PAC FOOTBALL PODCAST FOR 9/4 NOW ONLINE (9/2/10)
The first PAC Football Podcast of the 2010 season, covering all six games on Saturday, September 4, is now online in .mp3 format. Right click on the link to download.

2010 PAC PREVIEW: TMC CHASES "THREE-PEAT" (8/24/10)
Will the Thomas More Saints capture their third consecutive PAC football crown? Will fellow preseason Top 25 power Washington & Jefferson knock the Saints off their throne? Will another PAC program surprise the top two programs from 2009? Will the PAC earn two NCAA Division III playoff berths for the fourth time in the past six years in 2010? These questions and others will be answered beginning Saturday, Sept. 4 when the PAC football season kicks off. In preparations for the upcoming kickoff, previews of all nine PAC football programs are available in the 2010 PAC Football Preview, which is now online. The 2010 conference football composite schedule and preseason poll are also available.

GENEVA ASSISTANT WICKLINE PASSES AWAY (8/12/10)
Mike Wickline, who was entering his second year as football defensive line coach at Geneva, passed away today at the age of 52. Wickline spent 26 years at the high school level throughout Beaver County prior to joining the Geneva staff in 2009. In addition to his coaching duties at Geneva, Wickline worked as an industrial arts teacher at Riverside Middle School and High School. Last year, he transitioned into the position of guidance counselor at the high school. He also worked as a mobile therapist for Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Care. Wickline is survived by his wife, Gretchen, and their three children.

2010 PAC MEDIA DAY VIDEOS NOW ONLINE (8/7/10)
Videos of all nine PAC football coaches speaking at the 2010 PAC Football Media Day in Latrobe on Wednesday are now online, thanks to the efforts of Saint Vincent College video team. Click on the following links to see the coaches speeches from Tim Weaver of Bethany, Geno DeMarco of Geneva, Chris Smith of Grove City, Bob Colbert of Saint Vincent, Kurt Reiser of Thiel, Jim Hilvert of Thomas More, Mike Sirianni of Washington & Jefferson, Rick Shepas of Waynesburg and Jeff Hand of Westminster.

THOMAS MORE PICKED TO REPEAT IN PAC POLL (8/4/10)
The Thomas More College football team has been selected to repeat as champions in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC, according to the preseason poll released at the 2010 PAC Football Media Day at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe today. The defending PAC champion Saints of head coach Jim Hilvert earned 22 of 30 first-place votes to lead the preseason poll, followed by Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, Grove City, Westminster, Thiel, Bethany and Saint Vincent. The complete preseason poll is now online.

WAYNESBURG MOURNS PASSING OF 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.

MCKOLOSKY NAMED TOP PAC SAAC SCHOLAR (6/23/10)
The PAC has announced that football standout Nick McKolosky of Westminster College has been named PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for June 2010.

TMC, W&J 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 Autenrieb (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.

PAC PLAYERS ACADEMICALLY HONORED BY NFF (5/6/10)
Three PAC football players were honored by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame in its 2010 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. Thomas More's Brandon Kohrs, Washington & Jefferson's Mitch Erdley and Westminster's Nick McKolosky were all named to the society, which recognizes college football players from all divisions who maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 620 players from 246 schools qualified for membership in the society's fourth year.

GENEVA'S WILSON TO PLAY IN ALL-STAR GAME (3/9/10)
Geneva senior DE Brian Wilson will compete in the Charleston Division II/III All American Bowl. The game is being played at Charleston University on March 27. The All American Bowl was founded in 1996 to give athletes the opportunity to compete against the best at their level in an all star game setting. In April of 1996, the first All American Bowl was played in Minnesota and has since been played at various cities across the country including Atlanta, Miami and Las Vegas.

WAYNESBURG PLAYERS INVITED TO COMBINE (2/1/10)
A trio of Waynesburg senior football players in OL Jared Bussard, DB Dylan August and DB Scott Cree have been invited to the EAST PREPS Pro Football Combine. The event, sponsred by Hitz Sports, takes place Feb. 26 and is a chance for the Yellow Jacket players to showcase their skills in front of agents and scouts from various professional football leagues, including the NFL.

TWO PAC SQUADS RANKED IN FINAL ECAC POLL (1/4/10)
Two PAC schools, Thomas More College and Washington & Jefferson, were named in the Eastern College Athletic Conference's (ECAC) Lambert Meadowlands Division III Football Poll. The weekly poll, released today, lists the Saints at No. 4, while the Presidents came in at No. 7 in the last poll of the season. The Division III award was first presented in 1966 and recognizes supremacy in Eastern college football.

THREE NAMED ALL-AMERICAN BY D3FOOTBALL.COM (12/21/09)
Three PAC football standouts have been named to the 2009 Division III All-American teams, releases Saturday prior to the Stagg Bowl by the D3Football.com website.  Thomas More senior LB Brad Steinmetz, the 2009 PAC Player of the Year, paced the conference with a second team honor, while third team laurels went to Saint freshman DB Zach Autenreib and W&J senior WR Craig Besong.

SEVEN PAC GRIDDERS NAMED ECAC ALL-STARS (12/17/09)
Seven PAC football standouts (four from Washington & Jefferson, three from Waynesburg) have been named to the 2009 ECAC Division III Southwest Football All-Star team. W&J selections included senior DE Jacob Bloomhuff, junior LB Nathan Harmatto, junior DB Craig Sedunov and junior P Joe Kelly. The Yellow Jackets were represented by senior OL Jared Bussard, senior RS Scott Cree and freshman K Jon Storck.

PAC PLACES PAIR ON AFCA ALL-AMERICA TEAM (12/15/09)
Two PAC football standouts - Thomas More senior linebacker Brad Steinmetz and W&J senior defensive end Jacob Bloomhuff - have been named to the 25-man NCAA Division III Football All-America team, released today by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Steinmetz, the 2009 PAC Player of the Year, led the 11-1 Saints to their second consecutive PAC title and NCAA playoff berth after posting 107 tackles, including 13.5 for losses, along with five sacks and one interception. Bloomhuff was among the D-III national leaders in quarterback sacks with 14.5, while adding 35 tackles, 17 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and an interception for the 9-2 Presidents.

GCC'S DIDONATO HONORED BY PAC SAAC (12/15/09)
The PAC announced today Grove City College football/basketball standout Andrew DiDonato and Thomas More volleyball standout Brandi Corbello have been named December's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month.

NINE FROM PAC NAMED ALL-REGION BY WEBSITE (12/11/09)
Nine PAC football standouts have been selected to the 2009 All-South Region teams by the D3Football.com website. Leading the way was Thomas More senior LB Brad Steinmetz, as the 2009 PAC MVP was the lone conference player named to the first team. Second team honors went to senior G Sean Keith and freshman CB Zach Autenrieb of Thomas More, senior WR Craig Besong and senior DE Jacob Bloomhuff of Washington & Jefferson, and senior DT Tony Clark of Grove City. Third team laurels went to the W&J duo of junior S Craig Sedunov and junior P Joe Kelly, along with Thomas More junior DT Tyler Owens.

PAC SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDEES RELEASED (12/10/09)
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced the PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners for Fall 2009 sports. The PAC Team Sportsmanship Award was started in the 2008-09 sports season, and is an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among conference teams. The award is sponsored by the PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and is presented to one team in each of the 19 PAC-sponsored varsity sports.

BETHANY STAFF TO COACH IN ALL-STAR GAME (12/3/09)

TMC DROPS NCAA HEARTBREAKER, 31-29 (11/28/09)
The PAC champion Thomas More football team saw its 2009 season come to a heartbreaking end on Nov. 28, as the Saints (11-1) dropped a 31-29 decision to visiting Johns Hopkins University (10-2) in the second round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs at The Bank of Kentucky Field. After trailing the entire contest, Thomas More took its only lead at 29-28 on a TD pass with 51 seconds to play, only to see JHU respond with a game-winning 43-yard field goal as time expired.

W&J's ERDELY NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (11/24/09)
Washington & Jefferson College senior safety Mitch Erdely was selected to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Football Team on Tuesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Erdely is the sixth football player in school history to be selected an Academic All-American, including only the third named to the first team. He was recently named First Team All-PAC after finishing as W&J’s third-leading tackler with 62 stops, including five for a loss. Erdely holds a 3.90 grade-point average majoring in accounting.

PAC TEAMS POST 2-1 POSTSEASON RECORD (11/21/09)
Three PAC football teams competed in postseason football action on Saturday, Nov. 21. Leading the way was 2009 PAC champion Thomas More, which jumped out to a 28-10 halftime lead, then held off a game DePauw squad to post a 49-39 victory in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA Division III playoffs. With the victory, the Saints (11-0) advance to the NCAA second round, where they will host Johns Hopkins University in a second round contest at the Bank of Kentucky Field in Crestview Hills, Ky., on Saturday, Nov, 28 at noon. In other NCAA playoff action, PAC runner-up Washington & Jefferson (9-2) saw its 2009 season come to an end following a 55-0 blanking at the hands of defending national champion Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. Finally, Geneva (8-3) captured its record-fifth NCCAA Victory Bowl title, as the Golden Tornadoes went on the road to edge Greenville (Ill.) 29-28. GT running back Gerard Muschette was named Offensive MVP. Conference statistics through November 21 are now updated.

PAIRINGS FOR "PAC-MAC CHALLENGE" SET (11/18/09)
The PAC and the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) have announced the pairings for the "PAC-MAC Football Challenge Series," which will take place during the second weekend of the 2010 and 2011 football seasons. The pairings were determined by matching up the top teams in each conference based on the 2009 final results, followed by the second-place teams, etc. PAC member Thomas More College is not participating due to geographic considerations.

2009 ALL-PAC TEAMS, AWARDEES RELEASED (11/16/09)
The 2009 All-PAC football teams have been released. PAC champion Thomas More swept the top two conference awards, as TMC senior linebacker Brad Steinmetz was named 2009 PAC Player of the Year, while third-year Saint mentor Jim Hilvert was tabbed as PAC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.

PAC PLACES PAIR IN NCAA D-III PLAYOFFS (11/15/09)
For the third time in the past five seasons, the PAC has had a pair of teams selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Football Playoffs, which begin this Saturday (Nov. 21). Unbeaten PAC champion Thomas More (10-0) will be at home at The Bank of Kentucky Field against SCAC champion DePauw (7-2) at noon. The Saints of head coach Jim Hilvert earned the PAC's automatic bid into the field. Washington & Jefferson (9-1) earned one of six Pool C at-large bids and will play at defending national champion Mount Union (10-0) in Alliance, Ohio at noon. The W&J-MUC matchup pits President head coach Mike Sirianni, a former standout wide receiver for the Purple Raiders, against his mentor, Larry Kehres. The complete 32-team bracket is now online.

RIVALRY WEEK: THOMAS MORE 10-0 AFTER WIN AT MSJ; W&J KEEPS NCAA HOPES ALIVE; GCC, WESTMINSTER WIN THRILLERS; BETHANY TOPS SAINT VINCENT (11/14/09)
The 2009 PAC football regular season is in the books, as all nine conference teams were in action for "PAC Football Rivalry Week" on November 14. PAC champion Thomas More (10-0) made its case for a first round home game in the NCAA D-III playoffs next week, as the Saints trounced previously unbeaten Heartland champion Mount St. Joseph 42-17 in Bridge Bowl XIV in Cincinnati. Washington & Jefferson (9-1, 5-1 PAC) kept its hopes for a Pool C at-large bid to the NCAA D-III playoffs alive by defeating Waynesburg 35-12 in the PAC Backyard Brawl. The northern games both featured thrilling finishes. Grove City (5-5, 4-2 PAC) rallied from a 17-0 deficit to defeat Thiel (3-7, 1-5 PAC) 31-24 in double overtime in the 26th Annual Mercer County Cup. Westminster scored the winning touchdown with 11 seconds to play, marking the final of eight lead changes in "The Game," as the Titans edged Geneva (7-3) 31-28. Finally, Bethany (3-7) kept Saint Vincent (0-10) winless with a 34-13 road win in "The Green Game." Conference statistics through the conclusion of the 2009 are now online. NCAA Division III playoff pairings will be announced on Sunday between 3-3:30 p.m.

GENEVA ACCEPTS INVITE TO VICTORY BOWL (11/11/09)
The Golden Tornado football team has accepted the National Christian College Athletic Association's (NCCAA) invitation to the Victory Bowl. Geneva will face Greenville College (Ill.) next Saturday, November 21 at noon. The location for the game has yet to be set, pending the results of Saturday's games. This game is Geneva's school-record setting sixth Victory Bowl appearance; the GTs are 4-1 in their previous five meetings, including a 45-17 win against Malone College in 2007.

EIGHT NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS (11/5/09)
A total of eight PAC football players have been honored with selection to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District College Division Football teams, released today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Four players were selected for All-District first team laurels: the Waynesburg duo of senior DB Dylan August (3.77 GPA, secondary education) and senior OL Todd Shulsky (4.0, finance) along with W&J senior DB Mitch Erdely (3.90, accounting) in District II, along with Thomas More senior LB Brandon Kohrs (3.85, biology) in District IV. Second team honors in District II went to Westminster senior RB Nick McKolosky (3.44, biology), Waynesburg senior WR Josh Fisher (3.53, Bible & ministry studies), Bethany senior DL Tim Stefanazzi (3.38, forensic chemistry), and Geneva junior DL Adam Rose (3.45, biology). The four first teamers now move to the Academic All-American football ballot later this month.

W&J, TMC MAINTAIN TOP 25 RANKINGS (10/27/09)
A pair of PAC teams are ranked in both national Division III football Top 25 polls. Washington & Jefferson (7-0) is ranked sixth by the AFCA (up on spot from last week) and 11th by D3Football.com (unchanged from last week), while defending PAC champion Thomas More (7-0) is ranked 13th by the AFCA (up two spots) and 20th by D3Football.com (up three spots). Both teams are also listed in the most current ECAC Lambert Bowl Division III rankings, with W&J in second place and Thomas More ranked sixth.

GT WILSON NAMED NCCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK (10/21/09)
Geneva College senior DE Brian Wilson has been named National Player of the Week by the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) for the week ending October 17, 2009.

WAYNESBURG'S KRAUSE HONORED BY D3FOOTBALL.COM
Waynesburg defensive lineman Matt Krause was named to D3Football.com's Team of the Week for his accomplishments in last week's bout against Geneva. In his first collegiate start, Krause posted a game-high 12 tackles, which included six solo take-downs, two for a loss and a sack.

GENEVA'S MUSCHETTE HONORED BY NCCAA (10/15/09)
Geneva junior running back, Gerard Muschette, was named the National Christian College Athletic Association's (NCCAA) national player of the week for his career-high 17 touches for 219 yards and three touchdowns last week against Grove City. So far this season, Muschette is averaging 111 yards per game.

W&J'S BLOOMHUFF EARNS TRIO OF AWARDS (10/7/09)
W&J senior defensive end Jacob Bloomhuff has been honored with three awards this week for his achievements in the Presidents' 31-10 victory over Geneva. In addition to being selected as PAC football defensive player of the week, Bloomhuff was also named to D3Football.com's National Division III Team of the Week and the ECAC Division III Southwest Defensive Player of the Week. Bloomhuff recorded a career-high 4.5 sacks for a loss of 20 yards.

PAC TRIO NAMED CAMPBELL SEMIFINALISTS (10/1/09)
Three PAC senior football standouts - Thomas More LB Brandon Kohrs, W&J safety Mitch Erdely, and Westminster RB Nick McKolosky - are among 34 NCAA Division III players selected as semifinalists for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy (formerly known as the Draddy Trophy), and as candidates for the 2009 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Awards. Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, semifinalists must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The NFF Awards Committee will select and announce up to 15 finalists on Oct. 29.

2009 PAC FOOTBALL PREVIEW AVAILABLE ONLINE (8/18/09)
The 2009 PAC Football Preview, featuring an in-depth look at all nine conference programs, is now online.

PAC MEDIA DAY VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE (8/11/09)
Video of each PAC football coach speaking at the 2009 PAC Football Media Day on August 5 is now online, courtesy of the Saint Vincent College channel on YouTube. Click on the appropriate link to hear a short season preview from Saint Vincent coach Bob Colbert, Geneva coach Geno DeMarco, Thiel coach Kurt Reiser, Bethany coach Tim Weaver, Waynesburg coach Rick Shepas (part 1 and part 2), Westminster coach Jeff Hand, Grove City coach Chris Smith, Washington & Jefferson coach Mike Sirianni and 2008 PAC Coach of the Year Jim Hilvert of Thomas More.