WICHITA, Kan. – The Penn State Altoona women's bowling program was recognized for its strong work in the classroom earlier this week, when the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) announced its All-Academic Scholar awards.

As a team, Penn State Altoona was one of 61 NCAA women's bowling programs to earn All-Academic Scholar Team status from the NTCA. Individually, six different Lion student-athletes were recognized as All-Academic Scholar-Athletes by the NTCA.

View the NTCA's full lists of All-Academic Scholar Teams and All-Academic Scholar-Athletes

The Penn State Altoona women's bowling team finished the 2023-24 academic year with a 3.529 cumulative grade-point average, the 22nd highest among all NCAA women's bowling programs and the best of any Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team. To achieve NTCA All-Academic Scholar Team status, NCAA women's bowling teams must have maintained cumulative GPAs of 3.2 or higher during 2023-24 while remaining active members of the NTCA organization.

Additionally, six of Penn State Altoona's women's bowling student-athletes were tabbed as All-Academic Scholar-Athletes by the NTCA:

• junior Isabelle Forcey (Clearfield, PA/DuBois Central Catholic), an Elementary and Early Childhood Education major
• sophomore Kennedie Lauver (New Berlin, PA/Mifflinburg), a Business major
• senior Janine Maxwell (North Chicago, IL/North Chicago), a Psychology major
• freshman Kaitlyn Search (Allentown, NJ/New Egypt), a Kinesiology major
• sophomore Maddy Sosko (Latrobe, PA/Greater Latrobe), an Environmental Studies major
• senior Breanna Yarnall (Bedford, PA/Bedford), a Nursing major

To be eligible for the NTCA's All-Academic Scholar-Athlete honor, student-athletes must have maintained cumulative GPAs of 3.4 or higher throughout 2023-24. Penn State Altoona's total of six All-Academic Scholar-Athletes is tied for the most of any AMCC team this year.

To learn more about the NTCA, visit the organization's website at www.ntcabowling.com.