District College category, Page 35
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad runs to All-American honors
Westminster senior Ryan Beard and his teammates ran circles around opponents during the outdoor track and field season. A Franklin Regional alum, Beard was a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region Mid-Atlantic honoree as part of the 400-meter relay team. The foursome ran to the first...
Former Hempfield ace opens eyes with excellent freshman year at Bloomsburg
While hitters were taken aback by the quick emergence of freshman Callie Sowers as a true gamer in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, nobody was more open-mouthed than Sowers herself. Rookie seasons are not supposed to be this good. The fast-throwing pitcher’s first year at Bloomsburg was productive, sound and...
Seton Hill alum Katie Nolan to play pro basketball in Great Britain league
Double-double producing center Katie Nolan is going from Seton Hill to the pros. The recent grad signed to play for the Newcastle Eagles of the Women’s British Basketball League. The Eagles are based in Tyne, England. “I am extremely excited to be able to continue my basketball journey and blessed...
McConnell retires after eight seasons as IUP women’s basketball coach
After several successful seasons as the head women’s basketball coach at IUP, Tom McConnell has announced he has retired from the position. The move takes effect next month. “Recently, I have been praying and thoughtfully considering my future, and with great clarity and peace, I have decided that it is...
Westmoreland college notebook: Seton Hill’s Taylor in NBA Summer League
When Kameron Taylor played at Seton Hill he had a propensity to deliver big shots at big moments. The smooth-shooting guard out of Landover, Md., was a 20-point-per-game scorer as a senior in 2016. Now, he is looking for his big break. Taylor has found his way to the doorstep...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent women’s soccer adds Greensburg Salem grad to staff
Saint Vincent added some local soccer expertise to its women’s team. Greensburg native Hope Creamer, who played at Greensburg Salem and coached the Greensburg Central Catholic girls, was named an assistant coach with the Bearcats and head coach Bryan Butler. “Hope was a tremendous player and understands what it takes...
Coach’s death stuns Slippery Rock women’s basketball community, including Plum grad
When Krista Pietropola decided to transfer out of Youngstown State’s women’s basketball program after her freshman year in 2015, Bobby McGraw was quick to reach out to the Plum graduate. Pietropola and McGraw first made a connection during Pietropola’s college recruiting process in what was McGraw’s final year as an...
Carlow athletics moving from NAIA to Division III
Reduced travel, less expenses and fewer missed classes were among the reasons Carlow University decided to make the move to NCAA Division III. The private Catholic school in Oakland is leaving the NAIA and is headed for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference starting in 2022-23. Carlow, an NAIA member since...
Kiski Area grad Jalen Cloud earns all-region honors
Jalen Cloud helped the Cal (Pa.) 400-meter relay team post the second-best time in the Atlantic Region this spring while at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships. For their performance, the group earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-region status. Cloud, a Kiski Area graduate, joined...
Back at Saint Vincent, coach D.P. Harris says he is a different person after stint in FloridaVideo
Pittsburgh Steelers training camp is woven into the fabric of Saint Vincent College, and after a two-year hiatus caused by the covid-19 pandemic, this longstanding partnership has been revived. The campus is buzzing in anticipation of the team’s arrival in less than a month. Senior associate athletic director D.P. Harris...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Greensburg’s Loren Byers caps freshman year at PSU
Loren Byers took his place among the starting lineup on the Penn State tennis team and put together a strong freshman season. Byers, who is from Greensburg and attended Greensburg Salem for one year before attending 21st Century Cyber Charter School, finished 17-10 in singles, and 6-8 playing doubles for...
CCAC Boyce baseball program on upward trajectory after strong comeback season
Larry Bielawski was happily working for a rug company in the Strip District when he saw a poster advertising CCAC. Seeing a chance to pick up some skills in music production, Bielawski decided to go back to school while working. Despite not playing baseball since 2018 in the OVDL Summer...
Latrobe’s Bryce Butler tabbed MEC’s top athlete
Whether he was finishing a fast break with a thunderous slam dunk, putting back a missed shot or moving the ball with precision in the halfcourt for high-scoring West Liberty, Bryce Butler stood out on the hardwood. Opposing teams were watching the sophomore put in work.They saw his end-to-end talent,...
After year of growth, Freeport grad Heilman has breakout season for Mercyhurst baseballVideo
Is it possible for a pitcher to throw too many strikes? That’s what Mercyhurst baseball coach Joe Spano thought about Freeport grad Jarrett Heilman. Through his freshman season, the right-hander spent most of the time pitching in practice — he appeared in only two games — and Spano noticed his...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Josh Spiegel earns all-conference honors
Josh Spiegel became a fixture in the Penn State baseball lineup this season and put together an all-conference junior year. A Penn-Trafford graduate, Spiegel was named to the All-Big Ten second team. He played in all 55 games for the Nittany Lions (26-29) and started 53 of them as either...
Cal (Pa.) softball’s Caleigh Rister earns national freshman award
Caleigh Rister made quite a splash in her debut for the Cal (Pa.) softball team this spring. The two-way standout from Bucyrus, Ohio, recently was selected the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II National Freshman of the Year. Rister is the first player from the Atlantic Region, comprised...
Penn-Trafford grad Cleland made strong impact as freshman for Seton Hill softball
Playing college softball for the first time wasn’t like setting off into the wild for Brooke Cleland. The Penn-Trafford graduate brought her heavy bat and was prepared to make an impact from Day 1. Her vast experience playing youth, high school and travel ball had her ready for anything. She...
Latrobe grad Austin Butler selected to USA Basketball 3×3 team
After displaying a knack for making splash plays in 3-on-3 basketball in March at the 3x3U National Championship during the Final Four, Austin Butler was a favorite to make the USA Basketball 3x3 team. The Latrobe alum’s addition to the team became official Monday as he joined six other former...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent grad Kristin Consuegra joins PAC leadership
Mt. Pleasant native and Saint Vincent graduate Kristin (Hozak) Consuegra has joined the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in a progressive position. Consuegra was named the Assistant Commissioner for Governance and Championships in the conference. The position is funded partially through the NCAA Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant and is meant...
Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat working toward adding to his baseball success at W&J
Tyler Horvat is spending his summer in Charlottesville, Va., playing in a collegiate baseball league with the Charlottesville Tom Sox. The Penn-Trafford grad primarily is serving as a pitcher, but, he said, he will get to swing the bat once in awhile, too. During his three seasons at Washington &...
Deer Lakes grad Jacob McCaskey makes leap from Cal (Pa.) to Gardner-Webb
Jacob McCaskey garnered Division II second-team All-American honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association in early June. A well-earned honor for certain, but it was only the second biggest piece of news during a whirlwind week for McCaskey, a Deer Lakes grad who put together a superb senior season and...
Looking to challenge himself, Franklin Regional grad Kadyn Hannah transfers to Cal (Pa.)
The challenge, not the change of scenery, is what attracted Kadyn Hannah to Cal (Pa.). Ever since he left Franklin Regional, Hannah wanted to play at the highest level of college basketball his talent would allow. Feeling somewhat under recruited, he went to La Roche and became an immediate impact...
Former Hempfield standout excited to join reborn Robert Morris hockey program
The reinstatement of the Robert Morris hockey program meant a lot to alumni and fans of the program. It may have meant more to future Colonials prospects like Dominic Schimizzi. His allegiance to RMU was re-energized when hockey came back to Moon. The men’s and women’s programs were cut last...
Hempfield grad Jacob Boord competes at NCAA Division III track and field championships
The numbers don’t lie. Jacob Boord fell “just short.” Boord, a WPIAL javelin champion while at Hempfield and a current Allegheny sophomore, nearly landed in the medals round at the recent NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Who knows where it would have gone from there? But his...
Plum grad Casile helps lead W&J women’s lacrosse to PAC title with MVP performance on defenseVideo
Conventional wisdom says defense wins championships. And yet, when championships are won, defensive players seldom receive the spoils. Washington & Jefferson women’s lacrosse defender Sam Casile earned a little respect for defensive players everywhere. After the Presidents secured their second consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference title and NCAA Division III Tournament...
