Moreland, Kubis named PAC SAAC Scholar-Athletes of the Month for May, 2012

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -€“ The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced today that Kristen Moreland (Dover, Ohio/Dover H.S.) of Thiel College and Brad Kubis (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell H.S.) of
Bethany College have been named Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month for May 2012.

Moreland is a senior student-athlete at Thiel College and a member of the Tomcat softball team. With 251 career strikeouts she is ranked first on the Thiel softball all-time list, while her 21 career wins rank her
third and her 34 career complete games tie her for third. Moreland led the Tomcat softball program in victories in three of her four seasons.

Off the field, Moreland is triple majoring in Accounting, Business Administration and Fine Art, while minoring in English. She holds an impressive 3.98 grade point average (GPA). Moreland has been recognized
after each of the last three seasons as a member of the PAC Academic Honor Roll and was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete following the 2011 season. On
campus, she is a member of the English Honorary, Sigma Tau Delta, the Business Honorary, Chi Eta Sigma, and the Senior Honorary, Les Lauriers. Moreland serves as the treasurer of the Alpha Chi National honorary and is a member of the National College Athlete Honorary, Chi Alpha Sigma. She is the art editor for the College’s literary magazine, The Phoenix, and was named the Thiel College'€™s Student of the Month for March 2012.

Kubis is a junior student-athlete at Bethany College and a member of the Bison Baseball team. He was a First Team All-PAC selection in 2009 and 2010, as well as a Second Team All-PAC selection in 2012. Kubis
batted .372 this spring with one home run, 27 RBI, 25 runs scored and a team-best .482 on-base percentage. He has a .392 career batting average to rank fourth all-time at Bethany, while his 155 hits rank him ninth and his 96 career RBI put him fifth. Kubis set the Bethany College single-season saves record with 12 in 2010, broke the BC career mark last year and has 24 to his credit with a year to go. In 2010, he was named Third Team All-American by D3Baseball.com.

Off the field, Kubis is majoring in Biology and holds a 3.63 GPA. He has been named on the Dean’s List three times and on the Capital One Second Team Academic All-District II in 2011. On campus, Kubis is a
member of Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society. He also coaches a 14-16 year old team in the summer. Each month, SAAC members at a PAC school nominate a student-athlete to highlight based on academic
and athletic accomplishments. Honorees must be a varsity member in their respective sport(s) and in their junior or senior year. Scholar-Athletes of the Month must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and be
actively involved on his or her campus community.

Founded in 1955, the Presidents'€™ Athletic Conference continues its mission of promoting intercollegiate athletics and the pursuit of academic excellence. Consisting of 10 select private institutions in Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and Kentucky, the PAC remains a unique organization in this day of high pressure intercollegiate athletics. With academics at the center of each member'€™s philosophy, the PAC is built on the principle
that an athletic program is a part of college life, but not an entity in itself. The PAC annually crowns champions in 19 sports (10 men, nine women) as a member of NCAA Division III.