Bucknell University Athletics
Mark Schmiegel Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
4/28/2009 8:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
April 28, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell senior Mark Schmiegel (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North), a member of the Bison men's soccer team, received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held at the Elaine Langone Center on Tuesday, April 28.
Schmiegel won the Edward W. Pangburn Award, presented to senior athletes “for sportsmanship, fellowship, and contribution to the University.” Schmiegel shared the award with Lauren Schober of the women's basketball team, who was the female selection.
In addition to Schmiegel, 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.
A senior co-captain, Schmiegal started all 79 games in his four years at Bucknell. His success in 2008 earned him a number of awards, including two Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week nods in three weeks and a Second Team All-Patriot League selection at season's end.
Schmiegal was also named to the 2006 Patriot League All-Tournament Team. He followed the honor by scoring one of the biggest goals of his career, the game winner against George Mason in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. He concludes his career with 12 goals, nine assists and 33 points.
An economics major, Schmiegal is also a Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Dean's List honoree.
Bucknell is a highly selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,500 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League and has full membership along with American, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Bucknell has won the Presidents' Cup, signifying the Patriot League's all-sports champion, in 14 of 18 years, including 10 of the last 11.
Recently, 17 Bison programs – the seventh-most in Division I – earned NCAA Public Recognition for having Academic Performance Rates in the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sport. In addition, Bucknell ranks fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 116 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
