Pavelek gets RSC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Emma Pavelek from Point Park (Pa.) University picked up River States Conference Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance for Feb. 6-12.
Pavelek, a sophomore from Beaver, Pa., qualified for NAIA indoor nationals in the high jump. In her one and only chance to compete in an indoor track meet this year as also member of the Pioneers' women's basketball team, she came up clutch hitting the NAIA 'B' standard of 1.64 meters at the Baldwin Wallace Meet last Friday night. That placed first at the meet and took over the No. 1 ranking in the RSC.
Pavelek will go back to the national meet where she was second in the nation last year. Pavelek played in a basketball game the next day getting 19 points and five assists in a victory over Carlow.
Brown & Brown Insurance is the Official Student-Athlete Accident, Health, Property and Casualty Insurance Endorsed Broker for the River States Conference.