Southbury, Connecticut, senior is Stonehill's first NEC Scholar-Athlete Award recipient to highlight fall academic awards
NEC Announces Fall Scholar-Athlete Awards
EASTON, Mass. (February 1, 2023) – Stonehill College senior offensive lineman David Satkowski has been named the Northeast Conference's Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in football, making College history as the first to earn the recognition during the College's inaugural year at the NCAA Division I level.
Satkowski, an All-NEC first team selection this fall for Stonehill, adds NEC Scholar-Athlete honors to a full list of academic accolades after being named a William V. Campbell Trophy® semifinalist by the National Football Foundation, as well as being named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® team for the first time. The secondary education and history dual major earned a 3.80 cumulative grade point average at Stonehill, having received the Presidential Merit Scholarship and been named to the Dean's List six semesters. In addition to his NEC Scholar-Athlete Award recognition, Satkowski was also named to the NEC's Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.75+ cumulative GPA) and NEC Academic Honor Rolls (3.20+ GPA).
Satkowski is the first Stonehill student-athlete to earn NEC Scholar-Athlete recognition. (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Satkowski was previously named to the Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll six semesters, with Academic Distinction status four semesters for having a GPA between 3.50 and 3.99 and Academic Excellence status once for having a perfect 4.0 semester GPA. He has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll all seven semesters for having a GPA of 3.20 or higher.
Satkowski started all 19 games at right tackle for Stonehill this fall, keying an offensive line that blocked for the No. 2-ranked offense in the NEC behind Conference champion and FCS Playoffs participant Saint Francis (Pa.) University. Stonehill led the NEC in rushing offense (207.7 yds/gm), as well as third (43.7-percent) and fourth down conversions (64.3%), ranking second in scoring offense (30.6 ppg), third in total offense (385.8 yds/gm) and first downs (21.2 per game) and fifth in passing offense (178.1 yds/gm). The Skyhawks offensive line allowed the second-fewest sacks (18) in the NEC this fall. Satkowski has started 19 games over the last two seasons at the right tackle position.
Stonehill finished its inaugural Division I season with a 4-5 record overall, including 2-5 in the NEC. Among the Skyhawks five setbacks, three were by less than one score. Stonehill collected nine NEC Prime Performer awards over the course of the season, with Corbett a two-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore quarterback Ashur Carraha a two-time NEC Rookie of the Week that was also named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List. Stonehill was recognized as a team as the FedEx Ground National Team of the Week by StatsPerform following its 24-20 win over Duquesne University in its NEC debut that was broadcast live on ESPN3.
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