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NICK SELL CONTINUES SUCCESS AT SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

SellNicholas (5/13/12) Seton Hill freshman designated hitter Nick Sell, a North Allegheny High School graduate, was a first-team selection on the All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team in baseball. Sell led the Griffins with a .403 batting average. He has had 11 doubles and 11 home runs and driven in 52 on the season. Sell is also a semifinalist for Tino Martinez Award, which goes to best Division II player in the nation.

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LOUCO CLAIMS GOLD AT PAC TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

(5/1/12) Freshman Byrum Louco, a North Allegheny High School graduate, enjoyed a very fruitful first trip to the Presidents' Athletic Conference track and field championship meet by picking up two first-place finishes and two second-place performances at Geneva College in Beaver Falls. Louco won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.21 seconds and was part of Waynesburg's victorious 4x400-meter relay team. He joined freshman Lorenzo Mikulin and sophomores Justin Angotti and Steven Snow in the quartet, which completed the race in 3:26.03. Louco standout also placed second in the 400-meter dash and was part of the 4x100 relay team that finished in second place. That foursome was also composed of Snow, sophomore Marvin Sampson and junior Christian Jackson.

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WRESTLER JAKE HERBERT QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPICS

(4/24/12) North Allegheny alumnus Jake Herbert qualified for the Olympic Games this summer in London after winning the 185-pound (84kg) freestyle title at the United States wrestling trials on Sunday night. To punch his ticket to London, Herbert shut out his competition in two matches, before triumphing in a best-of-three finals. After winning the PIAA Championship at the 171-pound weight class as a senior, Herbert received a scholarship to Northwestern University. As a Wildcat, he was a two-time National Champion in 2007 and 2009. In 2009, he received the Dan Hodge Award, as the nation's best wrestler. while also winning a silver medal at the World Championships. This summer he will represent his country again, seeking Olympic gold. The 2012 Olympics are scheduled to begin in late July, while the freestyle wrestling competition begins August 10. Be sure to check the North Allegheny Sports Network for updates this summer as Herbert competes against the best in the world.

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BYRUM LOUCO NAMED PAC MEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK

(3/28/12) Waynesburg freshman sprinter Byrum Louco, a North Allegheny High School graduate, was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week. Louco posted wins in the 400 hurdles and the 4x800 meter relay while placing second in the 100 meter dash at the Muskingum Duals, then finished first in the 400 hurdles (57.16) and was eighth in the 100 meter dash (tops among D-III runners) in 11.51 at Wheeling Jesuit.

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JEFF HAUS PULLS DOWN 13 BOARDS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT

(3/2/12) Former North Allegheny Tiger Jeff Haus saved one of his best performances in his collegiate career for the big stage of March Madness. The junior basketball player at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Haus posted his second career double-double with 14 points and a career high 13 rebounds to help the Seahawks soar past the Bethany Bison, 69-57, in the Opening Round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Haus and the Seahawks face Virginia Wesleyan in the Second Round of the Tournament on Saturday.

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HUNGERMAN REPORTS TO CACTUS LEAGUE WITH ROCKIES

(2/27/12) Former North Allegheny baseball player Josh Hungerman has reported to spring training in Arizona for another season in the Colorado Rockies organization. The southpaw was drafted by the Rockies in the 17^th round of the 2009 draft and spent all of last season with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League. In his three-year pro career, Hungerman has made 73 appearances, including 23 starts, for an 8-8 record and a 3.94 ERA. While in high school, Hungerman was a talented player for the Tigers and was named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Year his senior season at North Allegheny with a 12-1 record and a 1.35 ERA. Good luck to Josh Hungerman this spring and summer with the Rockies!

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NA Football Alumni: Army - Navy Game
Former NA Tigers: Corey Watts, Brian Austin,Wes Henderson & Zach Watts

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JEFF HAUS SOARING AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

(12/3/11) Junior forward Jeff Haus (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) recorded his first career double-double in helping the No. 15 St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball team to third place in the 2011 Pride of Maryland Championship Tournament. The Seahawks posted a 62-57 victory over Frostburg State University Saturday evening. Haus earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team after notching 10 points and a game-best 10 rebounds off the bench for his first career double-double. A 2009 graduate from North Allegheny, Haus played basketball and volleyball for the Tigers. For the NA basketball team, Haus was a three-year letter winner and senior captain. Haus was a First-Team All-Section selection his senior year, averaging 15 points and eight rebounds per game.

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HOLCROFT NAMED CAPITAL ONE PERFORMER OF THE WEEK

(11/29/11) Dartmouth Women’s Hockey goaltender, and former North Allegheny Tiger, Lindsay Holdcroft has been selected as one of ESPN’s Capital One Impact Performers of the Week. On November 23, Holdcroft led the Big Green to a 3-2 victory over ninth-ranked Harvard. Holdroft had her fourth straight solid game with 27 saves, including 13 in the second period. In her last four games, she has only allowed four goals. Congratulations to former NA Tiger, Lindsay Holdcroft!

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VUONO HONORED, KEISER UP FOR NFL ROOKIE AWARD

(11/23/11) As the North Allegheny Football Team prepares for the WPIAL Championship game this weekend at Heinz Field, there is some exciting news about some NA football standouts from the past. Mike Vuono, a 2009 graduate of North Allegheny, was named this week to the All-Patriot League Team for an outstanding junior season on the offensive line for the Mountain Hawks. Vuono helped Lehigh to a Patriot League title with a record of 10-1 as the Mountain Hawks continue their run in the NCAA playoffs with a meeting against Towson on December 3.

In addition, 2007 graduate Thomas Keiser is a candidate for the NFL Rookie of the Week. Signed off the practice squad two weeks ago by the Carolina Panthers, Keiser accumulated five tackles and two sacks against the Detroit Lions. To vote for Keiser in his bid for NFL Rookie of the Week, go to www.nfl.com.

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DAWN MURPHY RECEIVES POST-SEASON LAURELS AT W&J

(11/22/11) Former North Allegheny Lady Tiger, Dawn Murphy, is continuing her success on the soccer field at Washington and Jefferson College. Murphy, a 2008 graduate of North Allegheny, was recently named to the First-Team of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s soccer All-Conference Team and also named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 Team. Murphy scored a career-high nine goals this season for the Presidents, good for third on the team, and added one assist for 19 points. She has appeared in 57 games during her career and sits in 11th place all-time with 37 total points (13G, 11A). The sophomore helped the Presidents finish with a 14-4-1 record and win the PAC regular season title for the first time after going unbeaten (8-0-1) in conference play. With support from Murphy, W&J set a new school record with a 13-game unbeaten streak (12-0-1) that spanned from September 19-October 29.

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HOF CLASS OF 2011 INDUCTED INTO NA HALL OF FAME

(11/10/11) The North Allegheny Athletic Hall of Fame Association honored its 15th Induction Class this fall by bringing the total of inductees to 129. This year's induction class included Danielle Goetz Herring (swimming, Class of 1997), Laurie Harris (volleyball, Class of 1999), Dave Hohman (basketball, football, track and baseball; Class of 1981), Greg Joseph (soccer, Class of 1981), Joe Koury (soccer and basketball, Class of 1979), Mark Schweers (football and wrestling, Class of 1971), Kimberly Scott Franks (golf and swimming, Class of 1992), Cory Sullivan (baseball and soccer, Class of 1997), Matt Woffington (tennis, Class of 1993), and Kim Wyland-Krul (volleyball and track, Class of 1988). Also honored was Michael Turzai who was the 2011 recipient of the Bob Miller Award for Outstanding Support of North Allegheny Athletics, and Dr. Lawrence Butterini who was the recipient of the Joseph Drazenovich Award for Legendary Service.

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HOLDCROFT NAMED ECAC GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

(11/4/11) After a terrific freshman year at Dartmouth, former North Allegheny Tiger Lindsay Holdcroft is continuing her collegiate success as she was most recently named the ECAC Women’s Hockey goaltender of the week. Holdcroft propelled the Big Green to a 1-0-1 mark this past week with 55 saves, a .965 save percentage and a 0.96 goals-against average. She made 31 saves in a 2-2 tie at Clarkson on Friday and then earned her first shutout of the season with 24 saves in the 1-0 victory at St. Lawrence. It marked the fifth shutout of her career. On the season, the sophomore now has 86 saves, a .935 save percentage, a 1.95 goals against average, a 1-1-1 record and one shutout in 184:39 minutes. She is third in the conference in save percentage (.965) and fifth in goals against average (.0.96). Holdcroft is ninth in the nation in save percentage and 11th in goals against average.

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FORMER NA ROWER CONTINUES CAREER AT INDIANA U

(10/6/11) A walk-on last season on the Indiana University Rowing Team’s freshman novice squad, former North Allegheny Tigers rower Kim Gilmour has been awarded a partial athletic scholarship this year. Gilmour, a four-year rower while at North Allegheny, is a member of Indiana’s Varsity Rowing Team in Bloomington.

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YALE'S DAKOTA McCOY NAMED ALL-DISTRICT

(6/1/11) Former North Allegheny Tigers and rising junior Dakota McCoy (Wexford, Pa.), who competed for Yale at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships both indoors and outdoors this past season, has been named first team Capital One Academic All-District 1 in women's track & field/cross country. She was one of 10 first-team selections in the university division of District 1, which includes seven U.S. states in the Northeast plus five Canadian provinces.

An ecology and evolutionary biology major, McCoy had her work in the classroom recognized earlier this year when she was selected as one of 275 recipients (out of 1,095 applicants) of the Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in science, math and engineering. She will spend this summer working in a comparative cognition lab studying behavioral and cognitive science of primates. McCoy, who is also interested in paleontology, intends to pursue a PhD. She also sings for New Blue, Yale’s oldest female acapella group.

McCoy competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships indoors (9.51). At the outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships she competed in the 400 hurdles (1:06.44) and was on the 4x400-meter relay team (3:56.81). She had a PR of 32.36 meters in the javelin. Indoors, she had PRs in the 200 (27.47), 55 hurdles (9.05) and 60 hurdles (9.30).

A graduate of North Allegheny High, McCoy is in Branford College at Yale.

McCoy was the only sophomore to make the first team in District 1’s university division. Voting for the Academic All-District teams was done by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). Nominees for the award must be key contributors to their varsity team while also maintaining a grade-point average of at least 3.30. There are eight districts throughout the country, and first team Academic All-District selections are eligible to be selected as Academic All-Americans. That award is announced on June 23.

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OGLESBY NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
(5/11/11) Right-handed pitcher, and former North Allegheny Tiger, Ryan Oglesby headlined a group of five Slippery Rock University baseball student athletes who attained All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division status, the conference office announced Tuesday. In addition, Oglesby earned the “Freshman of the Year” honor. Oglesby, a 2010 graduate of North Allegheny High School, has tied the SRU school record for single-season saves with seven this spring. That total is tied for the best recorded by an NCAA Division II Atlantic Region pitcher this season. Oglesby also has compiled a team-best 1.84 earned runs average and picked up four wins and suffered two losses in his role as The Rock’s closer.

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ILLES RECEIVES MVP HONORS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON

(5/2/11) Former North Allegheny Tiger, Cameron Illes was named Most Valuable Player of the George Washington University men’s water polo team. Illes received the honor at the University's annual Senior Honors Luncheon on the GW campus this past Thursday. Illes posted the third-highest single-season saves total in GW history with 267 in 2010, highlighted by a single-game program record tying 19 saves against 19th-ranked Navy at Charles E. Smith Center in October. The sophomore also helped the Colonials post the fifth-highest team grade-point average in the nation while earning outstanding academic status from both the Collegiate Water Polo Association and Association for Collegiate Water Polo Coaches.

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TRETTEL NAMED PAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE FOR APRIL

(4/19/11) Former North Allegheny baseball player, and current senior at Washington & Jefferson College, Andy Trettel has been named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar Athlete of the Month for April on Tuesday. Trettel is a three-year letter winner for the W&J baseball team, who has recorded a .324 career batting average (133-411) and 94 runs batted in. The centerfielder is second on the team with 11 RBI this season, and is tied for third in batting average (.274) and hits (20). Trettel has reached base in seven consecutive games and fell one RBI shy of tying a career high Monday when he went 3-for-3 and drove in five runs in W&J’s 11-7 victory over Grove City. During the 2009 and 2010 seasons, Trettel compiled the second-longest on-base streak in NCAA Division III history after reaching base 55 consecutive times. He was a Second Team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference selection last season.

The senior is a business administration/international business major at Washington & Jefferson College and holds a 3.77 cumulative GPA. He has been honored on the W&J Dean’s List six times and is a two-time PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll student. He is the President of the W&J Accounting Society and also has volunteered for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Community Action Southwest.

During his baseball career North Allegheny, Trettel posted an outstanding .526 batting average his sophomore year with three home runs and 22 RBI’s. Now at W&J, Trettel has helped the Presidents make back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Division III Tournament, the first two in school history. He has appeared in 131 career games and has scored 116 runs. Since his arrival on campus, W&J has amassed a 101-55-1 record (.646).

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OGLESBY EARNS PITCHER OF THE WEEK AT SLIPPERY ROCK

(3/16/11) Former North Allegheny Tigers right-handed pitcher Ryan Oglesby has been named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division “Pitcher of the Week” for games the week ending March 13, 2011. Oglesby, currently a freshman at Slippery Rock University, recorded two wins in a relief role last week over West Chester University, which at the time was the No. 1-ranked team in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Division II Atlantic Regional poll. Oglesby struck out six, walked only one and allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings of work last week to lower his season ERA to 0.75. He had four strikeouts and allowed two hits in the final five frames of SRU’s 3-2, 10-inning win March 7 over West Chester. The 5-foot-11, 175-pounder followed that up with two K’s and two hits in the final three innings in The Rock’s 1-0, 10-inning win March 11. Both wins came as part of SRU’s annual spring-break trip to Florida. As a senior at North Allegheny in 2010, Oglesby led the Tigers to a WPIAL title game appearance with an 8-1 record and 1.73 ERA.

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CARIOTO CAPTURES 2011 ECAC SHOT PUT TITLE

(3/4/11) Former North Allegheny standout Kelly Carioto won the 2011 ECAC shot put championship on Friday afternoon with a throw of 42'. It was a personal record for her, coming a week after winning the Landmark Conference Championship with a throw of 36'10 ^1/₄. A junior at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Carioto also won shot put titles in the Dickinson Invitational and Lebanon Valley Invitational earlier this year.

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ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS FOR HOLDCROFT

(2/23/11) Former North Allegheny Ice Hockey goalie, Lindsay Holdcroft, has earned ECAC Rookie of the Week and Goaltender of the Week honors at Dartmouth University. Holdcroft made 57 saves in two victories over the weekend, including 33 saves in a win over second-ranked Cornell. Holdcroft’s play in net helped the Dartmouth give the Big Red its only conference loss of the season. She followed up that performance by stopping 24 of 27 shots in a 4-3 victory over Colgate. Holdcroft has lead Dartmouth to victories in 10 of its last 11 contests, improving her personal record to 15-6-0.

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MORE LAURELS FOR LINDSAY HOLDCROFT

(2/16/11) Dartmouth women's hockey player, and former North Allegheny ice hockey goaltender, Lindsay Holdcroft was named the ECAC's MLX Skates Goaltender of the Week on Tuesday. It is the first time the freshman has earned the honor. She was named the rookie of the week two previous times this season. Holdcroft earned two victories over the weekend to push the 10th-ranked Big Green's record to 17-9-0 overall and 13-7-0 in the conference. She made a career-high 38 saves in a 3-2 victory at St. Lawrence on Feb. 11, and followed the performance by making 19 saves in a 3-1 victory at Clarkson the next day. With the two wins, Holdcroft is now 10-5-0 in conference play and sports a .905 save percentage with a 2.11 goals against average in league action. Photo Courtesy: David Silverman(DSPics.com)

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HOLDCROFT NAMED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK AGAIN

(1/25/11) Former North Allegheny goaltender Lindsay Holdcroft, class of 2010, has earned ECAC Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season. Holdcroft, a freshman at Dartmouth University’s Women’s Hockey Team, went 3-0-0 over the past week to put the Big Green on a three-game winning streak. She played 180 minutes, and allowed only two goals for a 0.67 goals against average. She made 36 saves for a .947 save percentage, and earned her second shutout of the season in the win over RPI. On the season, she has an 8-5-0 record, two shutouts, an .876 save percentage, a 2.41 goals against average and has 219 saves.

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HOLDCROFT NAMED ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

(1/5/11) The starting goaltender on the NA Ice Hockey team from a year ago is now blanking opponents on college ice. Lindsay Holdcroft, North Allegheny Class of 2010, recorded her first career collegiate shutout earlier this week for the Dartmouth Women’s Ice Hockey Team. Holdcroft’s shutout on January 2, 2011 led the Big Green to a 5-0 victory over the Connecticut Huskies. Holdcroft made 16 saves and was named the ECAC Rookie of the Week. The freshman goalkeeper already has five victories in eight starts in net at Dartmouth. As a senior at NA in 2009-10, Holdcroft earned nine wins and posted a low 2.12 GAA.

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FORMER TIGER HELPS W&J WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM WIN PAC

(11/18/10) Washington and Jefferson sophomore Dawn Murphy was named to the All-President's Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Second-Team this week. It marks the second-straight year Murphy has been selected by the PAC after honorable mention accolades last season. While at North Allegheny, Murphy was a four-year letter winner and was an All-WPIAL Selection as a senior. The former Tiger standout helped the W&J Presidents win the PAC Championship this season. As a sophomore, Murphy emerged as one of the conference's best distributors from the midfield, recording seven assists and two goals. Murphy's seven assists ranked her third in the PAC.

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ILLES TIES WATER POLO RECORD AT GW

(10/10/10) While at North Allegheny, Cam Illes helped the Tigers’ Water Polo team place fifth in the state during his senior year in 2008. Now the NA product is continuing his success at George Washington University. In a game last week against Navy, Illes tied the Colonials single-game record for most saves in a game with 19. The school record is held by three others, including Illes, who notched 19 saves last year against MIT in the ECAC championship. Illes, a sophomore, is the regular starting goal keeper at George Washington.

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MIDDLEMAN TABBED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

9/7/09 Courtesy of OhioStateBuckeyes.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State goalkeeper Rachel Middleman has been named Big Ten freshman of the week, the conference office announced Monday.

The Mars, Pa., native recorded 165 scoreless minutes in goal as the Buckeyes shut out intrastate rivals Dayton and Akron. Middleman made three saves in her first career shutout over Dayton Friday before coming back to record a save in 75 minutes of a 3-0 win over Akron Sunday. The freshman possesses a 0.46 goals-against average as the Buckeyes have started the season with a 4-1-1 record.

The award is the Buckeyes' first freshman of the week honor and second weekly honor this season as Lauren Granberg was named offensive player of the week last week.

Ohio State returns to action for a 7:30 p.m. match against Cleveland State Wednesday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium

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MOORE NAMED TO WPIAL HALL OF FAME

Tiger wrestler Ty Moore was chosen for the WPIAL Hall of Fame in ceremonies conducted on Friday night at the Embassy Suites in Coraopolis. Moore was the first NA wrestler to win his first 100 matches and finished with a final mark of 146-1. The 1990 graduate was named as the PG Athlete of the Year during his senior year along with teammate Ray Brinzer before going on to wrestle at North Carolina. Moore was a four-time PIAA Champion. In addition, NA assistant coach Art Walker, Sr. was named to the Hall for his coaching success at Mt. Lebanon and Shady Side Academy.

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TRETTEL, SCHRAM, MULL EARN DAKTRONICS D-II BASEBALL ALL-AMERICAN ACCOLADES

(MARSHALL, MN)---A trio of WVIAC baseball stars have been selected to the 2010 Daktronics Division II All-American squad. Heavy-hitting catcher Pat Trettel of Seton Hill and second baseman Greyson Schram of Concord are first team picks, while Wheeling Jesuit hurler Noah Mull is a third team selection.

Trettel, a senior from Wexford, PA, led Seton Hill to a 36-21 record and the school's first WVIAC baseball title. He established SHU single-season records with 16 homers and 81 runs batted in to go with a .420 batting average. Additionally, he swiped 11 bases in 13 attempts to become Seton Hill's initial first team Division II All-American.

Schram posted one of the top seasons in WVIAC history as he currently ranks in the top four nationally in seven categories. The Stanley, NC native leads D-II in home runs per game (0.53), runs batted in per game (2.13), slugging percentage (1.103), and on-base percentage (.599). The WVIAC and Atlantic Region Player of the Year's .508 batting average is the second best in league history and also ranks second in the country.

Mull capped off a stellar senior season with a 7-1 record and a WVIAC-best 2.09 earned run average. Mull limited opponents to a .194 batting average and ranks second in Division II with 13.02 strikeouts per nine innings. The WVIAC Pitcher of the Year tossed four complete games with a pair of shutouts. The former Wheeling Central HS star fanned 81 hitters compared to only 39 hits and 21 walks in 56.0 innings pitched.

The complete 2010 Daktronics Baseball All-America squad, as selected by sports information directors from around Division II, follows:

1st Team:
C-Pat Trettel (Sr., Seton Hill)
1B-Jason Carr (Sr., New Mexico Highlands)
2B-Greyson Schram (Sr., Concord)
3B-Cannon Lester (Sr., Southern Arkansas)
SS-Paul Bingham (Sr., Indiana, PA)
OF-Brandon Decker (Sr., Valdosta State)
OF-Chance Tuttle (Sr., Central Missouri)
OF-Bryan Fogle (Sr., Erskine)
DH-Nick Aranas (Jr., USC-Aiken)
UT-Brendon Furrow (Sr., Concordia-St. Paul)
P-Joe Holtmeyer (Soph., Nebraska-Omaha)
P-Jose Macias (Jr., Franklin Pierce)
P-Brooks Martin (Sr., Central Missouri)
P-Hayden Simpson (Jr., Southern Arkansas)
RP-Heath Wyatt (Jr., SE Oklahoma State)

W&J WATER POLO SENIORS EARN ALL-AMERICA AWARDS

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College seniors Steve Hilty (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) and John Todd (Joppa, Md./Calvert Hall) were recently selected to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Division III All-America Team.

Both Hilty and Todd were honorable-mention selections. Todd collected his second-straight All-America award after earning the same honorable-mention accolades in 2008.

Hilty finished tied for 32nd among all NCAA divisions in goals this past season with 51 (2.32 gpg). He helped the Washington & Jefferson offense rank 19th in the country with an average of 10.0 goals per match.

Hilty helped the Presidents earn runner-up laurels at the 2009 Division III Eastern Championships and was selected to the First Team All-East squad. He also was a 2008 ACWPC All-Academic choice after scoring a career-best 54 goals as a junior.

Todd continued his stellar play in goal for the Presidents by amassing
219 saves in the fall. He tied for 16th among all NCAA goalies and his
10.95 saves per match average was the sixth in the nation.

In two seasons as the Presidents' full-time goaltender, Todd racked up 562 stops. A two-time All-East selection, Todd owns the single-game school record for saves after compiling 30 versus Harvard during the 2008 season. He also joined Hilty on the 2008 ACWPC All-Academic Team.

Washington & Jefferson (10-12) finished 2009 with the most victories
since the 2004 squad notched a 14-7 record. Hilty and Todd were a part of 32 wins during their four-year careers.

SHU'S TRETTEL NAMED TO NCBWA PRE-SEASON A-A SQUAD
12/15/2009

(GREENSBURG, PA)---Seton Hill catcher Pat Trettel (NA Class of 2005) was named to the 2010 NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) Division IIPreseason All America Team as a second team honoree. The senior is the lone WVIAC selection and is the first Seton Hill baseball player to earn Preseason All American honors.

Trettel had a superb junior season in which he has smashed the school's single season home run mark. He topped the previous mark of four with 15 home runs in 2009. The former North Allegheny HS standout also holds the Seton Hill career home run mark with 21. Trettel hit .343 and slugged .723 with 33 runs scored, 7 doubles and 47 RBI. His 15 home runs were third in the WVIAC and 35th in Division II.

A total of 40 schools had at least one representative on the Division II Preseason All-America teams. The association's Division II national
poll voters and members of the association's board of directors selected the NCBWA Division II Preseason All-America teams from nominations submitted by sports information directors at NCAA Division II baseball-playing institutions.

J.P. Fulton, a 2009 graduate, is a member of the Messiah College mens soccer team which won the NCAA Division III National Championship in San Antonio, TX, on December 5. JP played in the midfield and logged minutes in both the national semi and final games. Messiah College has won the National Championship seven times since 2000.

The collegiate soccer teams of 2009 NA grads Dawn Murphy and J.P. Fulton both won their conference championships and qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament this weekend. J. P. scored important goals off the bench for Div III #1 ranked Messiah in both the semi-finals against Lebanon Valley and the finals against Arcadia University to win the Commonwealth Conference Championship and the automatic NCAA bid. Dawn played central defender for all 105 minutes of Washington and Jefferson's 2-1 overtime upset of Div III #25 ranked Thomas More in the semi-finals and all 90 minutes of W&J's 1-0 upset of #1 seed Grove City in the PAC Championship and also won an automatic bid.
Both teams will learn their NCAA opponents and begin tournament play this week.

HILTY NAMED TO DIVISION III
EASTERN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Peter Sauerhoff (Sr., St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School) earned Most Valuable Player honors to lead six Johns Hopkins University players on the 14-member Division III Eastern All-Tournament Team.

Sauerhoff, who earned his second All-Division III Tournament award after being recognized on the Second Team last year, is one of four JHU players to earn first team honors joining teammates Kyle Gertridge (Sr., Palo Alto, Calif./Gunn), Alex Whittam (Fr., Hillsborough, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep) and goalie Jeremy Selbst (Jr., Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich).

Overall, he ecorded 18 goals (on 21 shots), six assists, six steals and one ejection drawn in four games to earn MVP accolades and guide the Blue Jays to their 12th Division III Eastern Championship. For his MVP performance, he has also named the October 26 Men's Varsity Southern Division Player of the Week.

He is one of two Blue Jay players to be recognized for a second time with All-Division III Tournament honors as Gertridge also garnered First Team honors in 2008.

Joining Sauerhoff, Gertridge, Whittam and Selbst on the First Team are Steve Hilty (Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) and William Kidston (Sr., Pawley's Island, S.C./Northfield Mt. Hermon) of Washington & Jefferson College, along with Sam Mitchell (Jr., Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Chadwick School) of Connecticut College.

The award marks Hilty's second All-Tournament selection as he garnered All-Division III Eastern Second Team honors last year.

On the Second Team, JHU's Kielan Crow (Fr., Portola Valley, Calif./Lick-Wilmerding) and Reid Fox (Sr., Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) are joined by Connecticut College's Brenadn Kempf (Sr., Santa Monica, Calif./Loyola) and Sam Burns (Fr., Albuquerque, N.M./Valley), Pennsylvania State University-Behrend College's Colin McGarry (Fr., Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) and Washington & Jefferson's Andy Rish (So., North East, Pa./Cathedral Prep), while goalie John Todd (Sr., Joppa, Md./Calvert Hall) of W&J rounds out the selections.

In addition, Washington & Jefferson head coach Vaughan Smith was named Outstanding Coach of the Tournament.

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Steve Hilty (2006 graduate) has played and will letter all four years at Washington and Jefferson College. His position is hole set. Last year, Hilty was an academic All-American in the sport and set the school record for goals scored with 56. Steve, a senior, was named one of the captains for this season. Due to his play at the Claremont Convergent Tournament in Southern California last weekend, he was honored as the Co-Player of the Week by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. During the tournament, Steve scored 12 goals, had three steals and five assists.

Cam Illes (2009 graduate) is in his freshman year at George Washington University. His position is goalie. Illes also was honored by the Collegiate Water Polo Association by being named rook of the week twice this season!

U.S. Rowing has just announced the roster for this year's Under-23 team that will compete at the World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic, on July 23-26. 2006 NA Grad and former rower SINGEN ELLIOTT was named to the team. Elliott has been a participant in the big boat camp, and has now officially been named the stroke man of the Quad Scull.

Next year, Singen will be a Senior at Cornel University where he is studying Animal Sciences.

It's been an incredible year for JAKE HERBERT ... and it's only reached the midpoint of 2009. Herbert, a graduate of North Allegheny High School, won his second NCAA Divison I wrestling title in March and was awarded the Hodge Trophy, collegiate wrestling's equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. He was also voted to the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team after earning a degree in communications at Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill.

But that's only the beginning. In April, Herbert won the 84-kilogram (185-pount) weight class at the U.S. Open Freestyle Championships, which took place April 13 at Las Vegas. That earned him an automatic berth in the finals of the World Team Trials, which took place May 31 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Herbert faced former Bloomsburg University wrestler Bryce Hasseman in the best-of-three final at the team trials and came away with the title. The victory earned Herbert a trip to Denmark for the World Team Championships, scheduled for September 21-27.

"This isn't just the result of three months of training, it's years and years and years of hard work," said Herbert, who resumed his freestyle training after the college season. "Everyone out on the mat knows that, but it's hard for people on the outside to see all that goes into winning an event like the World Team Trials. It's just unbelievable."

But that still isn't the whole story. Earlier this month, Herbert was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award, which recognizes him as the top male athlete in all sports in the Big Ten Conference. "This is such an honor and one that I never really imagined that I could win," Herbert said. "It's just great to be able to represent Northwestern wrestling and the entire athletic department so that everybody in the Big Ten and rest of the country knows the amazing things that go on at this school."

Herbert can't wait for his trip to Denmark for the World Championships. "My mom, dad and grandma will be joining me in Denmark," Herbert said. "I expect nothing less that to win the gold. You don't train to place or to just make the team. I have wrestled in thousands of tournaments and won hundreds of them. This is another tournament to win. I am ready. I don't feel anybody will be able to take this from me."

Payday finally arrived for North Allegheny graduate JOSH HUNGERMAN, who signed a professional baseball contract with the Colorado Rockies. Hungerman's deal included dollars, years, and hope for a bright future. His mother and father were rewarded, too, with something even more meaningful.

Hungerman, a left-handed pitcher who was drafted in the 17th round out of Cleveland State, made arrangements to sign the contract in Room 609 of UPMC Passavant Hospital, where his mother Rebecca has been a patient for the past two weeks. "I just wanted to make sure both of my parents were there," he said. "They have been with me through my whole baseball career. There is no reason why they shouldn't be there on the best day of my baseball life. If I deserve it, they deserve it even more".

With the hospital staff giving the family total privacy for the hourlong signing, Rebecca was joined by her husband, Dave, who has been his son's coach since he was 6 years old, and Rockies regional scout Ed Santa, a North Catholic graduate who has followed Hungerman's career since he first came to Santa's tryout camp in 10th grade.

"It was really exciting," Rebecca said from her hospital bed. "I feel bad for the poor kid trying to make arrangements to have the signing here. But she was pleased to see the culmination of many years of hard work. Rebecca's role included some backyard batting practice in the early years, and, often, staying up past 11 o'clock on game nights washing uniforms for the next day. "We just wanted to give him every opportunity to make his dream happen," she said.

Less than 24 hours after signing the contract, Hungerman boarded an airplane bound for Casper, Wyo., where he will join the Casper Ghosts, a Rockies rookie affiliate in the short season Frontier League. Games began June 23. Hungerman, 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, was a first-team All-Horizon League designated hitter for Cleveland State this season, with a .345 batting average and a team-high 11 home runs and 50 RBI. His pro career will still commence as a pitcher.

Santa said Hungerman throws in the 88-91 mph range and possesses the one characteristic many bigger, faster pitchers lack. "He has great control (of his pitchers)," he said. "Some (coaches) think you can teach that to kids, but it's really hard to do. Josh has it."

Hungerman, who led Cleveland State with 13 starts and 88 innings, walked only 37 while recording 91 strikeouts and a 4.60 earned run average. Hungerman's dad Dave is the coach of the Allegheny Athletics of the Tri-State Collegian League, which gives college home for the summer an opportunity to continue playing. Josh played for the team last summer and showed enough promise to be drafted by the Rockies for the second straight year. He was a 50th-round choice in 2008, but he decided to stay in school.

After Josh gets settled, Dave and Rebecca hope to travel to Wyoming this summer and become big Ghost fans. Dave will try to watch with an objective eye, but it won't be easy. "As his dad and his coach," he said, "I think he has a lot of ability."

Heavy-weight women's varsity programs compete at NCAAs for their national championship, while the men's programs and the women's lightweight boats compete at IRAs (Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships).

Last weekend, IRAs were held on Lake Natoma in Sacramento, CA and the following results were achieved by NA alumni:

* Gold for Alan Meininghaus (2008) in the U of Washington men's open four (UW also won all four of the eights races and were named national champions)

* Second in the petite final of the men's second varsity eights for Joe Brendel (2006) and his Stanford crew

* Third in the petite final of the men's varsity eights for Singen Elliott (2006) and his Cornell crew

Also, on May 29 & 30, the varsity women competed at NCAAs at Cooper River, NJ. Ali Bogart (2005) and her crew from Mercyhurst College won the silver medal in the women's Division II varsity eights. Brianna Pittman (2007) also won silver in the U of Wisconsin Division I varsity four.

Singen Elliott was invited to try out for a sculling boat for the Under 23 team. John Brendel said his chances of making the team are good.

NA GRAD BRIANA PITTMAN HELPS WISCONSIN TO HIGHEST FINISH

CHERRY HILL, N.J.

The Wisconsin varsity four made school history at the 2009 NCAA Rowing Championships on Sunday at the Cooper River. Rowing in the school’s fourth NCAA grand final in any boat, the Badgers claimed second place to gain the highest NCAA finish for a Wisconsin crew.

The Badgers started steady over the first 500 meters, but hit the mark in fifth place, exactly three seconds behind leader and eventual champion Clemson.

“I was in the boat trying to row as fast as I could,” said sophomore Kirsten Morelli. “I try not to worry about where other people are. I could kind of tell we were down off the start, but we just relaxed, settled into it and made our way back through the field.”

The Badgers made their way through the field quickly and used the fastest second 500 of the field to jump up into second place and to begin closing the gap on the Tigers. The Badgers kept things going in the third 500, closing to just over two seconds back of Clemson. In the final 500, Wisconsin continued to close, getting within 1.76 seconds of the Tigers, but the early lead was too much to overcome. The Badgers finished in 7:28.54, while NCAA champion in the varsity four Clemson won in 7:26.28.

“It was a great race for them,” said head coach Bebe Bryans. “They did exactly what they wanted to do. They had a little trouble off the line, but it didn’t shake them at all. They just did what they were supposed to do which showed that strength and composure can prevail. Good technique, too.

“I think Kevin Luecke, their on-the-water coach for the most part, deserves a lot of credit. He was able to help them go with the flow and not be intimidated and bring out their fiercest self. I think they are fired up already to come back next year and have that happen across the board.”

Wisconsin’s history making varsity four included junior coxswain Molly Evjen (Portland, Ore.), senior Brittany Rapp (Glenview, Ill.), Briana Pittman (Pittsburgh), Bronwyn Knaebe (Madison, Wis.) and sophomore Kirsten Morelli (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

“There are so many great people who have rowed here, so to be able to say you finished the highest out of anybody who has ever been here is really an accomplishment,” added Morelli. “It is a testament to how hard everybody has worked as a team. It is not just us, it is everybody.

“I think we’ve gotten faster. We’ve had a lot of different people in the boat, but everyone has been working really hard and I think it showed today. Everybody wants the boat to go fast. We had a lot of people here, the spares, everybody, that helped us a lot too.”

Finishing out the finals of the varsity four were third-place Yale (7:30.81), fourth-place California (7:32.01), fifth-place Stanford (7:32.29) and sixth-place Virginia (7:34.26).

As a team, the Badgers finished with 26 points and placed 13th out of the 16 schools at the championships. There are 87 crews in NCAA Division I women’s rowing. Stanford, coached by former Wisconsin coxswain Yasmin Farooq, won the team title with help from a victory in the varsity eight. The Cardinal scored 88 points to edge second-place California (85 points) and third-place Yale (85 points). California earned second place with a higher finish in the varsity eight.

“This is by far the most competitive national championships I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to all of them,” Bryans continued. “Women’s collegiate rowing has just taken a huge step. The closeness and the speed of all the racing across the board was pretty phenomenal. We made the jump too, but we didn’t make a big enough one. We are committed not only to staying with the pack, but we want to take that big jump next year.

“Overall, we did here what we came to do. We gave our best effort. We prepared as well as we could. We did what we could do and came away with the highest finish we’ve ever had at an NCAA championships, so that is a great finish and also a great building block for next year.”

The CUA women's track and field team earned a third place finish at the Landmark Conference Championships Saturday afternoon wracking up a total of 139 points at the meet. The squad had a number of strong performances in each of the events, including a pair of event winners at the meet.

Highlighting the afternoon's performances was thrower KELLY CARIOTO (Pittsburgh, PA, North Allegheny), who's win conquered the women's shot put with a toss of 12.09 m. She also finished second in the discus, earning 8 points for the 35.75 m throw. The freshman also earned Female Field Athlete of the Year in the Landmark Conference for her impressive performances throughout the year.

Kelly also qualified for the ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championship in both shot put and discus. The ECAC Championship will be held at Springfield College in Springfield MA on May 14 & 15.

NA grad ERIC J. ROBERTSON finished in 5th place at the Pittsburgh Marathon last week.