Bodnar and Thompson to represent MCLA at NCAA national conference

For the 12th consecutive year, the NCAA has selected representatives from MCLA to attend the annual Student-Athlete Development Conference. Over 600 student-athletes from all three divisions around the country will take part in this year's even from May 24 to 27 in Orlando, Florida, at the Walt Disney World Coronado Spring Resort.

Each year student-athletes at all member institutions apply to attend the conference. The NCAA receives over a thousand applicants to attend this annual leadership conference. Patrick Moran, Marvin Thompson, Katie Bodnar, and Samantha Piragis all submitted applications.

After a long wait, the NCAA recently released the list of 2009 attendees. Moran and Thompson were chosen to represent MCLA, but due to his English/communications internship duties at Walt Disney World Moran is not able to attend. Bodnar will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and will attend in his place.

Partick Moran is a junior cross country runner majoring in English/communications. Thompson is a member of the men's basketball team and is a junior buisness major. Bodnar is majoring in interdisciplinary studies and is a junior on the women's tennis team. First-year cross country runner and English/communications major, Piragis rounded out MCLA's applicant pool.