Penn State Behrend senior pitcher Ryan Jacobs was named to the ECAC Division III South baseball all-star team recently. Jacobs was picked for the ECAC second team. Earlier honors for Jacobs included selection to the ABCA Mideast All-Region team third team and being named the AMCC pitcher of the year. Jacobs finished the season with an 8-2 record and 1.64 ERA with [...]
Gannon announced the hiring of Jim Brunelli as the next women’s basketball coach Monday morning during a news conference at the university. The hiring of Brunelli, Cleve Wright’s replacement, was reported in Monday’s Times-News. Wright left for Division I Miami (Ohio) in April after a successful run with the Golden Knights. For the past five [...]
A pair of Cathedral Prep alumni recently wrapped up solid seasons with the University of Pittsburgh baseball team. Jon Danielczyk, a 6-foot 4-inch redshirt junior, led Pitt pitchers with a 1.69 earned-run average and posted a 2-1 record with one save. Eric Hess, a 5-foot 11-inch sophomore outfielder, hit .305 with 53 hits, two homers and 31 RBIs [...]
The postseason honors keep coming for Kayla Shull. Shull, a Rocky Grove graduate and former Clarion swimmer, has been selected as the PSAC’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Shull, a Capital One First Team Academic All-All-American on the women’s at-large team, is one of hundreds of graduating female student-athletes throughout America that [...]
Over the weekend, Mercyhurst shortstop Zak Blair was drafted by the Chicago Cubs. It didn’t take long for Blair to sign. He signed his contract Monday in a ceremony at the school. Here’s some video of Blair from Monday: Zak Blair MLB Signing from Mercyhurst SID on Vimeo. Buffer
This week’s On Campus notebook takes a look at six area golfers who finished off their Division I seasons recently. The area’s D-I golfers are Greg Podufal (Georgetown), a sophomore from Cathedral Prep; Gregor Orlando (Virginia), a senior from Cathedral Prep; Austin Romeo (Richmond), a sophomore from McDowell; Kelly Moylan (Lehigh), a sophomore from North [...]
Former Mercyhurst University shortstop Zak Blair, a Jefferson, Ohio, native will get a chance to realize his baseball dream. Blair, who just completed his senior season with the Lakers, was picked in the 20th round (588th overall) by the Chicago Cubs in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft Saturday. Blair told Times-News reporter John Dudley he [...]
Gannon’s Cameron Zbrzeznj was named the PSAC men’s golf freshman of the year Wednesday. The Cathedral Prep graduate also was named to the all-conference second team. Zbrzeznj averaged 75.9 strokes in 24 1/2 rounds and claimed a top-10 finish in seven of 12 events. He finished his year with a solid 10th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East [...]
The AMCC champion Penn State Behrend baseball team unveiled its 2013 team award winners this week after wrapping up a 30-12 season. Senior first baseman Vinny Rice was named team MVP after hitting .378 with eight doubles and 26 RBIs. Ryan Jacobs claimed the Most Valuable Pitcher award after going 8-2 with a 1.64 ERA. Jacobs, who threw a perfect game [...]
Cathedral Prep graduate Joe Glowacki recently finished a successful college swimming career at the University of Connecticut. Glowacki, who graduated cum laude with a 4.0 grade-point average in his final semester, was a team captain and four-time member of the Big East All-Academic Team. The butterfly specialist, a state medalist in high school, made the top 16 in [...]