2013: SMCM Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team captain ... Started all 16 games ... Tied for second with three assists ... Fourth in scoring with four goals and 11 points.
2012: Coaches Award ... NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 15 contests with 13 starts ... Tallied four points on two goals ... Netted the game-winnng goal in a 4-1 win vs. Frostburg State (10/6).
2011: NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Saw action in all 17 games with 10 starts ... Tied for sixth in scoring with three points (1g, 1a) ... notched first collegiate goal in 5-0 win at Hood ... Picked up first collegiate assist in 2-0 win at Frostburg State.
2010: CAC All-Academic Team ... Stepped on the field for 11 games with two starts ... Took four shots.
Pine-Richland HS: 2010 graduate ... played for Donna Stephenson ... honorable mention Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League All-Star as a senior ... two-time Keystone State Games team member ... National Honor Society ... achieved highest honor roll status all four years ... World Language and Key Clubs ... served as a peer tutor.
Personal: Claire Elizabeth Kortyna ... Dean's List (Fall '11, '12, '13; Spring '11, '12) ... Chi Alpha Sigma student-athlete honor society (inducted 2013) ... Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society ... Sigma Tau Delta English honor society ... Michael S. Glaser Writing Award (2013-14) - Given annually to a gifted and dedicated writer who has worked to hone his or her craft during his or her time at SMCM and shows exceptional promise for future achievement ... Nitze Scholar ... Editor of Nitze Newsletter ... SAAC representative ... Born October 28, 1991 in Charleston, S.C. ... Daughter of David and Melissa Kortyna ... Her father swam and played tennis at Pittsburgh ... Has three siblings, Cullen, Brighid, and Fiona.
Why St. Mary's?: "It's beautiful and has the environment and academics that I was looking for in a college."
Best SMCM Sports Moment(s): "Pick-up game with the seniors in the spring." ... "Blue/yellow game in the freezing rain." ... "Competition practices, everyone laughing together but going 100% at the same time."
