Bucknell University Athletics
Kataneksza Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
4/28/2009 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
April 28, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell senior Jacquie Kataneksza (Harare, Zimbabwe/Arundel School), a forward on the Bison's field hockey team, who was named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad for earning grade-point averages of 3.30 and higher during the 2008 fall semester for the fourth time of her career, and received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held in Terrace Room on Tuesday, April 28.
Kataneksza won the 'Ray Bucknell Diversity Award, presented to a senior athlete “who through his/her actions has worked to eliminate attitudes and actions that have separated, excluded or marginalized people in the past and has facilitated true understanding and recognition among multiple campus and Lewisburg constituencies”.
A Harare, Zimbabwe, native, Kataneksza is majoring in economics and international relations and is a four-time member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Kataneksza had a strong season at forward in 2008, where she recorded two total points and played in nine contests, starting two. In 2007, the team was 3-0 in games she scored a goal. In 2006, Kataneksza competed for Zimbabwe in the Junior World Cup where she recorded an assist.
Bucknell is a highly-selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of 3,583 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 fifth-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 117 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
