Utley out of action
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Phillies star second baseman Chase Utley will be out at least eight weeks after having surgery on his injured right thumb, a major setback for the two-time defending NL champions.
Wrestling King PSAC scholar-athlete
Edinboro’s Jarrod King was named the 2009-10 PSAC Pete Nevins Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Shippensburg’s Mary Dell was the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
King, a Connellsville graduate, becomes the first Edinboro male student to be so honored. An Individualized Studies major, King graduated in May with a 3.7 GPA. He is currently in physical therapy school at the University of Pittsburgh.
King was recently named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine University Division All-America Men’s At-Large Team for the second consecutive year, earning second team honors after a first-team selection last year.