DuBois, PA- The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) announced it's All-American and End of the Year Award winners for Baseball and Softball during the Homerun Derby at Showers Field.  A full list of award winners can be found below. The USCAA compliments each of these student-athletes on an exceptional season. 

Baseball First Team All-Americans

Baseball Second Team All-Americans

Baseball Honorable Mention All-Americans

Softball First Team All-Americans

Softball Second Team All-Americans

Softball Honorable Mention All-Americans

Softball End of the Year Awards

Softball Coach of the Year 

In only his second season at his institution, amidst a pandemic, this coach has been able to have back-to-back 20 win seasons. He has also led his softball team to being ranked #1 almost all season in the USCAA polls. This season has been extremely challenging as a program as we initially had no field to practice or play on as our home facilities were closed due to COVID-19, yet this coach persevered as his institution had to rent a nearby high school softball field to utilize this season. He has led the Conquistadors softball team to a .642 winning percentage against an extremely difficult schedule that ranks 16th out of 186 in the NAIA, and the highest power ranking in the USCAA at .867. 

Your 2021 USCAA Softball Coach of the Year, from Florida National University, John Pryor

Softball Student-Athlete of the Year

A business major who has excelled both in and out of the classroom throughout her college career. During her career at Scranton, this student-athlete has been very active both on and off the field while maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA every semester of her time at Penn State. She is a peer tutor, an FYS (First Year Seminar) instructor, has placed first and second in the Undergraduate Research Fair in 2019 and 2020. She was a presenter at the PSU Regional Honors conference in 2018, a two-time recipient of the Evan Pugh Scholar award, the 2021 Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award recipient, is a captain and the starting second baseman on the softball team and is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society. She was the 2019 Greater Scranton Penn State Chapter Female Academic Athlete of the Year, volunteered through the Alternative Spring Break program in 2018 and 2019. She has won four PSUAC Academic All-Conference awards and four USCAA National All-Academic awards during her softball career. She is a member of the Lion Ambassadors, is the Secretary of the Business club and was the Business Senator in 2018. She serves as a student liaison for the Undergraduate Research Subcommittee and is a member of the Scranton Campus Food Committee. During the pandemic she found herself home in Pittsburgh where she did her internship with Profit First Chiro, a local female owned and run chiropractic clinic. There she handled many different marketing campaigns including creating their affiliate sales page, spearheading a four-day email campaign for a mini-summit they will be co-hosting for the Nationwide Chiropractic Association and designed and developed two marketing eBooks. On top of having a jammed packed schedule full of commitments and being top of her class academically, this student-athlete still finds the time to be a very involved volunteer in her church community. She serves as a volunteer Sunday school teacher and also as a volunteer for her church ministry newsletter. 

Your 2021 USCAA Softball Student-Athlete of the Year, from Penn State Scranton, Lauren Sciabbarrasi

Softball Player of the Year

This student-athlete led the nation in ERA (1.42), total strikeouts (163) and wins (17).  She has helped her team with the PSUAC championship, which helped them place seventh in the USCAA Small College World Series.  She was chosen as the USCAA Player of the Week. 

Your 2021 USCAA Softball Player of the Year, from Penn State Dubois, Lizzy Scott

Baseball End of the Year Awards

Baseball Coach of the Year 

This coach has built his team into a national power house. However, he does it by making his players better men, and in turn they become better athletes. A few of the members of this team came back to play for another year after the season was cancelled last year. This is the program and family that Coach strived to build. With the past 2 USCAA World Series titles, Coach has gone 21-4 in this shortened season as well, and has been ranked in the top 4 in the country all season. Not many of his players get a lot of recognition because it is a team game, and they play it that way. There is no arguing about what stats they can get, or the win and loss column even, but how they conduct themselves as men, and how they will become better leaders and fathers in the future.

Your 2021 USCAA Baseball Coach of the Year, from Penn State Dubois, Tom Callari

Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year 

This student-athlete has not only had a great career on the pitcher's mound, but also in the classroom. The senior is very active on campus and in the community. He is a Lion Ambassador for the campus, an Orientation Leader, and a Certified Peer Educator. He is earning 2 Bachelors Degrees. One in Administration of Justice, One in Letter Arts and Sciences, and his certification in Chemical Dependency Prevention and Counseling. He has a 3.81 GPA and also volunteers time to help teach young kids develop their pitching skills

Your 2021 USCAA Student-Athlete of the Year, from Penn State DuBois, Brandon Orsich

Baseball Player of the Year

This student-athlete was a threat on the mound this year.  He led the association in total strikeouts with 69 to date.  He also has recorded an ERA of 1.66, which ranks 3rd in the nation.  

Your 2021 USCAA Baseball Player of the Year, from Wright State-Lake Campus, Casey Grimm