Four Mercyhurst College Men's Players Named to 2009-10 PSAC Scholar-Athlete Team

ERIE, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) announced the selection of four Mercyhurst College men's water polo players to the organization's Scholar-Athlete list for the 2009-10 academic year. Recipients compiled a minimal cumulative grade point average of 3.25 for the year.

Alex Moggridge (Jr., Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean), Andrew Sekulski (Jr., Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), Ian Tasman (Fr., Orlando, Fla./Winter Park) and William Page (Fr., St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University) all earned honors after being named to the Mercyhurst Scholar-Athlete Team earlier this month.

Among the four selections, Moggridge and Sekulski picked up additional honors following a 2009 season in which both garnered All-America accolades.

Moggridge earned his second-straight All-America honor after leading the Lakers in scoring. He tallied 66 goals and added 39 assists for 105 points to accompany 56 steals, five field blocks and 16 drawn ejections through 18 games. Following the season he was named to the Collegiate Water Polo Association South Division Second Team.

Sekulski joined Moggridge as a repeat All-America honoree, earning it in each of the two previous seasons at the goaltender position. Through 19 games, Sekulski accumulated a 13-6 record with 292 saves and 50 steals. He also added two goals and 22 assists for 24 points.

Page concluded his freshman season with 37 goals, 20 assists, 57 points, 39 steals, eight field blocks and a team-high 29 drawn ejections in 19 games, while Tasman tacked on 22 goals, a team high 40 assists, 62 points, a team high 69 steals and 15 field blocks along with 12 drawn ejections.

Mercyhurst finished its season with a 13-6 record, marking its fourth-straight winning season and fourth-consecutive 10-win season.

Originating in 1951 to administer and promote men’s athletics, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has evolved into one of the NCAA’s most heralded Division II intercollegiate conferences.

The most recent enhancement came during the 2008-09 academic year when the PSAC expanded for the first time in its rich history, adding full-time members Gannon University and Mercyhurst College, and associate member Long Island University-C.W. Post. The membership now consists of 16 full-time institutions and the one associate.

All of the league’s full-time members are located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which makes the PSAC the largest one-state conference in the NCAA.

Today, nearly one-third of the PSAC’s estimated 6,200 participants are honored each year as "Scholar-Athletes" for maintaining a grade-point average of 3.25 or better - a total that has nearly doubled since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were first recognized in the mid-1990s.

Although all 16 current institutions are members of Division II, eight league schools also compete at the Division I level in select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 125,000 students and claim over 709,000 alumni.