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IUP senior lacrosse player Mallory Zelawski has been named as a recipient of the PSAC Top 10 award for the spring sports season. The spring Top 10 recognizes five men and five women in the sports of baseball, softball, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, tennis and golf. To be eligible for the award, which is chosen by conference sports information directors, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials. The Top 10 award winners in the fall, winter and spring are candidates for the Pete Nevins Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Zelawski, a graduate of Clarence (N.Y.) High School, maintained a 4.0 GPA as an earth and space science education major. She will graduate summa cum laude in December and attend graduate school for a master's degree in geology. Zelawski then plans to pursue her doctorate and become a college professor or a field geologist. During her undergraduate career at IUP, Zelawski has served as the president of the Geoscience Club, worked with Habitat for Humanity and earned membership in the Delta Epsilon Iota Honors Society. She has received the Battalion Commander's Award for ROTC and was an IUP Provost Scholar and PSAC Scholar-Athlete. Zelawski has also performed community service work for the Girl Scouts, the Indiana County Humane Society and the Salvation Army and was a tutor for astronomy, geoscience and mathematics. She also completed an internship with the New York State United Teachers in Williamsville, N.Y. On the lacrosse field, Zelawski was named second team All-PSAC for the 2007 season after finishing third on the Crimson Hawks in goals (43), assists (17) and points (60). She scored 41 of her goals, including two-game winners, in PSAC contests, and set a school record with 12 points on seven goals and five assists in a win over Millersville. She also had five goals vs. Lock Haven and Slippery Rock and four goals and four assists vs. East Stroudsburg. Zelawski was named the PSAC Player of the Week for the final week of the 2007 campaign after scoring a total of 13 goals vs. Millersville, West Chester and Lock Haven. In her career, she played in 62 games, tied for the third most in school history, and ranks third in the IUP record book in goals (106) and points (144) while placing fourth in assists with 38. She helped lead the Crimson Hawks to one of its finest seasons in the 10-year history of IUP lacrosse. IUP had an overall record of 7-10, one shy of the most wins in a single season, and a 6-8 slate in the PSAC. IUP had won only six conference games combined in the first nine years of the program.
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