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PRESEASON BASEBALL HONORS NOTED FOR LA ROCHE, PENN ST. ALTOONA AND BEHREND
1/25/12
AMCC defending champion Penn State
Altoona received two votes and La Roche
College received seven in the Preseason 2012
D3Baseball.com/National
Collegiate Baseball
 Writers Association Division III Top 25 Poll,
which was released on Tuesday. The Lions finished the 2011
season with a 29-13 overall record, and competed in the NCAA
Division III Mideast Regional Tournament, where they posted a
dramatic upset of
#15 ranked Adrian College. Penn State
Altoona baseball began to garner regional attention
 when it received
10 votes in the final regular season edition of the top 25 poll,
which was released last May 17. The Redhawks also
received top 25 votes for the first time in school history last
season. La Roche finished the 2011 campaign with a 27-15 record and
postseason appearances in both the ECAC and AMCC tournaments.
Meanwhile, Collegiate Baseball Magazine announced its 2012 NCAA
Division III Player to
 Watch
List in January, which includes four Penn State Behrend
players. Juniors Matt Bittner (Lancaster, NY/St. Mary’s), Jay
Condit (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley), and Ryan Kragnes
(Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) along with sophomore relief pitcher
Chad Zurat (Clearfield, PA/Clearfield) made the prestigious list.
COSTANZA TABBED AS ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
1/24/12
Pitt-Bradford
senior guard Maria Costanza is the first AMCC basketball
player to be named Player
 of
the Week by the ECAC this season, it was announced today.
Costanz averaged 18.7 points per game last week on her way to
becoming the eighth woman in Panther history to reach the 1,000
point plateau for her career. The senior guard highlighted her week
with 20-point effort, including a career-high six 3-pointers in an
82-58 victory over Franciscan University of Steubenville. She also
scored a team-high 15 points and six steals in a 54-43 triumph over
Hilbert College and added 21 points in a 73-56 win over D’Youville
College.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: JANUARY 23
1/23/12
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Pitt-Bradford G Maria
Costanza
became the eighth player in program history to reach 1,000
career points last week, helping the Panthers to three AMCC wins. |
Men's
Swimming: Clay Altemose, Penn St. Behrend |
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Men's
Diving: Lukas Kachurick, Penn St. Behrend |
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Women's
Swimming: Anne Lawrence, Penn St. Behrend |
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Women's
Diving: Meghan Wade, Penn St. Behrend |
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Men's Basketball: Brian
Heinle, Pitt-Greensburg |
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Women's Basketball:
Maria Costanza, Pitt-Bradford |
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AMCC STUDENT-ATHLETES CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES
1/20/12
On top of classwork and competition, AMCC student-athletes add a
third C to their days--community. The Mount Aloysius
College Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the Penn State
Behrend baseball team are just the latest examples of this.
 Members
of the Mounties' SAAC made sure nothing was wasted when students
went home for Christmas break. SAAC members decorated boxes and
placed them throughout campus, collecting food for the local food
bank. The decorated boxes were also put in dorms so students could
donate non-perishable packaged items left from the past semester.
Typically, some food goes to waste when students go home for the
holidays. There was a great turnout of donations with 415 food items
collected and donated to a food bank in Altoona.
More recently, the Behrend baseball program contributed volunteer
hours to Habitat for Humanity. On January 14 the team provided
two groups of 12 players and coaches to continue work on a home
refurbishing. The group combined to donate a full staff covering an
eight hour work day by completing some mudding, sanding, and
painting of the interior of a home.
"This is a terrific way for our program to give back to the Erie
community," said head coach Paul Benim. "We were able to make a
difference for a local family by doing a little work. It was a great
day for all of us. Habitat for Humanity is an organization that does
some amazing things assisting families."
In previous years with Habitat, the baseball program has built
storage sheds for new homes, completed roofing, worked on interiors
and exteriors of homes, and organized the Habitat warehouse. The
Behrend Lions athletic staff and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
have also worked in the past for Habitat for Humanity as a community
service project.
PITT-GREENSBURG RAISES OVER $1,000 FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS
1/10/12
As part of their ongoing efforts in support of Special Olympics, the
University of Pittsburgh
 at
Greensburg hosted an exhibition basketball game on Saturday for
members of Special Olympics of Pennsylvania (SOPA) Westmoreland
County. The game was held as part of a double-header against
AMCC rival Penn State-Behrend. In December, several Bobcats'
staff members participated in the Polar Plunge fundraiser, jumping
into the Allegheny River near Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
The Special Olympic athletes started the day by eating breakfast
with the Pitt-Greensburg student athletes. Following the
breakfast, the Special Olympic athletes watched both the men’s and
women’s basketball games with the student athletes. The
Pitt-Greensburg Chapter of the Student Pennsylvania State Education
Association (SPSEA) and the Bobcats' SAAC sponsored the SOPA
exhibition game and the fund-raising activity. The two associations
donated all the proceeds from game ticket sales, a 50/50 raffle and
a chinese auction which featured prizes such as a Jamie Dixon
autographed basketball and four tickets to a Pitt women’s basketball
game, totaling $1,116.
PENN STATE ALTOONA'S BAIRD RECOGNIZED AS
EMERGING LEADER
1/6/12
Penn State Altoona Assistant Director of Athletics and Compliance
Officer Brent Baird has
 been
named the recipient of the Emerging Athletic Administrator Award by
the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators. He
will be presented with the award on January 14 at the NCAA
Convention/NADIIIAA Reception in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The award recognizes one NCAA Division III athletics administrator
for his or her leadership roles on campus or in a conference office.
The recipient is also honored for community involvement and
demonstrating a commitment to professional development.
Baird is in his fifth year as the Assistant Director of Athletics
and Compliance Officer at Penn State Altoona. He has worked a total
of 17 years at the school, also holding positions as an Admissions
Counselor, Sports Information Director and Faculty member for parts
of that period.
D3SOCCER.COM, ECAC ANNOUNCE SOCCER AWARDS
1/4/11
The post-season soccer honors continue to roll in for
Medaille forward Alex Rouse, who was selected as a Third Team
All-American by D3Soccer.Com and was named ECAC South Region
Offensive Player of the Year. Rouse led the nation in goals
scored (28), ranked 4th in goals per game (1.17), and 5th in points
per game (2.58). La Roche forward Bryan Weimerskirch
was also in the ECAC spotlight, voted Rookie of the Year for the
south region.
In all, six AMCC players were named to the ECAC all-star team.
In addition to Rouse, first team members included Medaille
midfielder David Pihlblad, Penn St. Behrend midfielder
Aaron Meehl, and Penn St. Behrend back Kyle McKinney.
Penn St. Altoona back Sam Aumiller received second team
honors.
The ECAC South Women's Soccer All-Stars are headed by Pitt-Bradford
junior goalkeeper Alisa Cornell, who was named to the first
team. Joining her are teammate Linsey Stack, a defender
selected to the second team, along with Penn St. Altoona back
Meredith Barcia.
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