Moravian’s Bertucci Named Landmark Senior Scholar Athlete
TOWSON, Md. – The Landmark Conference selects 22 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, senior woman administrators, faculty athletic representatives, and sports information directors. Chosen at the end of each sport season, the first six honorees will be announced over the next week.
Moravian College’s Lauren Bertucci has been named the Women’s Soccer Senior Scholar Athlete. Bertucci is the 23rd Senior Scholar Athlete at Moravian and just the second women’s soccer player, joining Kirsten Schall (2014). She recently earned Landmark Defensive Player of the Year honors while earning her fourth All-Conference selection. She was named to the Second Team in 2014 and 2015 and earned First Team honors in 2016 and 2017.
She anchored the Greyhounds defense that led the conference in goals against (0.36) and posted 10 shutouts. The 0.36 goals against average is a new conference record, previously set by the 2010 and 2016 Scranton teams. She also held the conference top three top goal scorers to just four total shots combined during the regular season.
In the classroom, Bertucci has earned a 3.99 cumulative grade point average while majoring in business management, with minors in Spanish and education. Originially from Center Valley, Pa., she is a two-time member of the Landmark Academic Honor Roll and has made the Dean’s List all six semesters. She was recently named to the 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team for NCAA Division III schools in District IV, and will be forwarded onto the national ballot to try for CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades.
She has served as Moravian’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee secretary and treasurer, is a member Alpha Sigma Tau and Kappa Delta Pi.