PSAC Release

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- Christine Price, director of the Women's Center at Kutztown University, was announced as one of the inaugural L.P. Hill Unity in Sports Award recipients by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Monday.

The award recognizes the contributions of an individual or group on each PSAC member campus that, through intercollegiate athletics, epitomizes the promise of Unity, Equity, and Access for All. The award is named after Leslie Pinckney Hill, the first President of Cheyney State Teacher's College. From 1913-50, he was the Principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia and oversaw its establishment as Cheyney State Teachers College. The Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard-educated son of a former slave taught at Tuskegee Institute and was a renowned educator, writer, poet, and community leader.

In 1927, a year after the first documents that created the Pennsylvania State Normal School Athletic Association, Mr. Hill argued for the inclusion of Cheyney in the Association's bylaws after Cheyney had been left out in the initial drafting. The Board of Principals immediately rectified this error and all 14 state-owned institutions were then included in the Association's initial governing documents.

Price partnered with the department of intercollegiate athletics to provide education focused on healthy relationships and sexual violence prevention for all Golden Bear student-athletes. She organized the "It's On Us" athletic playbook for male student-athletes, along with organizing and facilitating One Love Escalation workshops for female student-athletes. Additionally, Price was one of Kutztown's representatives at the 2025 NCAA Impact Forum and continues to serve a role on KU's team that is responsible for implementing new programming to better acclimate first-year student-athletes.

The full list of 2025-26 L.P. Hill Unity in Sports Award recipients is below.
 

2025-26 L.P. HILL UNITY IN SPORTS AWARD WINNERS

School	Name	Title
Bloomsburg	Madelyn Rodriguez	Executive Director, Multicultural Center
California (Pa.)	Pete Ware	Campus Ministry
Clarion	Brehan Kelly	Head Men's/Women's Swimming Coach
East Stroudsburg	Dr. Shawn Munford	Faculty Athletics Representative
Edinboro	Fighting Scots Football Team	12th Teammate Program
Gannon	Dr. Jinhee Yoo	Professor, Sport Management and Marketing
IUP	Scott and Liz Weigner	Campus Ministry
Kutztown	Christine Price	Director, Women's Center
Lock Haven	Kenny Hall	Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee
Mansfield	Molly McLeer	Sprint Football Student-Athlete
Millersville	Center for Health Education and Promotion
Pitt-Johnstown	Sherri Rae	Director of Campus and Community Engagement
Seton Hill	Jasmine Browner	Coordinator, Student Services
Shepherd	Annie Lewin	Title IX Director
Shippensburg	Miranda Fisher	Assistant Director of Sports Medicine
Slippery Rock	Ryenn Micaletti	Head Women's Basketball Coach
West Chester	Dr. Tammy James	Professor, Department of Health