ERIE, Pa. -- Golfer Claire Orr and baseball player Josh Surowiec were selected as the Mercyhurst Athletics Senior Scholar Athletes of the Year announced Wednesday morning.

Orr has maintained a 4.0 GPA as a Graphic Design major while also being a four-year starter and letter winner for the women's golf team. She is a two-time team captain. She serves as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Secretary and the Outreach Coordinator and Graphic Designer for 2021 Senior Class Gift Committee.  On the course Claire has been honored as an All-PSAC Second-Team performer twice. She has also won back-to-back PSAC Women's Golf Champion Scholar Awards. She has helped the Lakers to back-to-back second place finishes at the PSAC Championships the best finishes at the conference championships in program history. 

Surowiec, the Business & Competitive Intelligence and Cyber Risk Management major, maintains a 3.73 GPA. Surowiec was a key member of the Lakers 2019 run to the Division II World Series being named a member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team. A team captain, Surowiec is currently batting .299 with three home runs and eight doubles. A member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Surowiec was involved in the groups Make-A-Wish efforts at the Porreco Pride of Erie game in 2020.