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IUP names women’s volleyball coach
IUP dipped into the NCAA Division I ranks to hire its new women’s volleyball coach. Julie Torbett, who played high school volleyball at Eisenhower (1986) in Warren County and is a 1990 graduate of Penn State, was named the eighth head coach in the history of the program. Torbett previously...
WPIAL alums earn PSAC spring honors
A trio of WPIAL alums were among 10 student-athletes from schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selected as spring 2020 Top 10 Award recipients. Slippery Rock’s Lacey Cohen (tennis, Fox Chapel), Seton Hill’s Tommy Pellis (baseball, Greensburg Central Catholic) and Cal (Pa.)’s Nick Riggle (baseball, Keystone Oaks) were among...
Notre Dame standout, Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson receives local golf award
Each time he swats a drive down the center of the fairway with a gentle cut or hard fade, Palmer Jackson improves his game. With each flip wedge or curling putt, he is dialing in to something more. Whether it is physical swing mechanics or a sharper mental approach, Jackson...
IUP’s Dan Braun named top golf coach in Atlantic Region
The college golf season was cut short by coronavirus restrictions, but IUP coach Dan Braun continues to clean up with postseason awards. A small but impressive body of work in 2019-20 has garnered Braun the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. The award was announced by the Golf Coaches Association...
Presidents Athletic Conference working on plan for return to sports
The Presidents Athletic Conference has begun work on a return-to-play plan for intercollegiate sports for the 2020-21 academic year. The league has approved the formation of working groups involving conference executives, administrators, health professionals and coaches to address issues and report back to the Presidents’ Council with recommended guidelines, best...
Waynesburg’s Miller, a Bethel Park grad, to continue baseball pursuits at Division I Gardner-Webb
When the NCAA announced that collegiate athletes affected by the cancellation of spring seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic would receive an extra year of eligibility, it created an opportunity for Bethel Park graduate Mason Miller, a senior on the Waynesburg University baseball team. After three-plus successful seasons for the...
Longtime Carnegie Mellon ‘D’ coordinator Terry Bodnar seeks solace in retirement
For years, Terry Bodnar coached a Carnegie Mellon defense that put toughness on display and made life difficult for opposing offenses. These days, the gameplan for the recently retired longtime Tartans defensive coordinator is spending relaxing days with his son, Jon, and his family in Texas and chasing down his...
Carnegie Mellon golfer Jason Li finalist for national player of the year award
The last two years, he was a semifinalist. Now, Jason Li is a step closer to winning a prestigious golf award. Li, a junior at Carnegie Mellon and a graduate of Sewickley Academy, is a finalist for the NCAA Division III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, presented...
Norwin grad Steve Petrick to play final year of college football at Maine
Steve Petrick thinks he still has something to give college football, and he plans to make his final season count. “One hundred percent,” he said. But Petrick will have to put that punctuation mark on his meandering career at another new school — his fourth in as many years. A...
Ex-Slippery Rock QB Roland Rivers stays ready as he awaits opportunity
When the NFL Draft came and went in April, former Slippery Rock quarterback Roland Rivers III never received a call. So he waited, hoping a team would sign him as a free agent afterward. Still, nothing came. Now, almost a month after the draft, Rivers still is without an NFL...
GCC grad Karabin recognized with NCAA Elite-90 Award
Greensburg Central Catholic graduate Michelle Karabin, a senior at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams, is a recipient of the NCAA Elite-90 Award, the school announced Friday. The award each year recognizes select Division I, II and III student-athletes who...
Record-breaking Slippery Rock kicker Jake Chapla ready for next opportunity
Over the past four years, Jake Chapla made quite a name for himself at Slippery Rock. The Plum graduate became the PSAC’s all-time leader for points by a kicker and also broke The Rock’s career records for field goals and extra points. “Just reflecting back on that, I really accomplished...
Wrestling legend Bruce Baumgartner retires from Edinboro
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and wrestling legend Bruce Baumgartner recently retired from his administration position at Edinboro. He spent the past 36 years at the university, serving in various roles including head wrestling coach, athletic director and most recently, assistant vice president of university advancement. pic.twitter.com/AA4UJrmGkh— Edinboro Wrestling (@BoroWrestling1) May...
Waynesburg University to host virtual version of annual distance running forum
The Waynesburg University track and field and cross country programs again will host its distance running forum this summer. However, because of social distance restrictions and regulations, the event will take place online as opposed to its traditional in-person format. The series of video presentations from distance experts of different...
Poised for big season, Seton Hill baseball accepts cruel fate of emotional year
Tanner Froelich said his team’s “why” is greater than any other team’s when it comes to the disappointment felt by the cancellation of the college baseball season, the evil work of the debilitating coronavirus. “We had such a great start to the year,” said Froelich, a redshirt freshman catcher for...
After Tommy John surgery, former Fox Chapel left-hander Monteverde motivated to take career to next level
A year ago, former Fox Chapel left-hander Pat Monteverde was coming off one of the best innings of his life. The then-sophomore at Seton Hill had thrown 10 pitches and struck out three Augustana batters during the Griffins’ spring break trip to Florida. Augustana was the defending NCAA Division II...
Fox Chapel grad Lacey Cohen’s tennis future up in air at Slippery Rock
Lacey Cohen begins an occupational therapy doctoral program June 1 at Slippery Rock. The Fox Chapel graduate and senior on The Rock tennis team said she will get a good look at her workload at that time to determine if she will be able to use the extra year of...
Lock Haven names Belle Vernon graduate Austin Bell most improved wrestler
Austin Bell had an outstanding wrestling career at Belle Vernon. He had a 160-24 record, was a two-time PIAA third-place finisher and WPIAL champion in 2014 and runner-up in ’15 and ’16. His effort earned him a scholarship to Pitt. Things didn’t work out, and he transferred to Lock Haven....
Penn Hills graduate Shy Faulkner earns NJCAA All-American honors
Shy Faulkner finished his 2019-20 basketball season as one of the top scorers in National Junior College Athletic Association Division III, and the Penn Hills graduate was honored Wednesday for his on-court exploits. The Community College of Allegheny County sophomore guard was named third-team All-American after he finished the season...
Women’s flag football to become NAIA varsity sport next year
Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics secured a two-year partnership with the NFL and its NFL FLAG arm, and Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX). The NAIA will develop league infrastructure and operations for...
Taliani, Tanilli helped turn Deer Lakes, Gannon softball into champions
Rachel Tanilli and Maria Taliani’s first experience as softball teammates came more than a decade ago in the Deer Lakes youth program. Combining their talents led to many memories made on and off the field and brought them to one final season together on the Gannon softball team. While this...
IUP product Matt Guevremont headed to CFL
A former IUP football lineman is taking his talents north. Expect the landscape to be familiar to Matt Guevremont. A 6-foot-4, 335-pound tackle, Guevremont was taken by the BC Lions in the fifth round of Thursday’s Canadian Football League Draft. He is a native of Pickering, Ontario. The Vancouver-based Lions...
Lombardi voted to IUP men’s basketball all-decade team
Dante Lombardi, an Indiana native and 2015 Kiski School graduate, has earned inclusion on Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s men’s basketball 2010s All-Decade Team, the university announced Thursday. He is a member of the five-player second team. The 2019 Crimson Hawks graduate earned National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Atlantic District honors...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee honored as country’s best amateur athlete
Ever since Spencer Lee stepped onto the Iowa campus, he has dominated opponents. He is a two-time NCAA champion. The junior also has taken on a big-time reputation in the wrestling world. He is one of the most popular names in the sport. Now, the Franklin Regional alum has a...
Appleby leads WPIAL products on IUP women’s basketball all-decade team
During her four years with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team through last season, Carolyn Appleby proved her worth as she helped the Crimson Hawks maximize their abilities in and out of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play. The Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, second in program history with 1,723...
