Farnsel and Hoffman Named BGSU Senior Scholar Athletes Of The Year

April 21, 2007

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Seniors Curtis Farnsel (cross country) and Lauren Hoffman (softball), along with juniors Pete Winovich (football) and Stephanie Swiger (volleyball), took home top honors at the 2007 BGSU Scholar-Athlete Banquet Saturday evening.

Senior Curtis Farnsel

Farnsel has been named BGSU's Senior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year after recording a 3.85 grade-point average while majoring in accounting. A fourth-year member of the cross country squad, he helped lead the team to an eighth-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships.

Senior Lauren Hoffman

Hoffman has been named Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She maintains a 3.96 grade-point average, while majoring in mathematics. Hoffman and the Falcon softball team is currently 25-6 overall and 8-2 in conference action.

Junior Pete Winovich

Winovich has been named Falcon Club Male Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He holds a 3.53 GPA while majoring in marketing. This past season he played in all 12 games making three starts. For the season he had 12 carries for 78 yards for a yards per carry of 6.5. His season best came versus Buffalo where he had two carries for 37 yards.

Junior Stephanie Swiger

Swiger, a native of Findlay, Ohio, has been named Falcon Club Junior Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and holds a 3.75 grade-point average, while majoring in political science. She was named to the first-team All-MAC after averaging 3.19 kills and 1.21 blocks per game. She also finished third on the team with a .297 hitting percentage.

Four Falcon teams also were lauded for their academic achievements. The men's soccer team received the award for Most Improved GPA for teams with 20 or more participants for the second consecutive year. The Falcons of head coach Fred Thompson have a team GPA of 2.79 through the 2006 fall semester. Last season they finished with a 2.70 GPA.

The men's golf team (2.79 GPA) team received the award for Most Improved GPA for teams with 20 or fewer participants. Head coach Garry Winger and the Falcons improved their team GPA by .20 points after finishing with a 2.59 GPA last season.

The women's cross country team earned the award for the Highest GPA for large teams (teams with over 20 participants). Head coach Cami Wells and her runners have a cumulative GPA of 3.51. All but one of the cross country team has over a 3.0 GPA.

The women's golf team won that same award for teams with fewer than 20 participants, finishing the season with a 3.56 cumulative GPA. Every member of the golf team has a GPA of 3.24 or higher.

Former Falcon women's basketball member, Angelene Bonner, was named a Distinguished Alumna. Bonner earned a spot on the MAC All-Freshman team in 1987. She earned second-team All-MAC honors her sophomore and junior seasons and first team accolades her final year in the Orange and Brown.

One other note, Gary Swegan earned the Distinguished Service Award as a long-serving member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee.

A total of 90 BGSU student-athletes were honored for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better, with 23 of those student-athletes earning a perfect 4.0.

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