From leiboff at kutztown.edu Wed Jul 2 11:33:01 2008 From: leiboff at kutztown.edu (Leiboff, Joshua) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:33:01 -0400 Subject: [Kutztown Press Release] KU NAMES ITS ATHLETES, ROOKIES, COACHES OF THE YEAR Message-ID: July 2, 2008 KU NAMES ITS ATHLETES, ROOKIES, COACHES OF THE YEAR KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Kutztown University has announced its athletes, rookies and coaches of the year for the 2007-08 school year. Elfren Quiles (sr. New Britain, Conn./New Britain HS), of the football team, was named the Male Athlete of the Year. Ashley Fitzgerald (jr. Kitchener, Ont./Resurrection), of the softball team, was named Female Athlete of the year. Ryan Washington (fr. Glenside/Wissahickon HS), of the men's basketball team, was chosen as the Male Rookie of the Year. Ashley Pinter (fr. Bethlehem/Liberty HS), was tabbed the Female Rookie of the Year. Bernie Driscoll was named the Men's Athletics Coach of the year for his efforts guiding the men's basketball team. Judy Lawes, head softball coach, was named the Women's Athletics Coach of the Year. Quiles caught 64 passes for school record 1,187 yards and eight touchdowns in 2007. The senior wide receiver set a single-game school record with 308 yards against Bloomsburg. He was a d2football.com and Associated Press All-America selection, and earned All-Northeast Region and All-PSAC East honors. He was also a Harlon Hill Trophy regional finalist. Fitzgerald, the PSAC East Player of the Year, led the conference with a .427 batting average and helped KU to the PSAC East regular-season title and a school-record 48 wins. The utility player hit 16 home runs, with 59 RBIs and a school-record 23 doubles. She was a consensus All-PSAC East, Daktronics and NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region, and Daktronics and NFCA All-America first team selection. Washington was the PSAC East Rookie of the Year, averaging 9.1 points per game and a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game. He shot 51.5 percent from the floor, helping the Golden Bears earn a share of the PSAC East regular-season title. Pinter, had a very successful outdoor track & field season, finishing as an All-PSAC athlete in three events. She was the PSAC champion in the discus with a throw of 138-5, was second in the shot put (42-4) and third in the hammer throw (153-4). During the indoor season, she placed seventh in the 20-pound weight throw (48-11 ?). Driscoll led his team a share of the PSAC East regular season title. It was KU's second PSAC East title and first since 1988. In his eighth year as head coach, Driscoll led KU to a 10-2 division mark and a 19-9 overall record. On Dec. 29, he picked up his 100th career win. Driscoll coached two All-PSAC East first team players and a second team player. For the third straight season, he coached the PSAC East Rookie of the Year. Lawes won her second straight PSAC East regular season softball title. Lawes, in her 21st year at KU, led the Golden Bears to a school-record 48 wins, and third-place finishes at the PSAC playoffs and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. KU finished 48-14 overall and 21-3 in the PSAC East. Lawes coached the 2008 PSAC East Player of the Year, along with seven all-star performers. The nominees for KU's year-end awards are voted upon by members of the KU athletics department staff. The awards will be formally presented at halftime of the Sept. 6 football game vs. Clarion. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Leiboff Kutztown University Sports Information Phone: (610) 683-4182 Fax: (610) 683-4676 Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu Website: http://www.kubears.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.kutztown.edu/pipermail/press-release/attachments/20080702/15e920d5/attachment.html From leiboff at kutztown.edu Mon Jul 14 16:20:01 2008 From: leiboff at kutztown.edu (Leiboff, Joshua) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:20:01 -0400 Subject: [Kutztown Press Release] GOLDEN BEARS PLACE SCHOOL-RECORD 131 ON PSAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE LIST Message-ID: GOLDEN BEARS PLACE SCHOOL-RECORD 131 ON PSAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE LIST KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Commissioner Steve Murray announced a total of 1,488 students the 2007-08 PSAC Scholar-Athlete list, with a school-record 131 from Kutztown University. To be eligible for the scholar-athlete awards, student-athletes must attain at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average while competing in an intercollegiate varsity sport. The 1,420 scholar-athletes account for approximately one third of the 5,200-plus student-athletes in the PSAC. Commissioner Murray will award each scholar-athlete with a certificate of distinction. Kutztown's 131 scholar-athletes surpass last year's record-setting mark of 120 and represent all 23 sports at KU. They are as follows: Baseball Corey Buletza (fr. St. Clair/Pottsville) Steve Craig (so. Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban) Jared Frey (fr. Mohrsville/Schuylkill Valley) Justin Jachowicz (sr. Summit Hill/Panther Valley) Michael Kacelowicz (fr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) Trent Mertz (fr. Kutztown/Kutztown) Garrison Rausch (jr. Allentown/Parkland) Derick Reis (sr. Jim Thorpe/Jim Thorpe) Women's Basektball Lara Dellegrotti (jr. Berwick/Berwick) Katie Dovey (so. Willow Hill/Fannett-Metal) Melissa McQuade (fr. Pittsburgh/Shaler) Brittany Percich (fr. Owings, Md./Northern) Meredith Starr (fr. Richmond, Va./Monacan) Mercedes Van Wagner (sr. Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional) Rachel Wisemiller (so. Hazleton/Hazleton) Men's Basketball Ryan Nemetz (fr. Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban) Women's Bowling Janel Derr (jr. Myerstown/ELCO) Jacquelyn Heimbach (jr. Easton/Easton) Megan Jonigkeit (fr. Langhorne/Neshaminy) Jenna Palermo (jr. Allentown/William Allen) Steph Ray (so. West Lawn/Wilson) Men's Cross Country/Indoor, Outdoor Track & Field Ben Loht (fr. Lewistown/Indian Valley) Pat McKeever (jr. Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) John Pyne (so. Harrisburg/Bishop McDevitt) Vonkurt Redley (jr. Elkins Park/Cheltenham) Jason Rowles (so. Broomall/Marple Newtown) Women's Cross Country/Indoor, Outdoor Track & Field Keri Brown (fr. Southampton, N.J./Seneca) Michele Celenza (so. Lansdale/North Penn) Katie Colburn (fr. Hanover/South Western) Jolene Collins (fr. Palmyra/Palmyra) Kristin Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) Hailey Dell (so. Saranac Lake, NY/Saranac Lake) Laura Deller (jr. York/Dallastown) Cheryl Dingman (so. Lansdale/North Penn) Kristin Green (jr. Camp Hill/Camp Hill) Joanna Hortsmann (Downingtown/Downingtown West) Katelyn Katzgrau (jr. West Milford, NJ/Pope John XXIII) Rebecca Kerchak (so. Sinking Spring/Wilson) Lynn Lisofsky (fr. Wilkes-Barre/Coughlin) Jessica Schlechter (fr. Chalfont/Central Bucks South) Sara Schlitzer (fr. Pottsville/Nativity BVM) Alyson Serafin (fr. Slatington/Northern Lehigh) Nicole Sirico (jr. Milford/Delaware Valley) Heather Spangenberg (fr. Clarks Summit/Abington Heights) Maureen Watson (fr. Walnutport/Allentown Central Cath.) Rachel Weigle (fr. Red Lion/Red Lion) Stephanie Williams (jr. Harrisburg/Riverside) Alison Wise (fr. Denver/Garden Spot) (also volleyball) Jenn Zook (fr. Reedsville/Indian Valley) also women's volleyball Field Hockey Jennifer Belfatti (so. Hatfield/Lansdale Catholic) Courtney Geibel (so. Mifflintown/Juniata) Lyndsay Butler (jr. Annandale, N.J./Summit) Carrie Healey (fr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) also lacrosse Jacqueline Healey (fr. Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) Kelley Healey (jr. Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) Heather Hoxter (jr. Glenmoore/Octorara) Alyson Iovacchini (fr. E. Stroudsburg/ E. Stroudsburg South) also lacrosse Alyssa Maltese (fr. Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown) Greta Mountain (fr. Fleetwood/Fleetwood) Abby Sheeler (fr. Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) Kelly Simmons (fr. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) Whitney Stum (so. Landisburg/West Perry) Anne Waapu (fr. Hastings, NEW ZEALAND) Melissa Watson (fr. Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) Madison Weary (fr. Palmyra/Palmyra) Laura Wieder (jr. Emmaus/Emmaus) Courtney Zook (fr. Oley/Oley Valley) Football Travis Barron (fr. Coastesville/Coatesville) Kevin Branco (jr. Hellertown/Saucon Valley) Tom Cressman (jr. Sellersville/Pennridge) David Cressman (fr. Sellersville/Pennridge) Brandon Emerich (fr. Pine Grove/Pine Grove) Justin Giles (fr. Gilbertsville/Boyertown) Jared Haas (fr. Linglestown/Central Dauphin) Dan Hassell (fr. Garnet Valley/Garnet Valley) Joey Iannello (so. Media/Strath Haven) Ryan Nye (so. Bernville/Holy Name) Cory Porrino (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) Evan Reese (fr. Centre Hall/State College) Scott Smith (jr. New Oxford/Delone Catholic) Women's Golf Erin Arden (fr. Somers, NY/Somers) Lauren Foulke (so. Kempton/Kutztown) Angie Petak (jr. Brockway/Brockway) Kelli Pry (fr. Coatesville/Coatesville) also swimming Women's Lacrosse Janice Kinney (so. Spring City/Owen J. Roberts) Mandy Morrison (jr. Yardley/Pennsbury) Justine Simonsen (fr. Hatboro/Upper Moreland) Megan Tigue (so. Coatesville/Coatesville) Men's Soccer Thomas Bangert (so. Bietegheim, GERMANY) Colin Dalton (sr. Carlisle/Big Spring) Nicholas Forte (so. Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) Matt Kade (jr. Quakertown/Quakertown) Shawn Knash (fr. Honesdale/Honesdale) Jason Lear (fr. Montoursville/Montoursville) James Robinson (jr. Chester, ENGLAND) Greg Sassaman (so. Blairstown, NJ/N. Warren Regional) Pat Vymazal (fr. Kutztown/Kutztown) Brian Waller (fr. Boonton, NJ/Mountain Lakes) Women's Soccer Kelly Bushe (fr. Neptune City, N.J./Neptune) Angela Corrado (sr. Kutztown/Kutztown) Trystin Figel (fr. Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex) Julie Folsom (sr. Wanaque, N.J./Lakeland) Emily Mahon (sr. Spring Grove/Spring Grove) Kristin Mann (fr. Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck) Brittany Melnyk (fr. Sinking Spring/Wilson) Softball Krista Tedjeske (fr. Summerhill/Forest Hills) Caitlin Hague (sr. Lansdale/North Penn) Men's Swimming Ian Baxter (so. Springfield/Monsignor Bonner) John Pandish (jr. Milford/Delaware Valley) Shawn Santo (fr. Allentown/Parkland) Scott Thomas (so. Schuylkill Haven/Blue Mountain) Women's Swimming Adrian Bumbulsky (fr. Tamaqua/Tamaqua Area) Kerry Choplin (fr. West Deptford/West Deptford) Laura Heebner (jr. Easton/Easton) Katie Kelly (fr. Downingtown/Downingtown West) Jill Pantelides (sr. Lansdowne/Archbishop Prendergast) Allison Sheely (fr. Enola/Trinity) Ashley Singer (sr. Lititz/Warwick) Men's Tennis Arpit Sharma (so. Kolkata, INDIA) Women's Tennis Sabrina Arnaud (fr. Pintendre, ONT.) Rohini Das (fr. Kolkata, INDIA) Tess Wright (fr. Lewisburg/Lewisburg) Kristen Struble (fr. East Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg South) Volleyball Jamie Celia (fr. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) Lindsay Confer (fr. Wingate/Bald Eagle Area) Katie Miller (so. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) Danielle Ozment (fr. Reading/Holy Name) Alex Thomas (fr. Quakertown/Quakertown) Erin Waters (sr. Waymart/Western Wayne) Wrestling Mike Bohl (fr. Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham) Kyle Davis (fr. Peckville/Valley View) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Leiboff Kutztown University Sports Information Phone: (610) 683-4182 Fax: (610) 683-4676 Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu Website: http://www.kubears.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.kutztown.edu/pipermail/press-release/attachments/20080714/832d45c8/attachment.html From leiboff at kutztown.edu Tue Jul 15 14:43:35 2008 From: leiboff at kutztown.edu (Leiboff, Joshua) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:43:35 -0400 Subject: [Kutztown Press Release] FOUR ATHLETES, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM EARN ACADEMIC HONORS Message-ID: July 15, 2008 FOUR ATHLETES, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM EARN ACADEMIC HONORS KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its postseason awards last week with the Kutztown University women's track and field team selected as an All-Academic Division II squad. Three members of the women's team and one member of the men's team earned individual honors. Keri Brown (fr. Southampton, N.J./Seneca), Kristin Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) and Stephanie Williams (sr. Harrisburg/Riverside) won individual awards for the women's side, being named to the USTFCCCA's All-Academic Track and Field Team. Vonkurt Redley (sr. Philadelphia/ Cheltenham) was the lone member of the men's team to earn a spot on the All-Academic team. To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met the NCAA Division II Indoor or Outdoor automatic or provisional qualifying standard in their respective event. Including Redley, 109 student-athletes representing 44 Division II institutions made up the men's 2008 All-Academic team. Brown, Cupido and Williams are among 222 student-athletes representing 69 Division II colleges and universities named to the 2008 All-Academic team. The women's team was selected as an All-Academic squad with an average GPA of 3.09. To be nominated, a team must average a 3.0. There were 58 Division II women's track and field programs were recognized as 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Teams. KU was 53rd on the list of school and was one of nine schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference recognized. This is Williams' second All-Academic selection this season as she led the 2007 cross country team to its third straight USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Leiboff Kutztown University Sports Information Phone: (610) 683-4182 Fax: (610) 683-4676 Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu Website: http://www.kubears.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.kutztown.edu/pipermail/press-release/attachments/20080715/b3700990/attachment.html