From: Packer, Lauren M. [mailto:lpacker@lhup.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:42 PM
To: Richard Herman
Subject: Clarion's Wolf Wins National Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award

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Clarion's Jamie Wolf Earns National Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award

(October 2, 2007)

Indianapolis, IN - - Jamie Wolf of Clarion University has been named the top female Division II Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.  The Division II Scholar-Athletes of the Year awards are sponsored by Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.

 The selection of Wolf caps a selection process guided by the Division II Commissioners Association.  Last month, 16 regional scholar-athlete award winners were named.  Wolf was selected from a field of eight women’s regional winners. 

Mike Klobucher, of Ferris State University, a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, earned the distinction on the men's side.

In the eight year history of the award, Wolf gives the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) its first national award.

Wolf graduated with a perfect undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 4.0 at Clarion University, earning a degree in molecular biology.  A native of South Park, Pa., Wolf has accepted an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and is currently attending Ohio State University to major in molecular genetics.  A member of the women’s diving team, she ended her four-year career as the three-time NCAA II Female Diver of the Year (2007, 2005, 2004) and won an NCAA record seven national championships in eight tries.  This past season, Wolf won both the 1- and 3-meter national championships while setting the NCAA 1-meter diving record with 453.75 points.  She was named ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA 2007 At-Large Academic All-America of the Year and is currently one of the top nine finalists for the association-wide NCAA Woman of the Year Award which will be announced October 27 in Indianapolis, Ind.

While at Clarion, Wolf was named its Female Athlete of the Year on three occasions (2007, 2005, 2004) and was inducted into both the Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Fraternity and was a member of the Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Fraternity.  She owns school records in the 10-dive 1-meter, 11-dive 3-meter and six-dive 3-meter events.  Her service and leadership activities included participation in Clarion's Dance Marathon and Operation Clean Sweep, as well as teaching swimming lessons and serving as president of the Health Careers Club and manager of an undergraduate research laboratory.

Earlier this year, Wolf was named the conference's Pete Nevins Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Lock Haven's Chris Robson earned the Pete Nevins Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and was also selected as a DII CCA Regional Scholar-Athlete of the Year.