Wednesday, June 08, 2011

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – ETSU’s Paul Hoilman and Lispcomb’s Jenna Bartsokas captured the Atlantic Sun Conference Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year honors, the conference announced on Wednesday. Hoilman, a two-time award recipient, becomes the fourth male student-athlete to claim the accolade in back-to-back years, while Bartsokas is the first Bison to earn the prestigious honor.

A senior for the Buccaneers’ baseball team, Hoilman has amassed several records during his four year career including the A-Sun career marks for home runs, doubles and total bases. In 2011, he topped the conference charts in slugging percentage (.724) and homers (22), while helping the Bucs to a Division I program high of 36 wins. A two-time First Team All-Atlantic Sun selection, Hoilman garnered several accolades in 2011, including being named a Lowe’s Senior Class Award Finalist, Golden Spikes Award Watch List member and Louisville Slugger Preseason First Team All-American. He finishes his career with the ETSU school records for home runs, doubles, RBI, runs scored, walks, total bases and hits.

A mathematics major, Hoilman holds a 3.95 overall GPA and has been named to the Dean’s List in each of his semesters as a student-athlete by obtaining a 3.75 GPA or above. A four-time Atlantic Sun All-Academic Selection, Hoilman repeated his title as a Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American this season.

A senior guard and four-year starter for the Lady Bisons basketball team, Bartsokas finishes her Lipscomb career as the second leading scorer in the D-I Era with 1,411 points by averaging 11.9 points per game. She also stands second in career assists (295) and eight in rebounds (342). Her senior season, Bartsokas averaged 14.9 PPG – fifth in the A-Sun – en route to earning Second Team All-Conference honors.

Bartsokas, an Exercise Science major, kept a 3.95 overall GPA during her four years at Lipscomb and recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA in six semesters. A member of the Alpha Chi Honor Society, she has been accepted in the Doctoral Program for Physical Therapy at Walsh University. Along with earning four A-Sun All-Academic honors throughout her career, Bartsokas was named an Academic All-American Third Team honoree in 2011 and is a two-time Academic All-District member. In May, Bartsokas received a $7,500 Postgraduate Scholarship from the NCAA.

The awards were announced at the league’s annual administrative meetings during a ceremony that also saw the presentation of the league’s All-Sports Trophies and Post-Graduate Scholarship.

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The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts five of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.