All-American basketball player and Division II Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year John Paul Kromka became the first Pitt-Johnstown athlete to be named PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year when the conference office announced this year's honorees on Thursday.
 
Kromka was a three-time PSAC Winter Top-10 Award winner on his way to earning the top male scholar-athlete in the conference in 2022-23.
 
The PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. Student-athletes must have been recognized as a conference Fall, Winter or Spring Top-Ten Award Winner to be eligible for the honor. The Scholar-Athletes of the Year are chosen by the league's sports information directors and were renamed in 2007 to honor East Stroudsburg's long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at ESU for 33 years and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 ESU events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes.

Including Kromka, 96 Pitt-Johnstown student-athletes earned spots on the 2022-23 PSAC Scholar-Athletes' List.
 
PITT-JOHNSTOWN (96 total, 47 of 154 male, 49 of 101 female)
Joseph Maun, Asher Corl, Mario Disso, Jared Hoener, Garrett Prosper, Joshua Ulery, Ethan Wells, John Kromka, Caiden Landis, William Kromka, Joseph Batt, Jacob Shuagis, Ryan Smith, Andrew Shull, Tyler Bilinsky, Brandt Patterson, Anthony Scott, Gabe Hagen, Tyler Mocello, Mitch Jeffe, Justin Scally, Parker Hilchey, Jonathan Merli, Tristan Mbakop Moutio, Alexzander Toto, Andrew Getsy, Bryce Martin Batche, Nicholas Dematteis, Michael Ifidon, Finnian Sieg, John Yahner, Hunter Lindsay, Cole Weist, Logan Williams, Charles Levander, Christopher Colligan, Jacob Mann, Andrew Jeffrey, Anthony Borrelli, Evan Frye, Marcello Legister, Kyler Crawford, Will Small, Ogden Atwood, Jacob Sabol, Alex Weber, Dillon Keane, Molly Wagoner, Kylah Franklin, Krista Troyer, Kalei Carson, Kendyl Mckissock, Cassidy Crawford, Peyton Alazaus, Makalyn Clapper, Madeline Cecere, Kylie DeArmitt, Alexis Marie Margolis, Alexandra Walton, Lacey Greathouse, Jenna Smith, Abbey-Gale Brooks, Paige Greathouse, Sachi Negri, Alexis Johnson, Jessica Susz, Megan Leigh Dietz, Haley Neidig, Meagan Aranha, MacKenzie Brooke Stephens, Lydia Roman, Grace Dryer, Alexis Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Reese, Hannah Larson, Audrey Paterson, Alexis Hrivnak, Jenna Tallman, Julie Shinavski, Julia Mooney, Brynnae Coe, Kelsi Terzolino, Katherine Yahner, Mayah Charity, Holly Garrett, Kara Mckenzie, Rachel Strode, Julia Shima, Mallory Pinske, Chloe Bidelman, Jessica Krug, Karin Ilagan, Natalie Lippincott, Ally Diamond, Abigail Leitner, Adiamar Beaz-De Jesus
 
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.