Bucknell University Athletics
Softball Player Stephanie Morgan Wins Senior Athletic Award
6/26/2001 8:00:00 AM | Softball
June 26, 2001
LEWISBURG, PA -- Bucknell senior softball player Stephanie Morgan (Allentown, Pa./Dieruff) received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held at the University in early May.
Morgan won the Robert A. Latour Service Award, presented to senior athletes "for extraordinary service to Bucknell and local communities." Morgan shared the award with men's water polo player Kevin Permisohn.
In addition to Morgan and Permisohn, several other student-athletes were honored at the banquet, including the winners of the Christy Mathewson Award, given to the most outstanding athletes in the senior class. All-American football and baseball standout Kevin Eiben won the men's Mathewson Award, while women's swimming standout Molly Lowe won the women's Mathewson Award.
Morgan, a tri-captain her senior season, played in 160 games during her career and started 153 of those games. For her career, the left-handed outfielder batted .268 with 120 hits in 448 at bats. Morgan was a First-Team All-Patriot League selection as a rookie.
In addition to her experience on the field, Morgan also devoted her time to serving as the Student Director for the Bucknell Intramural Program, as well as serving as two-year President for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. A member of the Dean's List and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll on several occasions, she was nominated for Academic All-America honors three different times.
The Bucknell softball team finished the year with an overall record of 19-26-2, matching the highest win total since 1996.
Bucknell is a highly-selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,650 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League, along with Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy. Army and Navy do not compete in the league in football. Fordham and Towson are associate members of the league in football and Georgetown will join as a football-only member in 2001. American University will also become an all-sport member in 2001-2002.
In two of the past nine years, Bucknell ranked FIRST in the nation in the graduation rate of its student-athletes, and in the ten years the NCAA survey has been conducted it has never been lower than seventh. In addition, Bucknell ranks third in Division I in the total number of GTE Academic All-America selections, with 100 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
