Athletics Articles

Golf season is over, cross-country championships and the start of the men’s basketball season are on the horizon, and regular seasons are winding down for the men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams. It is a time of transition for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes.

There are perks to sharing your home-away-from-home with Little League® Baseball. Ask the Penn College student-athletes who served as the official tarp crew for the 2022 MLB Little League Classic game. For five years and counting, Wildcats were at the ready to cover the field in case of inclement weather.

While the fall tennis season came to a close last week for Pennsylvania College of Technology, both the men’s and women’s soccer teams recorded United East victories and cross-country runners looked strong in a race leading to the conference championships.

Wins by the women’s soccer and men’s tennis teams and United East recognition for two individuals were highlights for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes last week.

Thomas A. Zimmerman, retired associate professor of psychology and faculty athletic representative, has been approved for emeritus status by the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors. Zimmerman taught psychology full time at Penn College and its immediate predecessor, Williamsport Area Community College, since 1984, retiring in August 2021.

It was a great week for four Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports athletes as one medaled in a golf tournament, two were named United East Conference Players of the Week and one was honored as the UE Runner of the Week.

For the first time since 2017, a Pennsylvania College of Technology cross-country runner finished first in a race, while the college’s men’s and women’s soccer teams both posted United East Conference wins.

Kennell (left, in blue shirt) welcomes the group to the Klingerman Family Athletics Suite – complete with a participant's photo on the big screen just like recruits see when they arrive. Employees were also introduced to “David” and “Jane,” the manikins modeling Wildcat attire (and whose names honor former college President Davie Jane Gilmour).

Stepping into United East Conference play for the first time this season, Pennsylvania College of Technology soccer teams split on Saturday, while the golf team closed out the week with a second-place finish in a 13-team invitational.

The last of the Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams is scheduled to get underway this week when the men’s golf team swings into action Wednesday in the Elizabethtown College Fall Invitational at Hershey Country Club East. Also this week, the men’s and women’s soccer teams open United East Conference play Saturday on the road.