KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

KUTZTOWN, PA (June 16, 2010) – Kutztown University senior Rohini Das added one final accolade to a memorable season when she was named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Spring Top 10 team.

The PSAC Top 10 Awards, which are selected by the PSAC’s sports information directors, recognize student-athletes who excel in both the classroom and in the area of competition. The PSAC Top 10 Awards are in their 13th season of existence, having been initiated in the 1997-98 academic year.

The Top 10 Awards recognize 10 outstanding student-athletes, five male and five female, for each athletic season: fall, winter and spring.

Das was named PSAC East Player of the Year. She was also selected to the CoSIDA Academic all-District II College Division first team and was honored as a third team At-Large ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and was the Kutztown University senior scholar-athlete of the year.

Das, who received her degree in international business and finance on May 8, compiled an overall singles record of 20-4, including a nine-match winning streak to finish the season, while playing solely No. 1 singles. She also combined with a few doubles combinations to go 16-8 at doubles, primarily at No. 1 and playing with Ridhima Borooah, with whom she is 14-8, all at No. 1 doubles. In PSAC East play, she was a perfect 5-0 in singles. Das also earned all-PSAC East all-conference honors in both singles and doubles.

Under Das' leadership this season, the Golden Bears qualified for the PSAC East playoffs and advance to the conference semifinals. She was one of the most dominant tennis performers in Kutztown history. Das is a three-time all-PSAC Scholar Athlete. She made the Dean's List four times and is a three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

To be a candidate for the PSAC Top 10 Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.50 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials for their respective team. The spring sports eligible for consideration for the Spring Top 10 Awards are baseball, softball, lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field. At the end of the academic year, all PSAC Top 10 Award winners from the entire academic year are eligible for the PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, given to one male and one female candidate at the end of the academic year.

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