Rachael Cisto Named Senior Scholar Athlete

12/17/2015 12:00:00 AM

TOWSON, Md. - The Landmark Conference selects 20 senior scholar athletes each year to recognize the top student-athlete in each sport based on academics and athletics.

The honorees must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20 and are selected by a committee of Landmark Conference officers, athletics directors, and sports information directors. Chosen at the end of each sport season, the first six honorees will be announced over the next two weeks.

Senior Rachael Cisto of the University of Scranton volleyball team has earned another honor for her work in the classroom, as she has been named the 2015 Landmark Conference Volleyball Senior Scholar Athlete.

Cisto, a middle hitter and 3.76 GPA student as an Occupational Therapy major/French minor, adds the Senior Scholar Athlete award to her list of academic accolades throughout her career, which included a selection to the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team in November.

Cisto, who has also been named the Landmark’s Academic Fall Honor Roll three times (2013, 2014, 2015), has made the University of Scranton Dean’s List each semester of her academic career, is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Delta Honors Society, and has earned a Dean’s Scholarship since 2012.

On the court, ended her final season at Scranton by making 198 kills on the year, along with 102 total blocks up front (25 of which were solos). For her career, Cisto ranks sixth all-time in Scranton program history in three categories: total blocks with 311, block-assists with 199 and solo blocks with 112.

In all, Cisto led the Royals to four straight Landmark Conference Playoff appearances.

One of Scranton’s team captains in 2015, Cisto sang the National Anthem before each Scranton home match throughout her career. She has taken part in several volunteer efforts off campus in her time at the University and completed a Campus Ministry Service trip to North Carolina in 2013.

2015 Landmark Fall Senior Scholar Athlete
Sport	Senior Scholar Athlete	Institution	Release
Men's Cross Country	Zach Trama	Elizabethtown	Release
Women's Cross Country	Lydia Dearie	Elizabethtown	Release
Field Hockey	Sarah Bilheimer	Juniata	Release
Men's Soccer	Martin Fevre	Elizabethtown	Release
Women's Soccer	Jasmine Sconciafurno	Scranton	Release
Volleyball	Rachael Cisto	Scranton	Release