BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Kayla Argen (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) of the Kutztown University women's soccer team and Emma Meakim (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland) of the Golden Bear women's lacrosse team have been named 2022-23 Outstanding Athletes of the Year in their respective sports by the Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (LVAIAW).
 
Argen, a graduate student from Cresco, Pa., capped her Golden Bear career with United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America honors in 2022. The standout midfielder established a new career-high with 26 points and led KU in all offensive categories, including goals (8), assists (10), shots (43) and shots on goal (26).
 
Argen produced 25 goals and 25 assists for 75 points across 78 career games, ranking third in program history in career assists, fifth in points and ninth in goals. She was a two-time All-PSAC East First Team selection (PSAC East Athlete of the Year in 2021), two-time United Soccer Coaches and D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team honoree and two-time All-American (First Team in 2021).
 
Meakim's development into one of the elite players on the PSAC women's lacrosse scene came into full focus this spring. The Hatboro, Pa., native set program single-season records of 59 assists and 82 points in leading Kutztown to a record-tying 13 wins and their first-ever appearances in the PSAC Championship and NCAA Division II Championship tournaments. Meakim shattered her previous career-highs of 16 assists and 47 points, while chipping in 23 goals. In 49 games over three seasons, Meakim has amassed 62 goals and 81 assists for 143 points. She already stands as KU's career leader in assists and ranks fifth in points.
 
Meakim claimed All-PSAC East First Team, IWLCA All-Atlantic Region First Team and IWLCA All-America Third Team honors this season. In doing so, she, along with teammate Sam Graf (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills), became Kutztown's first women's lacrosse All-Americans since 1988.
 
Argen, a repeat choice as the women's soccer Outstanding Athlete of the Year from 2021, was also named Kutztown's institutional Outstanding Athlete for 2022-23 by the LVAIAW.
 
The LVAIAW, founded in 1978, is made up of seven schools, Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Moravian University and Muhlenberg College. For more information on the LVAIAW, visit lvaiaw.com.
 

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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ALL-TIME LVAIAW SPORT OUTSTANDING ATHLETES

 

YEAR	NAME	SPORT
1995	Deidre Rhodes	Track & Field (Field)
1995	Nora Dollarton	Volleyball
1996	Lorie Erie	Softball
1996	Tara Crozier	Track & Field (Field)
1996	Liane Stocky	Field Hockey
1997	Robin Avery	Basketball
1997	Tara Crozier	Track & Field (Field)
1997	Meg Edwards	Tennis
1998	Amy Wahl	Basketball
1998	Tara Crozier	Track & Field (Field)
1999	Amy Wahl	Basketball
2000	Megan Seefeldt	Cross Country
2002	Kellie Evans	Softball
2002	Justine Baer	Field Hockey
2003	Niya Adams	Track & Field (Track)
2003	Melissa Klein	Volleyball
2005	Alison Maurer	Track & Field (Field)
2005	Sarah Brandon	Volleyball
2006	Alison Maurer	Track & Field (Field)
2006	Sarah Brandon	Volleyball
2007	Ashley Singer	Swimming
2007	Laura Belfatti	Field Hockey
2007	Sarah Brandon	Volleyball
2007	Stephanie Williams	Cross Country
2008	Ashley Singer	Swimming
2008	Erin Waters	Volleyball
2008	Stephanie Williams	Cross Country
2009	Steph Jeppesen	Swimming
2009	Stephanie Denlinger	Softball
2009	Kelley Healey	Field Hockey
2009	Joanna Horstmann	Cross Country
2010	Cristina Reimer	Cross Country
2010	Lauren Solley	Field Hockey
2011	Chelsea Deeter	Soccer
2011	Cristina Reimer	Cross Country
2012	Jordan Shapiro	Swimming
2012	Sam Derr	Softball
2013	Ridhima Borooah	Tennis
2013	Stephanie Borland	Cross Country
2014	Hannah Pipkin	Tennis
2014	Erin Reynolds	Field Hockey
2015	Sam Costello	Soccer
2016	Emma Sullivan	Track & Field (Field)
2016	Anna Behm	Field Hockey
2016	Diana Malanga	Soccer
2016	Audrey Stringer	Volleyball
2017	Savannah Nierintz	Softball
2017	Maddie Mohr	Soccer
2019	Sara Keeny	Softball
2019	Mackenzie Fuhrman	Field Hockey
2021-22	Kayla Argen (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East)	Soccer
2021-22	Bridget Bailey	Softball
2022-23	Kayla Argen (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East)	Soccer
2022-23	Emma Meakim (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland)	Lacrosse

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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ALL-TIME LVAIAW SCHOOL OUTSTANDING ATHLETES

 

YEAR	NAME	SPORT
1991	Melissa Boettger	Basketball
1992	-	-
1993	-	-
1994	Cindy Gilbert	Field Hockey
1995	-	-
1996	Lorie Erie	Softball
1997	Robin Avery	Basketball
1998	Tara Crozier	Track & Field (Field)
1999	Kristi Braine	Track & Field (Field)
2000	Angie Rideout	Volleyball/Track & Field (Field)
2001	Brianne Homyak	Basketball
2002	Megan Seefeldt	Cross Country
2003	Kellie Evans	Softball
2004	Jessie Didier	Volleyball
2005	Lauren Tatro	Soccer
2006	Alison Maurer	Track & Field (Field)
2007	Sarah Brandon	Volleyball
2008	Ashley Singer	Swimming
2009	Stephanie Denlinger	Softball
2010	Steph Jeppesen	Swimming
2011	Melissa McQuade	Basketball
2012	Jordan Shapiro	Swimming
2013	April Doyle	Track & Field (Field)
2014	Erin Reynolds	Field Hockey
2015	Sam Costello	Soccer
2016	Anna Behm	Field Hockey
2017	Alaina Curry	Soccer
2018	Sarah Gabriele	Lacrosse
2019	Sara Keeney	Softball
2020	No Awards (COVID-19)	-
2021	No Awards (COVID-19)	-
2022	Rylee Derr	Basketball
2023	Kayla Argen (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East)	Soccer