PITTSBURGH -- The 2020-21 recipient of the Don Kelly Outstanding Student-Athlete Award is Nicholas Beardsley, a senior pitcher on the Point Park University baseball team.

The award is given annually to one Point Park male student-athlete who is a junior or senior and embodies the values, spirit and tradition of the being a model student-athlete. Deserving candidates are outstanding representatives of the school and department in the classroom, in the community and in the sport they play.

The award is named for Point Park alumnus Don Kelly, who played baseball for the Pioneers before going on to a career in Major League Baseball. It has been awarded every year since 2014-15.

Beardsley has been a member of the baseball team for five years. He is a three-year team captain and a two-time all-conference player going into this his senior year. He is a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society Point Park Rho Chapter for those with a 3.25+ GPA.

He is a team leader of high character who also excels on the field as a pitcher. He is among the all-time leaders in career wins in Point Park history, and he recently broke the school record for career strikeouts. He is currently pursuing a master's degree after coming back from an injury that kept him out in 2019. Beardsley has compiled a 3.72 GPA in graduate school.

Beardsley's career statistics as a pitcher have him at 18-7 with a 2.59 ERA in 215.2 innings pitched. He has struck out a school-record 225 batters entering the weekend. His career has included two all-conference selections so far, several playoff victories and a no-hitter.

DON KELLY OUTSTANDING STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD RECIPIENTS BY YEAR