On-campus statue honors longtime Little League connection

Published 08.16.2019

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    Onlookers line the Hagan Way entrance (clearly marked as Wildcat turf) for the big reveal.President Gilmour thanks the college employees who found a campus home for the sculpture, noting their involvement embodies the teamwork ethos of Little League.Student-athletes lift the covering, stitched together in Penn College's signature blue and gray, to bring the "Bases Loaded" outfielder to daylight.The president joins the student-athletes alongside the statue they unveiled. From left are Nathan D. Holt, of Shippensburg; Olivia R. Hemstock, of Northford, Conn.; Max A. Conrad, of Hagerstown, Md.; and Gillian D. Sinnott, of Sykesville, Md.Wildcat pitcher Holt (14) poses with his numerically linked "teammate."A bronze sculpture of a left fielder, the latest installation in the communitywide "Bases Loaded" project, was unveiled in a brief ceremony near Penn College's main entrance Friday morning. Wearing No. 14, in commemoration of the institution's 1914 founding, the player stands at the northeast corner of the turning circle outside the Student & Administrative Services Center. "Our connection to the Little League program is one we're very proud of," said President Davie Jane Gilmour, a member and former chair of the Little League International Board of Directors. Fresh from a college picnic for Little League Baseball World Series participants prior to Wednesday's Grand Slam Parade, Gilmour noted that the eyes of the world are on Williamsport ... and the statue "brings a little piece of that world to our campus." Wildcat baseball and softball players joined in the unveiling, which was attended by a number of Wildcat student-athletes, coaches and administrators, as well as college employees. In addition to the president, speakers were Jason Fink, president and CEO of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce; and Amy J. Brooks, of Susquehanna Trailways, who chairs the Chamber's Visitors Bureau Operating Committee. Other statues – strategically placed to call attention to the area's abundant attractions – are at Market Square, the Trade & Transit Centre II Plaza, the Original Little League complex, BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, and the UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport Regional Medical Center campus. The project was launched in 2014 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Little League Baseball and will culminate in 2021 with the 75th anniversary of the Little League Baseball World Series.

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