General | 3/7/2026 5:15:00 PM

 ERIE, PA - Gannon University's Victor Desmond (Onalaska, Wisc./Onalaska) is the recipient of the PSAC Champion Scholar Award for Men's Basketball in the winter of 2025-26.

Desmond, a senior, carries a GPA of 3.59 through 128 course credits completed. He graduated with his bachelor's degree in December and is currently taking master's level courses.

Initiated for the 2011-12 academic year, the PSAC Champion Scholar Awards are modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 awards and honor the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing at the site of each of the PSAC's 22 team championship finals. 

The selection criteria for the Champion Scholar Awards is nearly identical to that of the NCAA Elite 90 awards, which honor the student-athlete with the top GPA at each of the championship finals sites of the 90 NCAA championships across all three divisions - I, II and III.

Student-athletes must meet the following criteria:

1. Must have completed at least 48 credit hours (which could include accepted credits from previous institutions).

2. Must be utilizing at least his/her second year of eligibility as a student-athlete at your institution.

3. Is an active member on the team's roster and a member of the squad competing in the respective PSAC Championship.

Desmond becomes the seventh Golden Knight this academic year to receive a PSAC Champion Scholar recognition. He is also the second Gannon men's basketball player ever to receive the award, and the first in more than a decade. Previously, CJ Oldham (2013-14) earned the same recognition.