Bucknell University Athletics
Chelsey Musante Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
5/4/2010 8:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
May 4, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell senior Chelsey Musante (Shelton, Conn./Shelton), a team captain on the track and field team, 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, May 4.
Musante won the Lee S. "Bud" Ranck Award, presented to senior athletes "for outstanding spirit and contributions to the Bucknell athletic program". Musante shared the award with Andrew Cohen of the golf team, who was the male selection.
Musante recently capped off an outstanding Patriot League career with her fifth individual league title, winning the hammer throw and shot put and placing second in the discus at last weekend's outdoor championships. The performance earned her the second Field Athlete of the Meet honor of her career.
Each of Musante's marks at the 2010 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championships was career best, which helped the Shelton, Conn., native move up the ranks in the Bucknell record books. The school record holder in the indoor shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 10 ¾ inches, she is also second all-time in the weight throw and outdoor shot put as well as third in the hammer throw.
Musante's individual success has played a key role in Bucknell's team championships. The Bison have captured six Patriot League titles during Musante's time in the Orange and Blue. With the squad's most recent win last Saturday, Bucknell claimed the rare Triple Crown with championship titles in cross country as well as indoor and outdoor track and field in the same year.
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 15 of 19 years, including 11 of the last 12.
Bucknell annually ranks among the national leaders in graduation rate and is fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 118 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
