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ALIQUIPPA, Pa. – Bethany College women’s basketball graduate All-PAC guard Lindsey Garrison, a Triadelphia resident and Wheeling Park alum, and baseball senior All-PAC second baseman Jaden Nestor-Fox (Vermilion, Ohio) were recognized at the annual Presidents’ Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Banquet.
With overwhelming support from conference presidents and athletic administrators, the PAC launched its Scholar-Athlete of the Year Banquet in 2014 as another way to recognize the league’s student-athletes for their athletic achievements, excellence in the classroom and outstanding community service efforts.
This was the 13th class of scholar-athletes recognized by the conference. Each of the PAC’s 12 full-time member institutions were represented by some of their most distinguished student-athletes at the event.
Garrison graduated from Bethany College in May of 2025 with her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and is currently completing her Master of Education. Her 5-year career with the Bison has been one of the greatest in the history of Bison women’s basketball. In her graduate season, she led the team in scoring with 411 points and averaged 15.2 per game. She shot 45.4% from the floor, including a team-best 36.9% from three with 58 made three-pointers earning her the 2026 Bethany College Female Athlete of the Year.
In her career, Garrison has scored 1,652 career points, which ranks fourth on the program’s all-time scoring leaderboard, as well as holding the all-time record in made three-point field goals with 261. She is a four-time All-PAC selection, a three-time CSC Academic All-District honoree, a four-time PAC Player of the Week, a three-time PAC Newcomer of the Week, a former PAC Newcomer of the Year, a former D3hoops.com Rookie of the Year, and a D3hoops.com All-Region 7 selection. Off the court, she is a former PAC SAAC Scholar Athlete of the Month and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma and Kappa Delta Pi honor societies.
She has left a positive impact in the Bethany community - and her home community - by organizing Bethany women’s basketball fundraising events such as local basketball shoe drives and reading to students at area elementary schools. After Bethany, she plans to pursue a career as an elementary school teacher.