Penn State Behrend's Fairchild Earns Faculty Athletics Award; Named to All-Academic Team Along with Brozewicz
Penn State Behrend senior
Dustin Fairchild (Corry/Corry) was recently named as the AMCC
Faculty Athletics Award winner, and was chosen from among 20 other
members of the AMCC All-Academic Team.
A two-time AMCC Swimmer of the Year and three-year team captain,
Fairchild excelled academically as an electrical engineering major
with a a 3.9 GPA and was the Behrend Lions Male Scholar-Athlete of
the Year. In the pool Fairchild leaves Behrend with seven individual records, and
was also a member of four record-setting relay teams. He finished his
collegiate career as a 12-time AMCC champion.
Swimming head coach Jen Wallace said, "Dustin is a unique
student-athlete. His drive and competitive nature were at times
masked by his quiet demeanor, but he never failed to come through
when it counted. Dustin's athletic abilities made him a weapon in a
number of events. He would lay everything on the line to get his
hand on the wall first. The drive Dustin displayed in the water was
only eclipsed by his drive in the classroom. His contributions to
our team in and out of the water will be missed and will not be
surpassed for years to come."
Lisa
Brozewicz (Wattsburg/Seneca) also made the AMCC All-Academic
Team. Brozewicz was a standout on the women's cross country
team that captured the AMCC Championship this past fall. She
earned All-Conference honors as a senior and excelled in the
classroom as well, carrying a superb 3.98 GPA as a finance major.
Cross country head coach Greg Cooper said, "Lisa is a
tremendous student-athlete. She consistently performed well
out on the course, while putting in the work to maintain an
outstanding GPA."
One
male and one female student-athlete from each of the AMCCs ten
member schools are selected to the team each year.