LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University track & field standouts Anna Igims and Samantha Gilbert were named to Top 10 honors when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its Winter Top 10 team Wednesday.
 
The Rock's two selections this winter tied with West Chester and Clarion, which each had one male and one female honoree, for the most selections in the PSAC. Since the inception of the Top 10 program in 1994, Slippery Rock has had a league-high total of 88 student-athletes recognized.
 
The PSAC Top 10 recognizes five men and five women in each of the three sports seasons throughout the academic year and celebrates excellence in the classroom and in competition. Each school can nominate two men and two women for the award, which is voted on by the league's athletic communication professionals. To be eligible, students must be at least sophomores in academic and athletic standing, must own a cumulative GPA above 3.50 and must have significant athletic achievements. The winter award winners are selected from the following sports: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's track & field and wrestling.
 
Igims, a graduate student from Pittsburgh, earns her fourth consecutive Top 10 honor. She was also recognized in the winter and spring of the 2023-24 academic year and the fall of the 2024-25 academic year.
 
Gilbert, a graduate student from Lakewood, New York, picks up her first career Top 10 recognition.
 
A look at the academic and athletic achievements of both honorees can be found below.

2024-25 PSAC WINTER TOP 10
David Bocci, Clarion (men's swimming & diving)
Luna Castellanos, Clarion (women's swimming & diving)
Tommy Crum Jr., Shippensburg (men's track & field)
Samantha Gilbert, Slippery Rock (women's track & field)
Cole Gorham, East Stroudsburg (men's track & field)
Anna Igims, Slippery Rock (women's track & field)
Mia Kalich, Seton Hill (women's basketball)
Maddy Koehle, West Chester (women's swimming & diving)
Matthew Muthler, Lock Haven (men's track & field)
Kolos Nagy, West Chester (men's swimming & diving)

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ANNA IGIMS – Women's Track & Field, Senior
GPA: 4.0 (graduate school) / 3.98 (undergraduate)
Major: Applied Behavioral Analysis (grad) / School Wellness Education (undergrad)
Minor: Public Health
 
Igims graduated from SRU last May with a 3.98 GPA in school wellness education with a minor in public health. She returned to The Rock for graduate school and posted a 4.00 GPA in her first full semester as a graduate student in the applied behavioral analysis program. The Winter Top 10 selection marks her fourth consecutive Top 10 honor after also being named to both the winter and spring teams last year and the fall team this year. Igims was also named to Academic All-America honors in 2023-24, is a six-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree and was a recipient of the NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship.
 
This winter, Igims was the top distance runner in the entire Atlantic Region and proved that by posting the fastest time in the region in four different events on her way to earning a foursome of All-Region honors. She broke the SRU record in the mile (4:55) while also posting NCAA provisional times in the 3,000-meter run (9:52) and the 5,000-meter run (16:36) and anchoring the fastest distance medley relay team in the region. Her 5,000m time was the 15th-fastest time in the country this year and sent her to the National Championships as the only female track & field athlete to represent any PSAC schools at nationals this winter. She won PSAC individual titles in the mile, 3,000-meter run and distance medley relay to run her unbeaten streak at the PSAC indoor meet to seven straight events over the last two seasons. Igims was named both the PSAC and Atlantic Region Female Track Athlete of the Year this winter for the second season in a row.
 
SAMANTHA GILBERT – Women's Track & Field, Senior
GPA: 3.83 (graduate school) / 3.85 (undergraduate)
Majors: Health Care Administration and Management, Leadership
Minor: Business Administration
Grad Certifications: Digital Health Leadership, Digital Health Leadership Computing and Security
 
Gilbert earned her undergraduate degree from Slippery Rock with a 3.85 GPA after dual majoring in health care administration and management and leadership. She has already completed a graduate certificate in digital health leadership and is currenting finishing a second graduate certificate in digital health leadership computing and security while owning a 3.83 GPA in her graduate work.
 
She had a breakout season on the track this winter that saw her claim not only her first career individual PSAC title, but her first pair of conference wins. Gilbert swept the short sprints at the PSAC Meet and broke Slippery Rock program records on the way to the 60-meter and 200-meter dash titles. She clocked a time of 7.50 seconds in the 60-meter dash and then ran a blazing 24.46 seconds in the 200-meter dash. She was the only female sprinter in the PSAC this year to record NCAA provisional marks in either short sprint event and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic Region in the 200-meter dash and No. 2 in the 60-meter dash. She also ranked third in the PSAC this winter in the long jump (5.65 meters) and ran a leg of the fourth-fastest 4x400-meter relay team in the PSAC. Gilbert was named by the league's head coaches as the Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete at the PSAC Championships.
 
 



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