Athletics Articles

Junior Danny Wido is featured in the Faces in the Crowd section of the April 4 issue of Sports Illustrated. Wido, of Shickshinny, is a two-time national collegiate men's compound champion and, in September, represented the college at the World University Archery Championships in Shenzhen, China, where he won a team gold medal and an individual silver medal.

Junior Leroy Joiner (Williamsport) and senior Greg Solyak (Lititz) have been named Penn State University Athletic Conference All-Conference selections. It marks the third time Joiner has been honored by the PSUAC and the first time for Solyak.

The sixth annual Women In Sports Day was held Sunday, as current and prospective Penn College female athletes, coaches, athletic staff and campus administrators gathered in Penn's Inn for an inspirational address by featured speaker Lindsey K. Fackler.

Mother Nature,14; Pennsylvania College of Technology, 0. That was the result of college athletic teams last week, as all 14 scheduled games six in baseball and eight in softball were postponed due to snow and cold temperatures. But that doesn't mean nothing happened.

Penn College junior Skylar Gingrich, of Lititz, was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week for theperiod ending March 20. Gingrich hit .417 (5 for 12) in a 5-1 week. He notched 10 RBIs and had two home runs. His slugging percentage for the week was 1.000 and he had a .650 on-base percentage. This is Gingrich's first PSUAC honor this season.

Penn College sophomore Amanda N. Baney, of Williamsport, was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's softball Player of the Week. Baney led the Lady Wildcats to a 2-0 week, hitting .571 (4 for 7) with two home runs and six RBIs. She had a slugging percentage of 1.429 and an on-base percentage of .625.

After its first team competition of the season a week ago at the U.S. Indoor East Regional in Harrisonburg, Va., the Pennsylvania College of Technology archery team established itself as one of if not the best in the nation this year. Winning individual indoor national championships were Danny Wido (Shickshinny) in men's compound and Glen Thomas (Mercer) in men's recurve.

The six graduating seniors on the Penn College men's volleyball team Brad Bell, Andrew Epley, Colin Grube, Jared Palko, Philip Reist and Matthew Stoltz all were honored by head coach Wes Strayer prior to their Saturday game against an alumni squad. Bell, a graphic design major from Harrisburg, is in his fourth season for the Wildcats.

Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball and softball teams got their seasons under way with 13 games in Myrtle Beach, S.C., while two wrestlers representing the college got their first taste of national competition.

The Penn College archery team hosted a Youth Fun Day at the Field House at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3. More than 25 young archers from the Youth Hunter Education Challenge attended the activity, which included the first-ever Penn College Pro/Am. The archery team set up three stations for nine teams (one college archer and three youths from the YHEC group).