Athletics Articles

Scott E. Kennell, director of athletics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has announced his resignation in order to accept the director of athletics position at Madonna University in Michigan. Under Kennell’s guidance and leadership the past five years, Penn College moved to NCAA Division III affiliation and membership in the North Eastern Athletic Conference.

The NCAA Division III Management Council has informed Pennsylvania College of Technology that it has successfully completed its second year of provisional Division III membership and granted the college’s waiver request to bypass the third year and begin its final year of provisional membership beginning Sept. 1.

With five first-year coaches at the helm, this marked a transition year for many Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes as the college completed its second of four years as a provisional member of NCAA Division III. A sport-by-sport review of the year (alphabetically) for Penn College teams: Archery – Penn College, under 14th-year coach Chad Karstetter, finished eighth in the U.S.

It was a three-and-out for the Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s softball team at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships last week, but first-year coach Jackie Klahold looked at the experience as a plus. “Any postseason experience is a positive, especially for our team.

With their regular seasons behind them, Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s softball and archery teams now take to the national stage. The softball team will compete Monday through Thursday in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships in Akron, Ohio, and the archers May 20-22 in the U.S.

While seasons ended for two Pennsylvania College of Technology spring sports teams last week, it was a bit of a roller-coaster week for the college’s women’s softball team. Softball Bittersweet. That describes the feeling first-year coach Jackie Klahold had a day after her team’s North Eastern Athletic Conference season ended with its final games being canceled due to rain on May 1.

Exercise science student Christian J. Mitchell, of Marcus Hook, gives instruction to soccer player Breanna N. Cline, of Reedsville. Faculty member Judy Quinti teaches form to two players – Colleen E. Bowes, of Wayne, and Lauren S. Herr, of Lititz – who were interested in learning more about lifting free weights.

As the season neared completion for the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball and softball teams, it came to an end last week for golfers and women’s tennis players.

After a couple of weeks when the weather created some schedule interruptions, Pennsylvania College of Technology spring sports teams found themselves quite busy last week with 20 games.

Martial artists impressively practice their discipline in this November photo. The PCT Shotokan Karate Club wound down its season with a clinic and belt promotion this past weekend. Students from Nittany Shotokan, Bath (New York) Shotokan, Lycoming College and Bucknell University joined Penn College students Eric M. Russell, Carlos A. Ramos-Sonera, Alton "A.J." Hinson, John B. Preine, Michael J.