(CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.) – The Wilson College Athletic Association recently held its annual end-of-the-year awards ceremony with nearly all of the Phoenix student-athletes in attendance. Among the honors given out were the inductions of 28 individuals into the Alpha Chi Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma.
It's the second year for student-athlete honor society and Wilson College already has 59 inductees. In order to be a member, student-athletes must be a junior or senior with a 3.4 cumulative GPA after five completed semesters at Wilson or after two semesters for transfer students. Twenty of the new members are juniors and eight are seniors.
Those who maintain a 3.4 for the rest of their academic studies graduate with cords. This year 20 student-athletes will walk at commencement with chords. Twelve of them were inducted to Chi Alpha Sigma last year while eight received cords upon induction this year.
Other awards given out included the addition of three into the Gwendolyn Jensen Athletics Hall of Fame. Those members included
Alexis Pflumm (field hockey),
Samira Murphy (women's basketball), and
Rick Godwin Jr. (men's basketball).
Delaney Fulfer (field hockey and lacrosse) and
Noah Wickenheiser (men's soccer and men's volleyball) were recipients of the Lori Frey Award.
Jade Wolfe won the Naso Award for the highest overall female GPA while
Connor Bowers took home the award for the male award.
Alexis Pflumm also won the Senior Female Athlete of the Year award while there were co-winners for the male award with
Michael Marrale (baseball) and
Antonio Bussey (men's basketball).
The Phoenix Award went to
Odessa Kalathas (lacrosse) for the females and
Connor Bowers for the males.
Rookie of the Year awards went to
Xavier Webber (men's volleyball) for the males with
Julie Warnick (equestrian – Western) and
Adrianna Stricek (women's basketball) taking honors for the females.
Jeremiah Carter-Johnson received the Kalbaugh Award which is given to the men's basketball student-athlete with the highest GPA.
