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Bucknell's Pechin Honored at STATS FCS Awards Banquet as Doris Robinson Award Winner
1/10/2020 9:05:00 PM | Football
FRISCO, Texas – Bucknell's Alex Pechin was presented the Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award at the STATS FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation on Friday night.
"I'm truly humbled to receive this award as I know there are some incredible people who have also been nominated for it," Pechin said in his speech at the banquet. "This is just a testament to those who have helped me throughout my entire life."
"I'm blessed to be graduating from a school that has a passion for academics while playing the sport I love," Pechin said. "Athletics, academics and community service are not mutually exclusive, and that's one thing that my coaches have preached to all of our team throughout this entire season and something I truly believe. I believe that, when combined together, the effect that any one can bring is greater than any individual component can bring by itself."
A Biomedical Engineering and Management for Engineers double major, Pechin has excelled in the classroom. Following the 2018-19 school year, he became the third football player to be selected as the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining fellow Bison David Berardinelli (1992-93) and Lehigh's Nick Martucci (1998-99). He was also a semifinalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy and was selected to three FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star Teams.
Pechin is one of four Bison to be recognized as the Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year more than once, joining Berardinelli (1991 & 1992), Rob Glus (1993 & 1994) and Travis Nissley (2009 & 2010). Fordham's Barry Cantrell (1996 & 1997) is the only other repeat Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Patriot League history.
Pechin interned for Orbit Biomedical, a start-up company dedicated to revolutionizing gene and cell therapy treatment for patients suffering from sight-threatening diseases, in the summers of 2019 and 2018. During the fall of 2018, he conducted gene therapy research for Orbit Biomedical in addition to his classwork. As part of his intensive five-year dual degree program at Bucknell, he has completed multiple projects; his senior design project involved creating ultrasound simulation for surgical training. A football team peer tutor, he is an active member of Bucknell's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Leadership Institute. He also worked as a grader for Physics 211 and 212, participated in InterVarsity Bible study and volunteered at Riverwoods, a senior living community, and Geisinger, a local hospital, during his time in Lewisburg.
ÂGallery: (1/10/2020) Alex Pechin at STATS FCS Awards Banquet
"I'm truly humbled to receive this award as I know there are some incredible people who have also been nominated for it," Pechin said in his speech at the banquet. "This is just a testament to those who have helped me throughout my entire life."
Pechin, a 2019 consensus All-America punter, became the first Patriot League student-athlete to earn this prestigious award, which is named after the wife of legendary Grambling State coach Eddie Robinson and is presented to an FCS student-athlete who excels not only in the classroom but in the community and beyond.Presenting your 2019 @FCS_STATS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award winner: our own Alex Pechin. #ACT | #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/3qm6B53kWL
— Bucknell Football (@Bucknell_FB) January 11, 2020
"I'm blessed to be graduating from a school that has a passion for academics while playing the sport I love," Pechin said. "Athletics, academics and community service are not mutually exclusive, and that's one thing that my coaches have preached to all of our team throughout this entire season and something I truly believe. I believe that, when combined together, the effect that any one can bring is greater than any individual component can bring by itself."
Pechin has received numerous awards for his performance during the 2019 campaign. Earlier, he became the Patriot League's 14th consensus All-American and captured the inaugural FCS Punter of the Year Award. He also became the first football player to be voted as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for three-straight seasons and was selected as one of 10 finalists for the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association's Postgraduate Scholarship.Athletics. Academics. Community Service.
— Bucknell Football (@Bucknell_FB) January 14, 2020
"When combined together, the effect that any one can bring is greater than any individual component can bring by itself."
Check out Alex Pechin's speech from the @FCS_STATS national awards banquet.#ACT | #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/uIRN7cEuZf
A Biomedical Engineering and Management for Engineers double major, Pechin has excelled in the classroom. Following the 2018-19 school year, he became the third football player to be selected as the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining fellow Bison David Berardinelli (1992-93) and Lehigh's Nick Martucci (1998-99). He was also a semifinalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy and was selected to three FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star Teams.
Pechin is one of four Bison to be recognized as the Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year more than once, joining Berardinelli (1991 & 1992), Rob Glus (1993 & 1994) and Travis Nissley (2009 & 2010). Fordham's Barry Cantrell (1996 & 1997) is the only other repeat Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Patriot League history.
Pechin interned for Orbit Biomedical, a start-up company dedicated to revolutionizing gene and cell therapy treatment for patients suffering from sight-threatening diseases, in the summers of 2019 and 2018. During the fall of 2018, he conducted gene therapy research for Orbit Biomedical in addition to his classwork. As part of his intensive five-year dual degree program at Bucknell, he has completed multiple projects; his senior design project involved creating ultrasound simulation for surgical training. A football team peer tutor, he is an active member of Bucknell's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Leadership Institute. He also worked as a grader for Physics 211 and 212, participated in InterVarsity Bible study and volunteered at Riverwoods, a senior living community, and Geisinger, a local hospital, during his time in Lewisburg.
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