District College category, Page 25
Franklin Regional grad wins prestigious scholar-athlete award at Washington & Jefferson
Justin Johns does more at Washington & Jefferson than spoil opposing quarterbacks’ Saturdays. An outstanding student in addition to being a standout linebacker, the Franklin Regional product received a prestigious award to cap his junior year. Johns was the male recipient of the Paul Reardon Award, given to a student-athlete...
Hampton’s Marshalwitz brothers enjoy special season at Youngstown State
Hampton graduates Casey and Cam Marshalwitz have played baseball for most of their lives, but they’ve never had a season like this one. For the first time, the brothers were full-time teammates, sharing the field at Division I Youngstown State. “It was fun,” said Casey, a senior relief pitcher at...
Hempfield grad Jenna Uncapher battled bad knee to set Clarion heptathlon record
When Jenna Uncapher committed to compete with the track and field team at Clarion, she had no intention of becoming a heptathlete. She wanted to high jump. That’s what she was most comfortable doing. That’s where she felt she excelled while at Hempfield. She also had done long jump, hurdles...
Freeport grad Allison Dejidas closes out decorated career with Mercyhurst softball team
Allison Dejidas was facing the end of her softball career. With her Mercyhurst team down 3-1 to Bloomsburg in the seventh inning of a PSAC Tournament elimination game, the senior came to the plate with two runners on and two outs. Dejidas singled up the middle to load the bases...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Jack Oberdorf picks up All-American honor
At this rate, Jack Oberdorf’s postseason award total is going to catch up to his home run total. The senior third baseman from Seton Hill added a prestigious honor as he joined sophomore teammate and pitcher Blake Barker as a Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association All-America honorable mention selection. Oberdorf,...
Freeport grad Jarrett Heilman’s star on the rise after another brilliant season at Mercyhurst
At any level of baseball, there are pitchers (i.e. throwers) and there are pitchers (i.e. the real McCoys). In other words, the real McCoys put some thought into the matter. It’s not just, “wind up and fire darts.” Which brings us to Jarrett Heilman, the former Freeport right-hander who continues...
Penn-Trafford grad Cade Patterson makes history for W&J men’s golf team at NCAA TournamentVideo
When his final putt dropped on the 18th hole at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky., W&J golfer Cade Patterson had made history for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Penn-Trafford graduate used a final-round 67 to jump 21 spots on the NCAA Division III championship leaderboard and finish tied...
Burrell grad Kaylen Sharrow qualifies for PSAC track and field championships in final try
Facing the end of her competitive running career, Clarion senior Kaylen Sharrow had one box she still wanted to check: qualify for the PSAC track and field championships. The Burrell grad had been there before, qualifying with relay teams. But she hadn’t been able to make it in an individual...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat a 5-time All-American
More postseason honors have rolled in for Washington & Jefferson baseball standout Tyler Horvat. What hasn’t the Penn-Trafford graduate won? Horvat, a pitcher and outfielder, became the first player in the history of the W&J program to earn three All-America honors when he made D3Baseball.com First Team All-America, the second...
Longtime men’s basketball coach D.P. Harris named Saint Vincent’s interim athletic director
Until there is a more permanent situation, Saint Vincent will use an all-hands-on-deck approach to oversee and operate its athletic department heading into the summer months and possibly beyond. The leadership of sports at the Unity college, at least temporarily, will be in the hands of several coaches, SVC president...
Seneca Valley grad hired as Edinboro men’s basketball coach
Seneca Valley grad Justin Jennings will be the 12th head coach of the Edinboro men’s basketball program, the school announced Tuesday. “I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to lead the men’s basketball program at Edinboro,” Jennings said in a press release. “This is a dream come true...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Hempfield grad Jake Boord named All-American
Jake Boord became the first All-American in the Allegheny College men’s track and field program in a decade. The Hempfield graduate and Gators junior finished fourth in the javelin at the NCAA Division III Championships in Pittsford, N.Y. The two-time national qualifier improved over his 12th-place finish from last season...
Millersville ends Seton Hill’s baseball season in NCAA Super Regional
Millersville’s potent bats ended Seton Hill’s baseball season Saturday, sending the Griffins to an 11-6 loss in Game 2 of an NCAA Super Regional. Millersville (45-8) swept the best-of-three series and heads to the NCAA Division II tournament in Cary, N.C. Like Game 1, Seton Hill (48-13) jumped out to...
Seton Hill drops 1st game of NCAA Super Regional
Cole Houser and Justin Taylor hit back-to-back home runs as part of a five-run fourth inning, leading Millersville to a 9-4 victory over Seton Hill in the first game of a best-of-three NCAA Division II Super Regional on Friday in Millersville. The teams will meet again at 11 a.m. Saturday....
Franklin Regional grad follows junior college path to World Series
When he wasn’t seeing playing time right away at Coastal Carolina, Andrew Muraco began to take inventory on his college baseball future. The former Franklin Regional star redshirted his first year and started browsing for another opportunity. It didn’t have to be at a Division I program, but it had...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad sets W&J golf record
When he left Penn-Trafford to begin a college golf career, Cade Patterson never could have imagined he would have his name etched in a program’s record book. Patterson, a sophomore at Washington & Jefferson, made school history when he carded the best finish by a Presidents’ player at the NCAA...
Plum grad Silvio Ionadi produces strong freshman season for Penn State Behrend baseball
Silvio Ionadi enjoyed a standout high school career with the Plum baseball team, but he knew nothing he did with the Mustangs would matter once he crossed over to college baseball. Especially as a freshman. For first-year college players, playing time often is hard to come by. So when he...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat earns PAC honors
One of the most versatile players in all of Division III baseball, Tyler Horvat has been the ultimate dual-threat player for Washington & Jefferson. The senior pitcher and outfielder earned two major awards from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference because of the respect he demands. The Penn-Trafford alum was named player...
Seton Hill baseball team sweeps Mercyhurst, advances to NCAA Super Regional
Late Friday afternoon, SHU Baseball Complex on the campus of Seton Hill went eerily silent shortly after Mercyhurst stunned the 13th-ranked Griffins baseball team with a walk-off grand slam to send Seton Hill into the losers’ bracket at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region II Tournament. It meant the Griffins...
Seton Hill CF Jack Whalen makes SportsCenter’s No. 1 play with diving catch
Jumpin’ Jack Flash continues to make his mark at Seton Hill. And he’s only a freshman. Jack Whalen made a outstanding, over-the-shoulder catch in Saturday’s Atlantic Region elimination game against East Stroudsburg and the play was the No. 1 highlight on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10. The center fielder out of...
Baldwin grad Ashley Barker caps 2-sport career at Pitt-Greensburg
Ashley Barker’s college story is one of perseverance. The Baldwin grad wrapped up her collegiate athletic career as a four-year, two-sport athlete at Pitt-Greensburg. The 5-foot-6 guard finished her basketball career with a college career-high 15 points against Behrend, connecting on 5 of 5 triples in the AMCC semifinals at...
Seton Hill baseball team stays alive in NCAA Regional with rout of East Stroudsburg
Survive to play another day. Seton Hill on Saturday shook off a devastating loss a day earlier to Mercyhurst and remained alive in the NCAA Division II baseball playoffs with a 10-4 rout of East Stroudsburg at the Atlantic Region tournament at SHU Baseball Complex in Greensburg. The Griffins (46-11),...
Carnegie Mellon men’s golf team wins school’s 1st NCAA team title
For the first time in school history, Carnegie Mellon can celebrate an NCAA team championship. With four players finishing inside the individual top 20, CMU claimed the NCAA Division III men’s golf championship Friday at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. The Tartans finished with a team score of...
Mercyhurst stuns Seton Hill with walk-off grand slam in NCAA baseball regional
As gut-wrenching losses go on a 1-to-10 scale, this one was a 10. “I know the character of our team, but we’ve never experienced a loss like this on this stage in this season,” Seton Hill coach Marc Marizzaldi said Friday, moments after Mercyhurst’s Luke Jackson hit a walk-off grand...
Seton Hill advances in NCAA Tournament with all-time victory No. 688 for coach Marc Marizzaldi
If Marc Marizzaldi ever decides to risk losing focus on his team’s ultimate goal — reaching the Division II College World Series — he might know how many games he has won in 18 seasons at Seton Hill. But he’s not counting. Marizzaldi has more important duties as the only...
