On Friday, Pitt-Johnstown senior All-American basketball player and Academic All-American of the Year John Paul Kromka, added another honor to his long list of accolades when he was named to the PSAC Winter Top-10 list for the third consecutive year.

The PSAC Winter Top-10 award winners were chosen and voted on by the league's sports information directors. The PSAC Top-10 Awards are designed to recognize student-athletes who excel in both the classroom and in athletic competition.

Initiated in the 1997-98 academic year, the Top 10 is given to five males and five females in each athletic season; fall, winter and spring.
   
Kromka, the 2022-23 College Sports Communicators' (CSC) Division II Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year and a 2022-23 D2CCA Honorable Mention All-american, was a five-time PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week in 2022-23 and the PSAC West Athlete of the Week on Jan. 30, earned his fourth straight PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Year honor and his third straight First-Team All-PSAC West honor.  The 2018-19 PSAC West Freshman of the Year and 2021-22 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American led Pitt-Johnstown in scoring (17.3 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg.), field goal percentage (67.6%), blocks (78), and steals (37) and his 68 assists were fourth on the team.
 
Kromka led the PSAC and ranks second in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage, while his 78 blocks and 2.69 blocks per game both lead the conference and rank fourth and fifth nationally, respectively.  He is also fifth in the conference and 54^th nationally in field goals made and sixth in the conference and 93^rd in the nation in scoring.
 
He is Pitt-Johnstown's all-time leader in blocked shots with 320.  Kromka also stands in third place on the Mountain Cats All-time Scoring (1944 points) and Rebounding Lists (941 rebounds) and 13^th on the all-time assists list with 306.