SELINSGROVE, Pa . – Susquehanna University senior Sean Capkin has been honored by the Middle Atlantic Conference as its Scholar-Athlete in men's indoor track and field for the 2005-06 academic year, the conference announced Wednesday.

Capkin (Wynnewood, PA/Lower Merion) is a two-year team captain and a four-year letterwinner who has a 3.98 cumulative grade-point average as a double major in elementary education and Spanish.

He finished fifth in the 400 meters and was part of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team at this year's MAC Indoor Track and Field championships, helping the Crusaders to a second-place finish for the third consecutive season.

In the classroom, Capkin is a member of the Dean's List, a University Scholar, a member of the University Honors program and a Presidential Fellow. He is vice-president of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society and a member of the Kappa Delta Pi (education), Phi Sigma Iota (foreign language) and Sigma Tau Delta (English) honor societies.

Capkin is also a resident assistant, student director of the Language Center , holds an assistantship position in the Admissions Office, is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and has studied abroad in Buenos Aires , Argentina .

Capkin will receive his award along with all other MAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2005-06 academic year at the annual Awards Luncheon at Wilkes University on Tuesday, May 9.