PITT-BRADFORD'S HERRMANN NAMED TO NATIONAL SAAC
6/11/08

Pitt-Bradford sophomore Stefanie Herrmann (St. Louis, MO/Lindberg) has been named to the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  A soccer midfielder for the Panthers who is majoring in sports medicine, Herrmann was a member of the AMCC Academic All-Conference Team in 2007.  She will represent both the AMCC and the Skyline Athletic Conference at the national level.

FROSTBURG STATE'S ROHRS IS TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL CHAMPION
6/9/08

Frostburg State University junior Sumer Rohrs (Frostburg, MD/Forest) earned the first outdoor National Championship of her FSU career in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 NCAA Championships on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.  Rohrs is a member of the AMCC conference SAAC.

Rohrs, a two-time 55-meter hurdle indoor National Champion, finished the 100 hurdles with a 13.68 to claim the title. She is the first 100-meter hurdle National Champion in school history and the third All-American in the event.  In her second event of the championships, the 400-meter hurdles, Rohrs came up just short of a second title finishing runner-up with a time of 60.71.

PITT-BRADFORD'S FOSTER SELECTED IN MLB DRAFT
6/9/08

Pitt-Bradford  junior Zach Foster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) was selected in the 49th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.  Foster, who is a pitcher/first baseman, finished the year with a 3-1 record and a 5.40 ERA in 10 mound appearances. He also hit .253 with 10 RBIs for the Panthers.  He is the first player from an AMCC member school to be drafted since the inception of the league in 1997.

PENN STATE ALTOONA'S PETULLA GARNERS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION
5/28/08

Penn State Altoona baseball player Tony Petulla has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team College Division for his outstanding performance both on the field and in the classroom.  He is the first PSA student-athlete to be named an academic All-America.  To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, and have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his or her current institution.

Two weeks ago, the Philipsburg, PA native earned first team Academic All-District distinction in the District II College Division.  Petulla graduated earlier this month with a degree in Criminal Justice, boasting a 3.56 grade point average.  He is a four-time Dean's List student and Academic All-Conference selection and was recently named the 2007-2008 Penn State Altoona Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.  On the field, Petulla spent most of the season behind the plate while leading the team in a number of statistical categories including batting average (.446), hits (58), runs (37), home runs (7), RBI (40), walks (29), on base percentage (.552), and slugging percentage (.715). 

SPRING ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM ANNOUNCED
5/23/08

Twenty-four Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference student-athletes have been selected by their teammates to represent their institutions on the conference All-Conference Sportsmanship Team for Spring 2008.  These individuals were chosen because they were considered to best represent the ideals of fairness, civility and respect toward teammates, opponents and officials, both in the competition arena and as spectators at other campus sporting events.  The award was initiated this year in a joint effort by the presidents and SAAC of the AMCC.

Click here for the complete All-Conference Sportsmanship Team.

FOUR AMCC PLAYERS NAMED TO ABCA ALL-REGION TEAM
5/23/08

Led by conference Player and Pitcher of the Year David Koerbel, four AMCC student-athletes have been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team.  Koerbel and Penn St. Behrend teammate Josh Fyffe earned second team honors.  The pair were instrumental in helping the Behrend Lions win the AMCC championship.  Also gaining third team recognition were the AMCC Newcomer of the Year, Mount Aloysius College shortstop Bryan Nolan, and Lake Erie designated hitter Ben Reed.

PENN STATE BEHREND WINS EIGHTH PRESIDENTS CUP
5/21/08

For the seventh time in eight years, Penn State Behrend has won the AMCC Presidents' Cup, awarded annually to the conference member with the most successful overall program in AMCC competition.  The Behrend Lions won league titles in 10 of 13 championships this past year.  Following in the standings were Penn State Altoona in second place, their highest ranking since joining the conference, and Frostburg State in third place.  Click here for a complete list of team champions and Presidents' Cup standings.

AMCC ANNOUNCES ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AND FAR AWARD WINNERS
5/15/08

La Roche College soccer player Nicole Booth (Pittsburgh, PA/Brashear) and Penn State Behrend swimmer Dustin Fairchild (Corry, PA/Corry) head the 2008 AMCC All-Academic Team.  The two seniors are the recipients of the conference Faculty Athletics Award, and were chosen from among 20 members of the AMCC All-Academic Team.

Booth, a criminal justice major and sociology minor, finished her academic career with a 3.9 GPA.  Among her many accomplishments in the classroom, Booth was awarded the Harlan Fiske Stone Award, given to the criminal justice or national security studies graduating senior with the highest departmental overall GPA and who has also achieved departmental school honors.  On the soccer field, Booth was the team captain during her senior campaign and was a four-team member of the all-conference team as a forward.

A two-time AMCC Swimmer of the Year and three-year team captain, Fairchild excelled academically as an electrical engineering major with a a 3.9 GPA and was the Behrend Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  In the pool Fairchild set seven individual records, and was a member of four record-setting relay teams.  He finished his collegiate career as a 12-time AMCC champion.

Click here for the complete 2008 AMCC All-Academic Team.

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