Bucknell University Athletics
Caitlin Holtz Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
5/3/2011 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
May 3, 2011
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell senior Caitlin Holtz (Freehold, N.J./Peddie School), a three-time All-Patriot League women's soccer player, received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held in the Terrace Room on campus on May 3.
Holtz won the Bryan-Humpreys Award, presented to a student-athlete who has exhibited exceptional versatility within his/her sport, displaying outstanding achievement and the selfless determination to help the team succeed by contributing in a variety of ways. Holtz shared the award with men's soccer standout Ross Liberati.
In addition to Holtz and Liberati, 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. Two-time Patriot League Women's Soccer Player of the Year Christa Matlack and two-time All-America wrestler Kevin LeValley won the Mathewson Awards.
Holtz was one of the Patriot League's best two-way players over the last four seasons. She began her career as a fullback, and for the last two seasons excelled in the midfield. Holtz started all but one game over the last four years, and in 2010 she set career highs for goals (4) and points (11). She also had three assists this season, giving her 17 in her career. That total ranks fourth in program history.
Holtz registered a point in four of Bucknell's seven Patriot League games in 2010, including goals against American, Lehigh and Navy and a career-high three assists against Holy Cross. The Navy and American tallies were both game-winners.
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 16 of 20 years.
Bucknell annually ranks among the national leaders in graduation rates. In addition, Bucknell ranks fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 119 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
