GYMNASTICS' ROBYN MARSZALEK NOMINATED FOR PHI BETA KAPPA
4/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
April 23, 2007
PITTSBURGH - University of Pittsburgh senior Robyn Marszalek, a student assistant coach and former Pitt gymast, is an initiate for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's class of 2007. Marszalek is one of 58 students to receive invitations to this prestigious group.
Marszalek (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) is a three-time EAGL All-Academic Team selection and a three-time NACGC/W All-American Scholar-Athlete. She is a pre-medicine and anthropology major who is pursuing medical school. In addition to her achievement in the classroom, Marszalek has also served as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. At this time, she has been accepted into three medical schools--Penn State, Rush (Chicago) and St. Louis.
"Robyn approaches her studies & formerly her athletics the same way - she's driven and focused," said Head Coach Debbie Yohman. "If you worked with her as an athlete you knew she'd get into med school - very methodical and diligent in setting and achieving her goals."
While a gymnast at Pitt, Marszalek was a two-time All-EAGL selection on the floor exercise. In her junior year she earned all-conference second team honors, scoring a season-high 9.800. She additionally won the event in Pitt's meet against Rhode Island. As a sophomore, Marszalek competed on every event and was voted the Most Improved Gymnast by her teammates. She earned her first all-conference nod that season and set career highs of 9.875 on the vault and 9.825 on the floor exercise. As a freshman, Marszalek competed on the uneven bars and balance beam for the Panthers, scoring 9.800s on both.
Only 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters and approximately 10 percent of the arts and sciences graduates of these distinguished institutions are selected for membership into the society. Each year, about one college senior in 100, nationwide, is invited to join Phi Beta Kappa.
The University community and friends are invited to attend the initiation of these highly accomplished students into Phi Beta Kappa. The initiation will be held in the Teplitz Memorial Courtroom in the Law School Building on Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.