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2000-01 Awards & Honors
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2000-01
PSAC Scholar-Athletes
back
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Men's
and Women's Cross Country
MEN
TEAM:
PSAC Championships: 3rd of 13
NCAA East Region Championships: 3rd of 18
NCAA National Championships: 20th of 24
National Rankings: NR (9/11), NR (9/19), NR (9/26), NR
(10/3), NR (10/10), NR (10/17), NR (10/23), NR (10/30),
20th (11/18)
INDIVIDUAL:
Rob
Mortensen: Kutztown Maroon and Gold Classic Champion
(9/2); PSAC Runner of the Week (9/12,
10/3, 10/10, 10/24); ECAC Performer of the Week (9/19,
9/26, 10/4); Slippery Rock Invitational Champion (9/23);
Lock Haven University Invitational Champion (9/30);
Gettysburg College Invitational Champion (10/21), All-PSAC
(4th), All-East Region (5th); NCAA Division II
All-American (30th); Dan Bobo: PSAC Men's Cross
Country Rookie of the Year.
WOMEN
TEAM:
PSAC Championships: 2nd of 13
NCAA East Region Championships: 6th of 20
National Rankings: NR (9/11), 21st (9/19), 19th (9/26),
24th (10/3), 18th (10/10), 18th (10/17), 20th (10/23),
18th (10/30)
**National
Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-America
Team
INDIVIDUAL:
Beth Armstrong: All-PSAC (10th);
Lauren Bechtel: National Cross Country
Coaches Association Academic All-American;
Jana Kauffman: National Cross Country
Coaches Association Academic All-American
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Field
Hockey
NFCA
National Rankings: 3rd
(9/12); 3rd (9/26); 1st (10/3),
1st (10/10), 1st (10/17), 1st (10/24), 1st (10/31)
NCAA Division II National Champions
PSAC Champions
PSAC Regular Season Champions (8-0-0)
Head Coach Pat Rudy: 300th Career Victory (10/14)
LHU
Defense:
PSAC Player of the Week (9/25); Shanna Vitale: PSAC
Co-Player of the Week (10/2); ECAC Co-Player of the Week
(10/4); PSAC Player of the Week (10/23); ECAC Player of
the Week (10/25); PSAC Athlete of the Year; First Team
All-PSAC; NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team; NFHCA
Division II North/South Senior All-Star; AstroTurf/NFHCA
First Team All-American; NCAA Division II Honda Award
nominee for field hockey; Shannon Spease: PSAC
Player of the Week (10/16), PSAC Championships MVP
(10/28); First Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II
All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team
All-American; Tara Beach: First Team All-PSAC;
AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team All-American; Erika
Grap: Second Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II
All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team
All-American; Jen DeNault: PSAC Rookie of the
Year; Second Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II
All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA Second Team
All-American; Michelle Hickey: NFHCA Division II
North/South Senior All-Star; Head Coach Pat Rudy:
Dita/NFHCA Division II South Region Coach of the Year,
Dita/NFHCA Division II National Coach of the Year; Angelique
Conlin: NFHCA Academic All-American; Amy Hale: NFHCA
Academic All-American; Ododo OmoOsagie: NFHCA
Academic All-American; Sara Segerlin: NFHCA
Academic All-American; Carrie Witherel: NFHCA
Academic All-American; Marci Yousaitis: NFHCA
Academic All-American.
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Football
Ryan
Matheson: PSAC
West Defensive Player of the Week (10/8);
Justin Marshall: PSAC West Offensive Player of the
Week (10/15), ECAC/Budget Division II South Player of
the Week (10/17); Marcus Burkley: PSAC West
Rookie of the Year; Second Team All-PSAC (wide
receiver); Matt Mapes: First Team All-PSAC
(kicker); ECAC Division II South All-Star; Cactus Bowl
East All-Star Team starting kicker; Rob Carey: First
Team All-PSAC (cornerback); Chris Hileman: Second
Team All-PSAC (linebacker).
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Men's
Soccer
Richard
Melchior:
PSAC Player of the Week (10/9); Rob Battisson: First
Team All-PSAC; Morten Brorby: First Team All-PSAC,
First Team All-Northeast Region; Joe Kadelski: Second
Team All-PSAC; Zlatko Dizdarevic: Second Team
All-PSAC; Jon Davy: Second Team All-Northeast
Region.
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Women's
Soccer
PSAC
Champions, NCAA Division II Tournament Qualifier
NSCAA National Rankings: 5th
(Pre-season), 21st (9/20), 7th (9/26), 6th (10/3), 5th
(10/9), 4th (10/16), 3rd (10/23), 7th (11/6).
Colleen
Donnelly:
PSAC Player of the Week (10/2); Lyndsay Violi:
PSAC Championship Most Valuable Player (11/4); Naomi
Clarke: PSAC Rookie of the Year; First Team All-PSAC;
First Team All-Northeast Region; First Team NSCAA/adidas
All-American; Takiyah Thomas: First Team All-PSAC;
First Team All-Northeast Region; Becky Nichols: First
Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; Third
Team NSCAA/adidas All-American; Kristi Ward:
First Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; Kerry
Gross: Second Team All-PSAC; Second Team
All-Northeast Region; Head Coach Peter
Campbell: PSAC Coach of the Year; NSCAA Northeast
Region Coach of the Year.
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Volleyball
AVCA
National Rankings: 25th
(Pre-season)
PSAC West Regular Season Co-Champions
PSAC Champions
NCAA Division II Atlantic Region runner-up
Kathryn
Stallings: NMU
Ramada Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/2),
Huntington Bank Classic All-Tournament Team (9/10);
"Wid" Guisler Invitational All-Tournament Team
(10/21), First Team All-PSAC; All-Atlantic Region; First
Team Daktronics All-Atlantic Region; PSAC Fall Top Ten
Award winner; Stefanie LaFata: NMU Ramada Inn
Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/2), Huntington Bank
Classic All-Tournament Team (9/10), First Team All-PSAC;
All-Atlantic Region; Second Team Daktronics All-Atlantic
Region; Kara Warnke: PSAC West Player of the Week
(9/19), Second Team All-PSAC; Shana Fessette: "Wid"
Guisler Invitational All-Tournament Team (10/21), PSAC
Championships MVP, Second Team All-PSAC; Atlantic Region
All-Tournament Team; All-Atlantic Region; First Team
Daktronics All-Atlantic Region; Kelli Crouch: Second
Team All-PSAC; All-Atlantic Region.
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Men's
Basketball
Chris
Ruff:
PSAC West Rookie of the Week (12/4); Rico
Abbondanza: Capital Key Classic All-Tournament
Team (12/30); Jason Lucas: PSAC West Player of
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Women's
Basketball
Kristi
Ward:
Carol Eckman Classic All-Tournament Team; Stacy
Herlocher: Carol Eckman Classic All-Tournament
Team; Tara Ballintine: PSAC West Rookie of the
Week (11/29); Amanda Jones: PSAC West Rookie of
the Week (2/12); Cyndi Crowl: PSAC West Rookie
of the Week (2/19).
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Swimming
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Wrestling
Coach Carl
Poff: 150th Career Victory (2/17); PSAC Coach of
the Year
Team: Set LHU season record for victories with
21; PSAC Champions; EWL Runner-Up; 13th on NWCA Top 25
D-I Wrestling Academic Teams list.
Mike
Maney (141
lbs.): Mat-Town USA champion, EWL Wrestler of the Week
(11/28), PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL runner up and NCAA
qualifier; PSAC Rookie of the Year (3/22); EWL
Freshman of the Year (3/26), AWN All-Rookie Team - 1st
at 141 lbs.; Trap McCormack (125 lbs.): EWL
Wrestler of the Week (12/12), PSAC Champion (1/27);
NCAA qualifier; PSAC Top Ten Award winner; JaMarr
Billman (149 lbs.): EWL Wrestler of the Week
(1/15), PSAC Wrestler of the Week (1/15), NWCA
All-Star Classic Participant (1/29), PSAC Champion
(1/27); EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA Division I
All-American (3/18); Scott Bair (133 lbs.):
PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL runner-up and NCAA
qualifier; Avery Zerkle (197 lbs.): PSAC
Champion (1/27); EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA qualifier; Jason
Gilligan (157 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); NCAA
qualifier, AWN All-Rookie Team - 5th at 157 lbs.; Brian
Olenek (165 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); Ed
Pawlak (174 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); Craig
Tefft (HWT): All-PSAC (3rd place); Josh Millard
(184 lbs.): EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA qualifier.
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Men's
& Women's Indoor Track and Field
MEN:
ECAC Championships: 2nd
National Dual Meet Rankings: 7th (2/6), 12th
(2/22), 13th (3/1)
HEAD COACH Mark Elliston: ECAC Men's Coach of the
Year
Jeremy Bradley: Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon,
Triple Jump); Matt Brousse: All-ECAC (Pole
Vault); Tom Carey: All-ECAC (Shot Put); ECAC
Men's Field Performer of the Week (1/23); Jonathan
Chichilitti: All-ECAC (4x200m), ECAC Champion
(4x200m); Ryan Comstock: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR,
Mile), ECAC Champion (DMR); James Eagler: Two-Time
All-ECAC (1000m, 4x800m); ECAC Champion (4x800m); Mike
Gomes: Four-Time All-ECAC (Mile, 1000m, DMR,
4x800m), Two-Time ECAC Champion (DMR, 4x800m); Teon
Higgs: Two-Time All-ECAC (4x200m, 4x400m), ECAC
Champion (4x200m); Scott Lightfoot: All-ECAC
(800m); Jacob Merrill: All-ECAC (Triple Jump),
ECAC Men's Field Performer of the Week (2/13); Andy
Pollison: All-ECAC (Pole Vault); Matt Sauls: Four-Time
All-ECAC (500m, 800m, DMR, 4x800m), Three-Time ECAC
Champion (500m, DMR, 4x800m), ECAC Outstanding Track
Athlete Award; J. Brandon Shiposh: Two-Time
All-ECAC (DMR, 4x400m); ECAC Champion (DMR); Mike
Smith: Three-Time All-ECAC (200m, 4x200m, 4x400m),
ECAC Champion (4x200m); Matt Stinson: Four-Time
All-ECAC (Pentathlon, High Jump, Long Jump, 55m
Hurdles), ECAC Champion (Pentathlon); Bryan Walter:
All-ECAC (4x800m), ECAC Champion (4x800m); Joe
Webster: Three-Time All-ECAC (400m, 4x200m,
4x400m); ECAC Champion (4x200m)
WOMEN:
ECAC Championships: 5th
National Dual Meet Rankings: 11th (2/6), 15th
(2/22), 17th (3/1)
Erica Aagre: Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon,
55m Hurdles); Esther Akpakip: Two-Time All-ECAC
(DMR, 4x400m); Lauren Bechtel: Two-Time All-ECAC
(3000m, 5000m); Mindy Cressley: All-ECAC (Shot
Put); Jennifer Farrow: Four-Time All-ECAC (55m,
200m, 4x200m, 4x400m); Jaime Gauer: Two-Time
All-ECAC (Pentathlon, 4x800m); J.J. Held: All-ECAC
(Pole Vault); Jana Kauffman: Three-Time All-ECAC
(DMR, 1000m, 4x800m); Marsha Krysiewski: Two-Time
All-ECAC (Pentathlon, High Jump); Melissa Miller: All-ECAC
(Weight Throw); Melissa Namey: Two-Time All-ECAC
(4x200, 4x400); Katrin Olsen: Three-Time All-ECAC
(DMR, 800m, 4x800m); Sandy Ritz: Three-Time
All-ECAC (Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x200m); Jessica
Stoltzfus: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 4x800m);
Briana Winkler: Two-Time All-ECAC (4x200m, 4x400m)
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Baseball
Dan
Sowash:
PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (3/27), (4/23), (5/7),
All-PSAC West First Team, North Atlantic All-Region
First Team, First Team ECAC All-Star; Heath Repard:
PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (4/16), PSAC West Rookie
of the Year; Jason Laubach: All-PSAC West First
Team (OF), Second Team ECAC All-Star; Josh Brown:
All-PSAC West Second Team (3B) ; Matt Isnor:
All-PSAC West Second Team (Util); Travis
Menteer: All-PSAC West Second Team (P); Head
Coach Smokey Stover: 200th Career Victory (W, 4-2
over Edinboro, 4/13).
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Women's
Lacrosse
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Outdoor
Track & Field
Men:
TEAM:
National Rankings: 3rd
(4/4), 6th (4/18), 9th (5/2), 13th (5/16)
PSAC Championships: 2nd/14 teams
INDIVIDUAL: Tom Carey: PSAC Field Athlete of
the Week (4/3), (4/24); ECAC Field
Athlete of the Week (4/3), (4/25), PSAC
Champion (discus), All-PSAC (discus), National
Track and Field Coaches Association East Region
Athlete of the Year, PSAC Rookie of the Year;
Matt Stinson: PSAC Field Athlete of the Week
(4/17), ECAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/18), PSAC
Champion (decathlon, 4x100 relay), Two-Time
All-PSAC (decathlon, 4x100 relay); Joe Webster:
PSAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/17), PSAC
Champion (4x100 relay), Three-Time All-PSAC
(4x100 meter relay, 400 meters, 200 meters); Matt
Sauls: PSAC Track Athlete of the Week
(5/8), ECAC Track Performer of the Week (5/9); Andy
Pollison: All-PSAC (pole vault); Jacob
Merrill: All-PSAC (400 IH); Teon Higgs: PSAC
Champion (4x100 relay), All-PSAC (4x100
relay); Jonathan Chichilitti: PSAC Champion
(4x100 relay), All-PSAC (4x100 meter relay); Scott
Lightfoot: Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District II
Spring Men's At-Large.
Women:
National Rankings: 6th (4/4), 3rd (4/18), 6th
(5/2), 6th (5/16)
PSAC Championships: 2nd/14 teams
INDIVIDUAL: Brianna Bair: PSAC Field
Athlete of the Week (4/10(, (4/17), ECAC
Field Athlete of the Week (4/18), PSAC Champion
(javelin), All-PSAC (javelin), All-American
(7th-javelin); Jennifer Farrow: PSAC Track
Athlete of the Week (4/17), ECAC Track Athlete
of the Week (4/18), PSAC Champion (400
meters), Two-Time All-PSAC (400 meters,
4x100 relay), All-American (8th-400 meters); Sandy
Ritz: ECAC Field Performer of the Week
(4/25, 5/9); PSAC Field Athlete of the Week (5/8);
Three-Time All-PSAC (long jump, triple
jump, 4x100 relay); J.J. Held: PSAC Champion
(pole vault), All-PSAC (pole vault); Marsha
Krysiewski: PSAC Champion (high jump), Two-Time
All-PSAC (high jump, heptathlon), National
Track and Field Coaches Association East Region
Athlete of the Year, All-American (T-4th, high
jump) ; Katrin Olsen: All-PSAC (800
meters); Esther Akpakip: All-PSAC (4x100
relay), Briana Winkler: All-PSAC (4x100
relay).
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Softball
Teri
Heinbach:
PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (4/2);
Tara Trabosh: PSAC West Player of the Week (4/2),
First Team All-PSAC West (1B), Second Team ECAC
All-Star; Stacie Miller: PSAC West Player of
the Week (4/9), (4/23); ECAC Player of the Week
(4/25), PSAC West Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PSAC
West (C); Verizon Academic All-District II College
Division (5/10), PSAC Spring Top Ten Award Winner,
First Team ECAC All-Star, Verizon Academic All-America
College Division Softball Second Team; Katie Lord: PSAC
West Pitcher of the Week (4/23); Jocelyn Tutrani: First
Team All-PSAC West (3B), Second Team ECAC All-Star; Jen
Gable: Second Team All-PSAC West (DP).
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2000-01
PSAC Scholar-Athletes
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Name |
Yr. |
Sport |
Hometown
(High School)
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Tara
Ballintine |
Fr. |
Basketball |
Allison
Park (Hampton)
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Stacy
Herlocher |
Sr. |
Basketball |
Jersey
Shore (Jersey Shore)
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Alicia
Price |
Fr. |
Basketball/Soccer |
Pittsburgh
(Woodland Hills)
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Lauren
Bechtel |
Sr. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Exton
(Downingtown)
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Meghan
Johnson |
So. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Brookville
(Brookville)
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Jana
Kauffman |
So. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Strasburg
(Lampeter-Strasburg)
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Jennifer
Muri |
Sr. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Altoona
(Bishop Guilfoyle)
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Jessica
Stoltzfus |
So. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Elizabethtown
(Elizabethtown)
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Angelique
Conlin |
Sr. |
Field
Hockey |
Lititz
(Warwick)
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Sara
Daley |
Fr. |
Field
Hockey/
Lacrosse |
Phoenixville
(Spring Ford)
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Val
George |
Jr. |
Field
Hockey |
New
Oxford (New Oxford)
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Amy
Hale |
So. |
Field
Hockey |
Hanover
(South Western)
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Michelle
Hickey |
Sr. |
Field
Hockey |
Greene,
N.Y. (Greene Central)
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Ododo
Omo-Osagie |
Jr. |
Field
Hockey |
Hershey
(Milton Hershey)
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Sara
Segerlin |
Fr. |
Field
Hockey |
Penfield,
N.Y. (Webster)
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Carrie
Witherel |
So. |
Field
Hockey |
Woodbridge,
Va. (Woodbridge Senior)
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Marci
Yousaitis |
Sr. |
Field
Hockey |
West
Lawn (Wilson)
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Laura
Oakes |
Jr. |
Lacrosse |
Covington
(North Penn)
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Jessica
Pease |
Fr. |
Lacrosse |
New
Milford (Blue Ridge)
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Danielle
Poynor |
Fr. |
Lacrosse |
Levittown
(Conwell Egan Catholic)
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Amanda
Vetterlein |
So. |
Lacrosse/Soccer |
Springfield,
Va. (West Springfield)
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Christa
Cox |
So. |
Soccer |
Ephrata
(Ephrata)
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Rebecca
Nichols |
So. |
Soccer |
Wind
Gap (Nazareth)
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Christina
Saxton |
Fr. |
Soccer |
Columbia
Cross Roads (Pitt-Bradford)
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Lindalee
Thompson |
Jr. |
Soccer |
Ephrata
(Ephrata)
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Kristin
White |
So. |
Soccer |
New
Tripoli (Northwestern Lehigh)
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Jennifer
Gable |
Fr. |
Softball |
York
(West York)
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Angela
Gula |
So. |
Softball |
Jim
Thorpe (Jim Thorpe Area)
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Stacie
Miller |
Sr. |
Softball |
Lock
Haven (Lock Haven)
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Jacy
Proctor |
So. |
Softball |
Julian
(Bald Eagle Area)
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Julie
Snavely |
Jr. |
Softball |
Lebanon
(Annville-Cleona)
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Tara
Trabosh |
Jr. |
Softball |
Pottsville
(Pottsville Area)
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Sarah
Blatz |
Fr. |
Swimming |
Bradford,
Pa.
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Kristen
Maksinchuk |
So. |
Swimming |
Pittsburgh
(Plum)
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Erin
March |
Jr. |
Swimming |
Wellsville
(Dover)
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Sara
McClure |
Fr. |
Swimming |
North
East, Pa.
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Brooklyn
Fanus |
Sr. |
Track
and Field |
Mt.
Holly (Boiling Springs)
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Jaime
Gauer |
So. |
Track
and Field |
Neshanic
Station, N.J. (Somerville)
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Suzanne
McCombie |
Fr. |
Track
and Field |
Edensburg
(Northern Cambria)
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Darla
Neff |
So. |
Track
and Field/
Volleyball |
Trout
Run (Liberty)
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Briana
Winkler |
Sr. |
Track
and Field |
Newark,
N.Y. (Newark)
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Carly
Woodmansee |
Jr. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Lake
Como (Honesdale)
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Corry
Cass |
Jr. |
Volleyball |
Ault,
Colo. (Highland)
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Angie
Daughterty |
Sr. |
Volleyball |
Wrightsville
(Eastern)
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Jillian
Klinzing |
Sr. |
Volleyball |
Pittsburgh
(South Park)
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Stefanie
LaFata |
Sr. |
Volleyball |
Reading
(Holy Name)
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Kathryn
Stallings |
Sr. |
Volleyball |
Mechanicsburg
(Mechanicsburg)
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Brianne
Stark |
Fr. |
Volleyball |
Bradford
(Bradford)
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Name |
Yr. |
Sport |
Hometown
(High School)
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Richard
Franco |
Fr. |
Baseball |
Lebanon
(Cedar Crest)
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John
Hanna |
So. |
Baseball |
Lock
Haven (Lock Haven)
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Brian
Hanna |
So. |
Basketball |
Lock
Haven (Lock Haven)
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Christopher
Ruff |
Fr. |
Basketball |
Halifax
(Halifax)
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Michael
Acresti |
Sr. |
Cross
Country |
Canton
(Canton)
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Jesus
Iturrino |
Fr. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Prospect
Park, N.J. (Manchester Regional)
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Michael
Rohl |
Fr. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Harleysville
(Souderton)
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Michael
Trumbull |
So. |
Cross
Country/
Track and Field |
Punxsutawney
(Punxsutawney)
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Brent
Emel |
Fr. |
Football |
Mill
Hall, Pa.
|
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Edward
Galiczynski |
Sr. |
Football |
Barnesboro
(Northern Cambria)
|
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Michael
Lopata |
Fr. |
Football |
Nesquehoning
(Panther Valley)
|
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Derrik
Metz |
Fr. |
Football |
Roaring
Spring (Central)
|
|
Bjoern
Priske |
Jr. |
Football |
Berlin,
Germany
|
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Andrew
Thiboldeaux |
Jr. |
Football |
Langhorne
(Neshaminy)
|
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Warren
Whitaker |
Fr. |
Football |
Wilkes-Barre
(GAR Memorial)
|
|
Rob
Battisson |
So. |
Soccer |
Leicester,
England
|
|
Graham
Boyle |
Fr. |
Soccer |
Paisley,
Scotland
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Justin
Chirico |
Jr. |
Soccer |
Conesus,
N.Y. (Livonia)
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