 members from the womens indoor track and field team are sophomores
led by Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/Riverside HS), who will compete at the 2000 NCAA
Division III Indoor National Championships this weekend. Joining Wolfsberger are fellow
sophomores Jen Boberg (Lansford/Panther Valley HS), Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/Nazareth
Academy), Tiffany Catalino (Bethlehem/Freedom HS), Amanda Samok (Palmerton/Palmerton
HS) and Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS). Wolfsberger was named
the Most Outstanding Athlete at the 2000 MAC Indoor Championships after becoming the first
female in conference history to win four gold medals at the indoor meet. Wolfsberger won
the 800 and 1,500 meters and was part of the 3,200-meter with Boyle and Samok and distance
medley relay team with Catalino and Shertzer. Shertzer also won the gold medal in the 5,000
meters.
Juniors Brooke Dancho (Bethlehem/Freedom HS), Kate Westermann (Milford, CT/Lauralton
Hall HS) and Leah Williams (Andreas/Tamaqua HS) joined seniors Alexis Katchuk
(Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point HS) and Eric Landes (Reading/Muhlenberg HS) on
the MAC Academic Honor Roll from the womens indoor track and field team. Katchuk
won the long jump and was second in the triple jump while Landes and Williams tied for
fourth in the high jump at the 2000 MAC Championships.
Senior Tim Pfluger (Slatington/Northern Lehigh HS) led the honorees from the mens
indoor track and field team for the Greyhounds. Pfluger won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters,
his sixth in his career, at the 2000 MAC Championships and will run at the NCAA National
Championships in the race. He also won a gold medal in the distance medley relay with junior Damon
Rutherford (Reading/Exeter HS), who was also on the MAC Academic Honor Roll. The duo
also placed second in the 3,200-meter relay. Junior Anthony Rediger (Sellersville/Pennridge
HS), who was the MAC Champion in the triple jump and placed third in the high jump
and fourth in the long jump, also earned a spot on the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
The Greyhounds other representatives from the mens indoor track and field team were
senior sprinter Jason Goldan (Neshanic, NJ/Hillsborough HS), junior thrower Dan
Kowalchuk (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg HS) and sophomore sprinters Chris Colley
(Easton/Easton HS) and Scott Heydt (Boyertown/Boyertown HS). Colley ran at the
MAC Championships in the 800 and 1,600-meter relays.
Senior guard Rich Whalen (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick HS) and sophomore guard Doug
Spadt (Emmaus/Emmaus HS) represent the Greyhound mens basketball team on the
MAC Academic Honor Roll. Whalen finished the season with a scoring average of 8.7 points
per game. Whalen, who is ranked in the top ten in the nation in steals per game, led
the squad with 3.8 assists and 3.6 steals per game. Spadt averaged 8.5 points per game
in his first year as a starter and he connected on 26 three-pointers for the 10-14 Greyhounds.
Senior guard Jen Polaha (Seattle, WA/Holy Name {PA} HS) was the only representative
from the Lady Greyhounds basketball squad this winter. Polaha averaged 5.7 points per game
and led Moravian with 85 assists. Polaha added 39 assists and 20 three-pointers for the
4-20 Lady Greyhounds.
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