de>GETTYSBURG, Pa. Senior basketball player Meredith Brown (Landisburg, Pa./West Perry) and senior swimmer Jack Edelson (Charlotte, N.C./Providence Senior) have been named this year’s winners of the Noerr and Beachem Awards in athletics.
The Clair B., Mary E., and Constance Noerr (Baker) Memorial Award is presented to a female senior on the basis of proficiency in athletics, scholarship, and character. A 5-10 forward on the basketball team, Brown was a model of consistency on the way to being named All-Centennial Conference twice and being named the conference’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2019-20. After playing a key role off the bench in helping Gettysburg win the conference title in 2017-18, Brown started all but two games in her final two full seasons for the Bullets, averaging 9.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. For her career, she finished with averages of 7.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in 84 appearances on the court.
A biochemistry and molecular biology major, Brown was recently named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and she is a member of the Gettysburg College EMS, Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and Student-Athlete Impact Leader (SAIL) program. She was also a two-time member of the Academic All-Centennial Team and a three-time selection to the CC Academic Honor Roll.
Edelson was this year’s winner of the Charles W. Beachem Athletic Award, which goes to a male senior on the basis of character, scholarship, and athletic achievement. A team captain this season, Edelson was a force in the Bullets Pool during his four years and is the only Gettysburg swimmer to go sub-50 (49.73) in the 100 fly. In addition to holding the program record in the 100 fly, Edelson ranks among the program’s top 10 in the 200 fly (2nd), 200 IM (3rd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 free relay (5th), 400 free relay (7th), and 800 free relay (2nd). At the 2020 CC Championship, he became the first Bullet swimmer in 24 years to sweep the 100 and 200 butterfly titles.
A physics major, Edelson was a seven-time all-league selection. He punctuated the end of his career by resetting his school record in the 100 fly during a time trial and helping the Bullets post a pair of NCAA qualifying times in the 200 and 400 free relays in a meet against Johns Hopkins University in April.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.