May 12, 2008

Landmark Athletes Pick Up Academic Honors

MADISON, N.J. - A pair of Landmark Conference athletes from spring sports have earned places on ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams. University of Scranton sophomore Justin Champagne was a first-team selection for the academic all-district baseball team, while Moravian jnuior Erica Klepeisz was a third-team choice in softball.

Champagne, who holds a 3.87 grade point average in economics, started 27 games at third-base and led the Royals with a .453 batting average. He had 43 hits, including three home runs, a triple and eight doubles, and finished the season with a .653 slugging percentage and on-base percentage of .509. As a pitcher, he was 5-3, with a 5.40 ERA and a team-high 39 strikeouts. He finished the season sixth in strikeouts, ninth in ERA and 10th in innings pitched (50) in the Landmark Conference. As a first-team selection he is now eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team.

The Royals set a new school-record with 26 victories this past season under seventh-year head coach Mike Bartoletti. Scranton also advanced to the championship game of the Landmark Conference tournament last Sunday, May 9, at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, before ending its season with a loss to Catholic University.

Klepeisz, who has a 3.57 GPA and is majoring in elementary education and history, started in centerfield for the Greyhounds and was named to the Landmark All-Conference First Team. Klepeisz added 39 hits, 29 runs, eight doubles, three triples, a .345 average, a team leading six stolen bases and 23 RBIs.

The Greyhounds posted a 33-6 overall record this spring, the 15th consecutive season that Moravian has won at least 23 games, and a perfect 12-0 mark in the inaugural Landmark Conference season. The Greyhounds made the postseason for the 14th consecutive season and win the 2008 Landmark Conference Championship Tournament.

In order to qualify, a student-athlete must be a sophomore, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2, and be a starter or key reserve. District II is comprised of all non-NCAA Division I student-athletes from the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

With the two selections, the Landmark has now placed 10 student-athletes on Academic All-District Teams in its first year of existence.


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