WC'S LEHBERGER, GCC RELAY TEAM EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON DAY 1 OF 2010 NCAA D-III SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/17/10)
The first day of the 2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving National Championships in Minneapolis is in the books, with Westminster sophomore Caitlin Lehberger and the Grove City women's 200 medley relay team each earning All-America recognition. Lehberger placed fourth in the 200 individual medley with a school-record time of 2:04.15 to become the first-ever NCAA All-American for the Titans, and the first All-American women's swimmer overall at the school since 1993. The GCC women's 200 medley relay team, consisting of freshmen Jenny Ryan, Angela Palumbo, and Kaitlin Riesmeyer and junior Sarah Page placed 16th in that event with a time of 1:48.51 to earn CSCAA All-America recognition. Several other PAC swimmers competed on day one, with complete Grove City and Westminster recaps now online.

PECK, MCKEEHAN TABBED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (3/17/10)
Grove City's Michelle Peck and Thomas More's Daniel McKeehan were named PAC Scholar-Athletes of the Month for March by the conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Peck, a molecular biology major with a 3.74 GPA, is a senior member of the Wolverine soccer and golf teams. McKeehan, a business administration/economics major with a 4.0 GPA, is a senior member of the Saint basketball team.

FOUR FROM PAC NAMED ECAC BASKETBALL ALL-STARS (3/17/10)
The PAC has placed four conference basketball standouts on the 2009-10 ECAC Division III South All-Star teams for men's basketball and women's basketball. On the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP Andy O'Keefe was a first team honoree, while Westminster senior F Ryne Murray was a second team selection. Washington & Jefferson placed a pair of players on the women's squads, with 2010 PAC MVP Kennan Killeen earning first team recognition and teammate Maggie Gibson being tabbed to the third team.

SEVEN FROM PAC NAMED TO D3HOOPS.COM ALL-REGION TEAMS (3/16/10)
Seven PAC basketball standouts (four men, three women) have been named to the 2010 NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Teams by the D3Hoops.com website. On the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP Andy O'Keefe of Grove City joins fellow seniors Daniel McKeehan of Thomas More and Joe Testa of Bethany on the second team, while Thiel freshman Blair Rozenblad was a third team honoree and was also tabbed as the Region Freshman of the Year. The women's slate saw 2010 PAC MVP Kennan Killeen of Washington & Jefferson earn second team recognition, while W&J senior teammate Maggie Gibson and Thomas More junior C Nicole Dickman were each named to the third team.

PAC ANNOUNCES 2009-10 TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDEES (3/16/10)
The PAC has announced the 2009-10 Winter PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners. This award is sponsored by the members of the PAC Student-Athlete-Advisory Council (SAAC), in an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among the conference teams.

PAC SPRING RELEASES THROUGH MARCH 14 NOW ONLINE (3/15/10)
The PAC spring releases for the week ending March 14 in the sports of baseball, softball and men's tennis are now online. Conference statistics for baseball and softball will be available beginning next Monday, as will the first PAC track & field release.

WAYNESBURG'S LUCCI FINALIST FOR V COMEBACK AWARD (3/12/10)
Waynesburg senior women’s basketball player Kristen Lucci has been named one of 10 finalists for the 10th annual V Foundation Comeback Award. The veteran Yellow Jacket hoopster was selected out of a national pool of men’s and women’s candidates from all divisions of college basketball. The award is presented in memory of Jim Valvano, the late basketball coach and ESPN commentator, whose personal battle with cancer inspired the creation of The V Foundation. The award recipient will be announced March 30 during ESPN’s basketball coverage. In July of 2008, Lucci was diagnosed with Type 1 Arnold Chiari Malformation, a condition that caused her cerebellum to grow down into her spinal canal. On December 15, 2008 she underwent Chiari decompression surgery which involved having a piece of skull and C1 vertebrae removed. She returned to school shortly after Christmas break, but endured a minor set-back in February that hospitalized her until March. Since then, Lucci has suffered no ill effects and made her return to the court for the 2009-10 season.

PAC TRIO EARNS ACADEMIC HONORS FROM NWCA (3/12/10)
PAC wrestling standouts Corbin Semple of Waynesburg, Brandon Sansom of Washington & Jefferson and Corey Brown of Thiel have each receive Scholar-Athlete recognition from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). Semple, who was 27-7 this season, holds a 3.80 GPA majoring in information technology. Sansom, 18-18 in the 2009-10 season, possesses a 3.59 GPA with a double major in environmental science and biology. Brown holds a 3.81 GPA majoring in criminal justics. The Thiel squad also earned team honors with a 3.255 team GPA, the 16th-highest in the nation in NCAA Division III.

KILLEEN FINISHES CAREER AS A TOP FREE THROW SHOOTER (3/10/10)
Washington & Jefferson senior Kennan Killeen closed out the 2010 season and her collegiate career finishing with the ninth-best free throw percentage in NCAA Division III history. During her four-year career, Killeen shot 85.6 percent (339-of-396) from the charity stripe. She also landed eighth on the Presidents' all-time scoring list with 1,189 points by the end of the season, in addition to being named the 2010 PAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year.

GENEVA'S SUMNER EARNS 500TH CAREER COACHING WIN (3/9/10)
Geneva head baseball coach Alan Sumner became the first coach in GT history in any sport to record 500 career coaching wins, when the Golden Tornadoes swept a doubleheader from Martin Luther College on Monday. Sumner is in his 22nd year at the helm of the GT baseball program.

NINE PAC SWIMMERS QUALIFY FOR 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/8/10)
Nine PAC swimming standouts, including six from PAC champion Grove City and three from Westminster, have qualified for and will compete in the 2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, to be held March 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minn. For the Wolverines, juniors Lauren Baur and Sarah Page, sophomore Jenna Richert, and freshmen Angela Palumbo, Kaitlin Riesmeyer  and Jenny Ryan will represent Grove City at the 2010 Championships. Grove City's 200 and 800 free relay squads both received invitations to the NCAA Championships. Because those two units received invitations, the participating members can also compete in events in which they provisionally qualified. For Westminster, junior Courtney Herdt of the women's team was the one Titan swimmer who made the cut with a provisional qualifying time, joining senior Ben Gutmann of the men's team and sophomore Caitlin Lehberger of the women's team who already had their tickets punched with automatic qualifying times.