David Marble Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
5/4/2010 8:00:00 AM | Wrestling
May 4, 2010
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell senior David Marble (Harpursville, N.Y./Harpursville Central), a member of the Bison wrestling 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, May 4.
Marble won the Edward W. Pangburn Award, presented to senior athletes "for sportsmanship, fellowship, and contribution to the University." Marble shared the award with Allison Janda of the women's track and field and cross country teams, who was the female selection.
In addition to Marble, 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 four-time NCAA qualifier, Marble finished third at the EIWA Championships this past March. He went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships and finished his career third on the Bison wins list with a four-year mark of 11-44. The 133-pounder was 30-10 as a senior, including 28-2 opposite unranked opponents. He won the Navy Classic for a third consecutive year and placed sixth at the competitive Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and completed the year on a high note, winning 12 of his final 13 bouts entering NCAAs.
Marble posted a second-place finish at the EIWA Championships in 2008 and is one of just three grapplers in program history to qualify for four NCAA Championships.
At the team's postseason awards banquet, Marble was the inaugural recipient of the Class of 2010 Leadership Award, given in honor of the first class of seniors following the reinstatement of the program to the best leader, both on and off the wrestling mat.
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 15 of 19 years, including 11 of the last 12.