News about Sports

While Pennsylvania College of Technology golf and esports teams are about to get their fall seasons in full swing, the soccer, women’s volleyball and cross-country squads all saw action last week.

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While competition resumed last week for four Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams for the first time in nearly two years, the men’s and women’s tennis teams look to continue building this week on the progress they made last spring.

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After a near two-year offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fall sports athletes in soccer, women’s volleyball and cross-country are more than ready for their return to competitive action.

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A new head coach. Four new hall of fame members. Special honors for three coaches and a former men’s basketball player. A new face in a “new” conference. A record number of scholar-athletes.

It has been a busy offseason for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletics. And, with the start of the fall sports seasons just around the corner Sept. 1, there is more good news as spectators are being welcomed back to athletic events after a year away due to COVID-19 precautions.

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The final destination was always clear for Christian Peters, but the journey to get there was paved in Williamsport.

Peters is the team administrator for Real Monarchs of the United Soccer League, the minor league for Major League Soccer, and he credits his experience as a student-athlete and the hands-on learning he practiced at Pennsylvania College of Technology as the reasons he was able to secure his dream job of working in professional soccer.

“If I didn’t play college soccer, I wouldn’t have been as prepared to handle the hectic schedule that we have in pro soccer,” said Peters, who graduated from Penn College in December 2020. “And having the hands-on assignments in classes really prepared me for the logistical part of my internship, which led to this job.”

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LaQuinn N. Thompson, a 2016 alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology, was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award at the college’s Summer 2021 Commencement ceremony at the Community Arts Center.

The Alumni Achievement Award is presented to a graduate of the past 10 years in recognition of noteworthy career accomplishments that demonstrate the importance of a Penn College education. Thompson, who was born and raised in York, earned a bachelor’s degree in applied human services from Penn College.

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference – with which the Pennsylvania College of Technology Wildcats have been affiliated since attaining full membership in NCAA Division III with the 2014-15 academic year – unveiled a brand-new logo and website Monday in announcing its rebirth as the United East.

“This is a monumental day for our conference as we begin a new era as the United East,” Commissioner Stephanie Dutton said. “Our new identity is a true reflection of our membership and our core values. As a conference that serves as the home for a diverse group of institutions, we have a mark that clearly conveys our desire to continually rise upward together as a united group.”

The United East teamed up with Skye Design Studios (which designed the current Penn College Wildcat and related visuals) and SIDEARM Sports to bring a completely fresh look to the conference, which highlights its diversity as well as its mission to continually push itself to become a premier league within Division III.

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Presidential Student Ambassador Lauryn A. Stauffer is your effusive and illuminating guide to Pennsylvania College of Technology in a newly launched video produced by Public Relations & Marketing. Loaded with fresh footage of renovated labs and popular campus hang spots, the comprehensive tour takes you through main campus, down the road to the Lumley Aviation Center and over the mountain to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

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The Pennsylvania College of Technology Athletics Department has announced its 2021 Hall of Fame Class: Kendel F. Baier, Scott E. Kennell, Jamie L. Steer and James C. Woodring.

The four inductees will officially enter the Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 24, in a 6 p.m. ceremony during Homecoming and Parent & Family weekend.

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After nearly 15 months, The Fitness Center is open! Penn College employees must purchase their memberships through payroll deduction using the form on the center’s myPCT portal page. Summer hours are 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays. The Fitness Center, on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center, is closed on weekends.

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Penn College women’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse are teaming up to hold the second annual Wildcat Dash virtual 5K run and 1-mile walk.  Register, then run or walk anytime and anywhere from Aug. 4-7!  T-shirts and printable race bibs are included with all registrations, and competitive 5K runners are eligible to win medals and other prizes. Registration and more details for the event, in support of Wildcat student-athletes and their success, can be found here.

Three Penn College head coaches – Geoff Hensley, men’s basketball; Christa Matlack, women’s soccer; and Tyler Mensch, men’s soccer – will be inducted this fall into the Athletic Halls of Fame at their respective universities.

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Catcher Brittan C. Kittle, recently added to the Williamsport Crosscutters roster after a standout performance as a Penn College Wildcat, is already a fan favorite among the Bowman Field faithful after only three games behind the plate. The most decorated baseball player in the institution’s history, Kittle – a Millville resident who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology – left the college as its all-time leader in hits (169), home runs (22), runs scored (113) and doubles (43). Kittle is profiled in Thursday’s Williamsport Sun-Gazette, the morning after he went 2 for 2 against the Frederick Keys. The Crosscutters play in the MLB Draft League in its inaugural season at the historic local ballpark, where Kittle played home games with his Chris Howard-coached college squad.

Public Relations & Marketing at Pennsylvania College of Technology took home gold, bronze and honorable mention recognition in the 2021 CUPPIE Awards sponsored by CUPRAP, College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals.

The 14th annual CUPPIE Awards featured 357 entries from colleges, universities, agencies and providers of private, specialized and secondary education and accreditation. Penn College was honored for writing, video and magazine production efforts completed between Dec. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2020.

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A Pennsylvania College of Technology online video devised to inspire and give thanks during the COVID-19 pandemic has earned a 2021 Telly Award, the world’s largest honor for video and television content across all screens.

The 42nd annual awards recognized the video “Penn College Wildcats give thanks for UPMC Field” with a Bronze Telly in the Non-Broadcast Motivational category. Other Telly recipients in the grouping included The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and The Humane Society of the United States.

The two-minute Penn College video features student-athletes Sloane A. Tressler, of Mill Hall (women’s soccer), and Colton N. Wartman, of Ellicott City, Maryland (men’s soccer); as well as head coaches Tyler S. Mensch (men’s soccer), Christa Matlack (women’s soccer) and Jordan G. Williams (men’s lacrosse).

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