Moravian's Parker Munson Named Men's Track Senior Scholar Athlete

3/17/2016 12:00:00 AM

TOWSON, Md. - Parker Munson of Moravian College has been named the 2016 Landmark Conference Senior Scholar-Athlete for Men's Indoor Track & Field.

Munson completed his Bachelor's degree in accounting last May and is currently working towards a Master's of Business Administration, with a focus in business analytics.

This past February, Munson helped Moravian capture its seventh straight Landmark Conference Championship. He was third at the meet in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw.

Munson won the Landmark title in the shot put in 2015, and was runner-up in his first year with Moravian in 2014. He set the school record in the shot put with a toss of 15.70 meters (51-6.25) at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open on February 13 and bettered the mark to 15.77 meters (51-9) at the ECAC Championships, which is now second in the school record books.

Outdoors, Munson is the school record holder in the discus with a toss of 46.06 meters (151-1), and he won both the discus and shot put at the 2015 Landmark Conference Championships. Munson was also the Landmark gold medalist in the discus in 2014 and the runner-up in the event in 2013.

Munson, who attended Purdue University as a freshman but did not compete athletically, has been a member of Moravian's Economics Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon, as well as the Institute of Management Accountants Accounting Honor Society.

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 six winter honorees will be announced between March 15 –23.

2015-16 Landmark Winter Senior Scholar Athlete
Sport	Senior Scholar Athlete	Institution	Release
Men's Swimming & Diving	Morgan Richter	Goucher	Release
Women's Swimming & Diving	Kelsey Lessard	Susquehanna	Release
Men's Indoor Track & Field	Parker Munson	Moravian	Release
Women's Indoor Track & Field	TBA	TBA	Release
Women's Basketball	TBA	TBA	Release
Men's Basketball	TBA	TBA	Release