Growing Up PSAC

By Brynn Seidenstricker, Shippensburg University
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is made up of 18 institutions, all in the state of Pennsylvania. This conference, better known as the PSAC, has a unique make-up of student-athletes. For the majority of us, we were born and raised in the Keystone state, creating a unique dynamic when it comes to stepping onto the field of competition. It’s always a great experience when you get to compete against someone you knew in high school, but in the PSAC it isn’t uncommon to look across that 50-yard line, the half-court line or across the net and see a few familiar faces from the past on every PSAC team.

Everyone has a unique story about how they got to where they are. If you were to sit down with the PSAC student-athletes, you would probably hear a lot of similarities. We grew up participating in some sort of little league, went on to play in high school and probably played on a club or travel team, but ultimately ended up choosing one of 18 PSAC schools. No matter what fa...

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