KEVIN FENSTERMACHER NAMED ASSOCIATE AD AT THIEL (7/15/10)
Thiel College has named Kevin Fenstermacher to the position of associate director of athletics. Fenstermacher previously served as the College’s sports information director from 2001-2005 and added the title of assistant athletic director in 2005 before spending the past two years as a member of the information technology department at the College. In addition to continuing his efforts as the College’s NCAA compliance coordinator, Fenstermacher will oversee the day-to-day operations of the athletics media office and its two assistant directors, take a lead role in promoting and managing the College’s new air-supported dome structure, assist in the planning and promotion of athletic-related summer camps, and collaborate with departmental personnel and other campus constituencies to help in the areas of academic monitoring and student-athlete support.

HARDIE TABBED AS NEW WAYNESBURG CROSS COUNTRY COACH (7/13/10)
Chris Hardie has been named the new head coach of the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s cross country teams. Hardie served as the team’s assistant coach in the fall of 2009. He also just completed his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Waynesburg University men’s and women’s track & field teams. Hardie replaces former head coach Blair Zimmerman, who served as head coach for the past 11 seasons.

BLACKSON NAMED MEN'S GOLF COACH AT THOMAS MORE (7/12/10)
Cory Blackson has been named the new head men's golf coach at Thomas More, replacing Marc Barone. Blackson, who is entering his third year as sports information director at TMC, inherits a team that is coming off its best season in school history as it won the 2010 PAC Championship and finished tied for 22nd at the NCAA Division III Championship. He previously served as the assistant men's golf coach at Capital University.

WAYNESBURG, PAC MOURNS PASSING OF MIKE CZERWIEN (7/7/10)
Waynesburg University graduate assistant in athletics Mike Czerwien passed away on July 6, 2010, as a result of an incident he suffered during part-time employment for a local construction contractor. A Pittsburgh native and product of North Hills High School, Czerwien graduated from Waynesburg in 2008 with a degree in business management. He was currently pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at the university while coaching the defensive end unit for the Yellow Jacket football program. An accomplished football player who started all four years at Waynesburg, Czerwien was a four-time, first-team all-PAC selection. As a 5’8”, 225-pound defensive end, he garnered All-America accolades in 2007, and as of 2009 was the NCAA (all divisions) leader in career sacks with 53.5.

HAYS NAMED WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH, WBB ASSISTANT AT W&J (7/7/10)
Washington & Jefferson has hired 2009 W&J graduate and former President athletic standout Emily Hays as its new head women's tennis coach and assistant women's basketball coach. Hays was the 2009 PAC Player of the Year in women's basketball and ranks 10th in W&J history with 1,147 career points.

TMC'S FISHBURN EARNS NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (6/29/10)
Recent Thomas More College graduate Chris Fishburn has been named a recipient of the NCAA Spring Postgraduate Scholarship.  He is just one of 29 male scholar-athletes across all three NCAA Divisions to receive this honor. Fishburn will be awarded a $7,500 scholarship to be used towards graduate school expenses next year at the University of Cincinnati.

PAC HONORS 327 ON SPRING ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (6/24/10)
A total of 327 student-athletes have been named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll for the Spring 2010 semester. The PAC Academic Honor Roll honors student-athletes on winter and spring varsity sports teams who have earned a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale during their semester of competition. Combined with 314 honorees on the fall honor roll, the PAC honored a total of 641 student-athletes during the 2009-10 academic year, a six percent increase from the 2008-09 total of 606 honorees.

TMC, W&J FOOTBALL RAKE IN PRESEASON RECOGNITION (6/23/10)
The start of the 2010 PAC football season is over two months away, but the conference is already receiving extensive preseason recognition from multiple national publications. The PAC has two teams - two-time defending PAC champion Thomas More and 2009 NCAA playoff participant Washington & Jefferson - ranked in all three national Division III Top 25 polls: USA Today Sports Weekly (Thomas More is ranked 12th, Washington & Jefferson is 19th), The Sporting News (W&J 13th, TMC 21st) and Lindy's College Football Annual (TMC 12th, W&J 21st). In addition, the TMC-W&J game scheduled for Sept. 25 at Bank of Kentucky Field has been tabbed as one of seven national "Games to Watch" in Division III football by TSN. Preseason All-America laurels have been awarded to Thomas More sophomore DB Zach Autenreib (Lindy's/TSN) and senior DL Tyler Owens (Lindy's) and W&J senior S Craig Sedunov (Lindy's). Owens and Autenreib were also each named to the D3Football.com preseason All-America team. The complete 2010 PAC composite football schedule is now online.

GCC/W&J MEN, WC WOMEN CAPTURE PAC ALL-SPORTS TITLES (5/19/10)
The Grove City and Washington & Jefferson men and Westminster women have each captured the PAC All-Sports Trophies for the 2009-10 academic year. The all-sports trophies are awarded annually to the schools which perform the best across the board in league competition. This year marks the sixth consecutive year either winning or sharing the men's all-sports trophy for W&J, while Westminster won its fourth straight women's trophy title.