Roberts Wesleyan's King, Molloy's Welsh Sweep 2024-25 D2CCA East Region Scholar-Athlete Accolades

CLEVELAND – The Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) has announced the regional winners for 2024-25 Scholar-Athletes of the Year awards, with Roberts Wesleyan women's track and field star Brynn King and Molloy baseball standout Sean Welsh sweeping the East Region accolades. Each of the winners advance to the national ballot for consideration for the 2024-25 Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. King (The Woodlands, TX) and Welsh (East Meadow, NY) were previously selected the East Coast Conference's 2024-25 Scholar-Athletes of the Year back in June.  “I am proud of Brynn and Sean for being selected as the regional winners for the 2024-25 Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, as voted on by the D2 CCA," said ECC Commissioner Jessica Grasso. "Their commitment to academic achievement and athletic performance sets the standard for what it means to lead, inspire, and achieve as an ECC student-athlete." This July, King signed a four-year professional contract with adidas that runs through the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. While she will no longer be competing for Roberts, King will remain with the Redhawks as a graduate assistant coach who will help in a variety of areas.  Conference offices were permitted to submit one male and one female nominee for the overall awards. Upon receipt of all nominees, voting was conducted by the commissioners within each of the following regions – Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, Southeast, South Central and West – to select the following regional winners. Men’s Regional Winners Jack Browder • Carson-Newman • SAC • Basketball • Business Administration • 4.00 Cedric Buessing • Indianapolis • GLVC • Swimming & Diving • Business Administration and Management • 3.88 Jake Dugger • Harding • GAC • Football • Information Systems • 3.72 / (4.0 grad) Brayden Long • Slippery Rock • PSAC • Football • Sport Management • 4.00 Brevin McCool • Lubbock Christian • LSC • Baseball • Biology • 4.00 Tommy Murr • Alabama Huntsville • GSC • Basketball • Business Management • 3.67 Laurenz Waldbauer • Northwest Nazarene • GNAC • Track & Field • Global Business • 4.00 Sean Welsh • Molloy • ECC • Baseball • Finance • 3.91 Women’s Regional Winners Katie (Wagner) DeGarmo • Fort Hays State • MIAA • Basketball • Business Administration • 4.00 Grace Foster • Lubbock Christian • LSC • Basketball • Criminal Justice • 4.00 Anna Igims • Slippery Rock • PSAC • Cross Country/Track & Field • School Wellness Education • 3.98 Brynn King • Roberts Wesleyan • ECC • Track & Field • Strategic Leadership • 3.90 Mary Kelly Mulcahy • Findlay • GMAC • Golf • Business Administration • 4.00 Madison Murr • Cal State • San Marcos • CCAA • Golf • Environmental Studies • 3.96 Ashleigh Simes • Lee • GSC • Tennis • Business Administration • 3.62 Avery Williams • Columbus State • PBC • Soccer • Biology • 4.00 Initiated in 1992 to promote its member conferences and institutions, D2 CCA has made its mark in providing a united front for NCAA Division II athletics. Created after the break-up of the College Division Commissioners Association, the D2 CCA continues to create lines of communication and opportunities for its member conferences. The D2 CCA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 61 st year. For more information on NACDA and the 18 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.
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