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Thiel College 2012-13 Edition

Cat Tracks

photo by William Becque

Sophomores Emily Harrigan (6) and Cassy Mahdi (15) lead the Tomcats in

ringing the victory bell after Thiel defeated St. Vincent College 15-13 to

win the inaugural 2013 PAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

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Dear Alumni & Friends,

Thank you for your continued support of Thiel Athletics – your generosity

is making a difference in the lives of the more than 400 student-athletes

who represent the Blue & Gold on a yearly basis. I hope you enjoy this

edition of Cat Tracks as we recap an exciting year that saw continued

improvement on the field, mats, and courts as well as in the classroom.

I am proud to share with you some of the academic accomplishments of

our programs. Twelve of our twenty two teams earned a cumulative yearly

GPA of 3.0 or higher and once again our athletic programs had a higher

GPA then the rest of the student body. We had 80 student-athletes earn

PAC Academic Honor Roll distinction by having an in-season semester GPA

of 3.6 or higher; this brings our total to 284 student-athletes recognized

over the past four years (’09-’13) compared to only 184 in the previous

four-year period (’05-’09). We welcomed 16 new members to Chi Alpha

Sigma, the College Athlete National Honor Society, who have attained a

cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher by their junior or senior year, have lettered

in their sport, and have been endorsed by the athletic department for their

character and community service involvement; this brings the total

membership of Chi Alpha Sigma to 71 since its inception three years ago.

I am also pleased to share with you that our overall winning percentage for

the athletic department was .503, which is the first time we have been over

.500 as a department in recent history.

In addition to the improvements in the academic and athletic arenas we are

improving our facilities as well. We are currently in the process of

renovating the athletic training room in Beeghly Gymnasium, which will

nearly triple in size. We will also be installing competition level lighting at

Alumni Stadium, which will benefit the entire campus community by

increasing the usage opportunities for not only our athletic programs, but

also intramurals, band, spirit squads, and other college and community

events. Mark your calendars for a night time home soccer doubleheader

and the first night time football game; Wednesday October 16 women’s

soccer vs. Westminster at 6:30 p.m. and the men’s team will follow at 8:30

p.m., and Saturday, November 9 football vs. Westminster at 7 p.m.

Thank you again for your continued support and I hope to see you on

campus in the near future at one of our athletic events. Go Cats!

Sincerely,

Jack Leipheimer ’74

Director of Athletics

This publication was designed and produced

by the Thiel College Sports Information

Department. The staff of SID William

Becque, Assistant SID Ed Topoleski ’02,

current Thiel student Cyrill Parham, and

intern Madeline Williams worked to see the

completion of Cat Tracks.

Photos by Dave Miller, Linda Oman ’75, Ed

Topoleski ’02, Cyrill Parham and William

Becque.

Printed by SCP Group, Sharon, Pa.

2013 Spring Blue-GoldGolf Outing

Facility upgrades under way

2012-13 in review

Athletics News & Notes

Three elected to HOF

Blue-Gold renewal form

Hillier assigned to Missoula

What’s Inside.....

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36 named to PAC

Academic Honor Roll

A total of 36 Thiel student-athletes

were named to the Presidents’

Athletic Conference Academic Honor

Roll for the Winter/Spring 2013

semester. The PAC Academic Honor

Roll honors student-athletes on

varsity sports teams who have earned

a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher

on a 4.0 scale during their semester

of competition.

Women’s Basketball

Kelly BarzakLeanna Yeager

Track & Field

Morgan BergKendall DelashmentPaulo FernandezNic JonesSteve MorganClare Rech

Wrestling

Sean ByhamTrevor FancherNick HartMatt Morian

Men’s Basketball

Jermaine Hamilton

Men’s Golf

Stephen ChubaMatt FioreEvan ProksellDuncan Wingard

Women’s Golf

Emily FriedrichKelsey SchneiderMelissa Sloan

Softball

Ashley DolanJune LongbineDanielle MassengillAshley Rable

Baseball

Dan GaineyRyan HartEric KingDan KollerJaden NozickaMike Pica

Women’s Lacrosse

Emily HarriganAlison LangeHannah Stelmach

Men’s Lacrosse

Zachary MacurakTim O’SheaJohn Tenorio

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2013 Blue-Gold Golf Outing

On a chilly Friday morning at the Greens of Greenville,

132 golfers gathered for the Thiel College Blue-Gold

Club's Golf Outing. The 132 participants was the most

to attend the annual golf outing since 2003.

The overall winners of the 32-team tournament were

Nick Reiser, Jeff Mullen, Chris Owens, and Dave

Bracco. The mixed team made up of male and female

golfers to win the outing was John Viglio, Linda

Moreland, Matt Gentile, and Todd Hedderick. The

female winners of the outing were Amy Schafer,

Barbara Blue, Amy Becher, and Melissa Erdice.

The winner of the annual Hawaii raffle was Mark Malvin

from Pittsburgh, Pa., who bought the winning ticket

from baseball student assistant, Bill Bendgen's mother.

Golfers enjoyed hot dogs, chips, and beverages for

lunch, and a catered dinner of baked chicken, pasta,

potatoes and salad in the late afternoon.

The annual outing is one of the primary fundraisers for

the Thiel College athletic department.

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Dawn of a new day for Thiel College AthleticsConstruction begins on state of the art athletic training room, competition level lighting

at Alumni Stadium

The facilities

that house

the Tomcats’

24 NCAA Division

III-sponsored

athletic teams will

be significantly

upgraded in time

for this fall. In fact,

construction has

already begun on a

brand new state of

the art athletic

training room on

the lower level of

Beeghly

Gymnasium.

The view from the hallway of what will be the new training

room.

The second phase of the summer facilities projects will come in the waning weeks of

summer, as Alumni Stadium will be retrofit with competition level lighting. The lights

will benefit the entire campus community by increasing the usage opportunities of

Alumni Stadium for not only our athletic programs, but also intramurals, band, spirit

squads, and other college and community events. Mark your calendars for a night-

time home soccer doubleheader and the first night-time football game; Wednesday

October 16 women’s soccer vs. Westminster at 6:30 p.m. and the men’s team will

follow at 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, November 9 football vs. Westminster at 7 p.m.

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Dawn of a new day for Thiel College AthleticsConstruction begins on state of the art athletic training room, competition level lighting

at Alumni Stadium

The floor plan for the new Thiel Training room.

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Fall Review

FOOTBALL

The Thiel College football team took a

significant step in the right direction in

2012, snapping a long losing streak in

dramatic fashion against Geneva

College Nov. 15 in overtime, 21-14.

Led by head coach Kurt Reiser, the

Tomcats finished 3-7 in 2012 with all

three wins coming in Presidents’

Athletic Conference play. A total of 11

players were named to PAC All-

Conference teams. The Tomcats were

led by senior defensive end Tim Taylor,

who was named to the All-PAC First

Team for the second straight season. In

all, the 11 all-conference selections

were the most by the Thiel football

team since 2007, when 14 Tomcats

were honored as all-conference picks.

Taylor concluded a brilliant career in

2012, making a strong case for

enshrinement in the Thiel College Hall

of Fame in 10 years. The 2-time All-PAC

First Team selection set career records

for tackles for loss (66.5) and sacks

(34.5) in 2012. He went on to earn All-

American accolades from the

Associated Press (Little All-American

team) and American Football Coaches’

Association (AFCA), while also being

named to the D3Football.com 2012 All-

South Region team and the CoSIDA

Academic All-District team.

With three PAC wins in 2012, the

Tomcats look to continue their

improvement in 2013.

MEN’S SOCCER

The Thiel men’s soccer team will usher

in a new era in 2013, as Chris Limle was

named the program’s new head coach.

Limle replaces Andy Hoggarth, who

resigned after six seasons at the helm

to accept an assistant coaching position

with the Division I Akron women’s

soccer team. Limle brings a strong

soccer background to the men’s soccer

program, and places an added emphasis

on giving back to the community.

The Tomcats had a successful offseason,

and the 2013 Tomcats will return three

key players who were named to the All-

PAC honorable mention team:

sophomore Arran Robertson and

seniors Francis Ahia and Erik Gabrich.

From his forward position, Ahia finished

second on the team in goals with four.

Gabrich proved to be an integral part

of the Tomcats in 2012, starting 17 of

the Thiel’s 18 matches. Robertson

showed great potential, seeing action in

all 18 of the Tomcats contests in 2012.

Rising senior forward Rory Duncan led

the Tomcats with five goals in 2012

while Luke Mesing, another rising

senior, scored two goals. A rising junior,

Troy Elsea netted two goals last season

while Conor Shanley dished out a

team-best four assists as a freshman

last fall. Also returning for the Tomcats

is senior goalkeeper Andrew Hindman,

who led the team with 53 saves a

season ago.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The 2012 Thiel College women’s

soccer team built on the success of last

season as they finished their season 5-

11-1. Two of those wins came in

Presidents’ Athletic Conference play,

the second of which came on Oct. 13

in a 3-0 win at Chatham University. The

win marked the first time since 2004

that the Thiel women’s soccer team

won multiple conference matches in a

season.

The Tomcats placed one player on the

All-PAC team in 2012, as then-

sophomore defenseman Nicole

Jeschelnig was named an honorable

mention selection. Jeschelnig was a

defensive stopper for Thiel, playing in all

sixteen games while scoring one goal.

Another top returner for the Tomcats

is goalkeeper Mary Oakey, who led the

team with 67 saves in 2012 as a

freshman. Also returning is junior

forward Emily Skebo, who scored two

goals and added an assist as a

sophomore.

Aaron McGuiness took over as head

coach of the women’s soccer team

following the 2012 season. He spent

two seasons as an assistant for the

men’s and women’s soccer teams,

including the 2012 season when he

served as the associate head coach for

both programs.

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CROSS COUNTRY (M & W)

The men’s and women’s cross country

teams showed continued improvement

as they revealed good showings at both

the PAC Championships and NCAA

Regionals. Also, both the men’s and

women’s teams were awarded with

2012 Division III All-Academic status by

the U.S. Track & Field and Cross

Country Coaches Association.

The men, paced by Steve Morgan,

finished fourth in the PAC

championship. Morgan, a rising junior,

was Thiel’s top finisher at the

championship race as he finished eighth

overall in a field of 96 runners. Ryan

Thomas was Thiel’s second best finisher

in just his freshman season. Thomas

finished in 20th place for the Tomcats

while Mason Bednash and Alex Knaby

both finished in the top 45.

As a team, the women finished fifth at

the PAC Championships. Meri

Steinmetz was the first to finish for the

Tomcats. In her freshman season with

the Tomcats, Steinmetz took 16th place.

The finish was good enough to be

named to an All-PAC Honorable

mention pick. The Tomcats’ next top

finisher was Stephanie Felix. Then a

freshman, Felix took 24th place while

another freshman, Megan Kidder,

finished 25th.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The women’s volleyball team finished

the 2012-13 season 23-8 overall with

15 wins coming in conference plays. The

team’s .741 winning percentage was the

program’s best since 1983 (.778) and

the second best total in the program’s

history.

The Tomcats started their PAC

Tournament journey in the semifinals

where they faced the Bethany Bison, a

team they lost to twice in the regular

season. That was no matter as the

Tomcats defeated the Bison in four sets

to advance to the PAC Championships,

where the fell to the top-seeded

Thomas Moore Saints.

Five members of Thiel’s 2012 women’s

volleyball team were named to the All-

PAC squad. Senior middle hitter Kelly

Barzak, along with senior outside hitter

Alyssa Chine received first team nods.

Barzak received all-conference laurels

in all four of her seasons at Thiel, as she

became the all-time leader in both kills

(1,292) and total blocks (449). For

Chine, it was her third all-conference

laurel. She finished the season second

on the team with 261 kills and had a

team-best 391 digs. Chine became only

the third Tomcat in program history to

have both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in

a career.

Senior middle hitter Megg Andrews and

senior setter Chelsea Meister

represented the Tomcats on the All-

PAC second team while defensive

specialist Alex Hall was named to an

honorable mention selection.

TENNIS (M & W)

It was a year of firsts for the Thiel

College tennis teams, with the women’s

tennis team setting the tone by picking

up their first Presidents’ Athletic

Conference win in over 13 years during

their fall season. Freshman Sandy

Rodeheaver picked up wins at number

five singles and number three doubles

to help the Tomcats defeat the Bethany

Bison 5-4, securing Thiel’s first

conference win since Sept. 14, 1999.

Fellow freshman Lauren Mittner

showed promise in her first season as

a Tomcat, tying for the team-lead with

six singles wins.

The men’s tennis team, also under the

direction of third-year head coach Tim

Dunford, set a program record for

most wins in a season with its 14th

victory, a 6-3 win over Waynesburg

University on April 16.

The Tomcats had their best showing at

the PAC Championships since 2006, as

the Tomcats took third place behind a

pair of all-conference finishes by

sophomore Richard Parks. Parks was

victorious over fourth-seeded Erin

Thompson to secure third place in

number one singles while he and

sophomore Collin McAndrew also

teamed up to take third in number one

doubles.

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Winter Review

MEN’S BASKETBALL

The men’s basketball team finished the

year with a record of 14-9. The squad

opened the season with an exhibition

victory over the Division II Clarion

University Golden Eagles 61-59 with a

dramatic buzzer-beater by senior

Anthony Harvey. The victory over

Clarion was Thiel’s first victory over a

Division II program since 1949. The

Tomcats started off the regular season

on a six-game winning streak, the best

in school history, defeating three

straight conference opponents along

the way. The Tomcats finished the

season with a 10-6 conference record

and defeated the Grove City

Wolverines in the first round of the

conference tournament before falling

to the Thomas More Saints in the

semifinals.

The Tomcats were paced by senior

Chase McKinney, who led the team in

scoring with 13.9 points per game and

a field goal percentage with 52.2

percent. He was also second on the

team in three-point percentage (34.5%)

and free-throw percentage (78.8%) and

in doing so, was named to the All-PAC

first team. Sophomore Kamran

McCaskill finished second on the team

in scoring with 10.8 points per game

and also scored a team-best 38 points

in a win over Geneva on Nov. 28.

Senior Ladell Trottly led the Tomcats in

rebounding average (7.5) and three-

point percentage (39.5%)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The 2012-2013 women’s basketball

team had an up-and-down season but

showed continued improvement on the

court under first-year head coach Rob

Clune. The team finished the year with

eight wins, seven of which were in the

Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The Tomcats were led by their two

senior All-PAC selections in Kelly

Muffley (first team) and Kelly Barzak

(second team). Barzak and Muffley

finished one and two in scoring

averages on the team and first and third

in the conference with 18.1 and 17.3

points per game, respectively. Muffley

finished first in the PAC and second in

all of Division III in free-throw shooting

percentage, an astounding 92.1 percent

from the line. Muffley also finished first

in the PAC and 18th in the nation in

three-pointers made in the season with

an average of 2.8 threes per game.

Barzak finished first in the conference

and 10th in the nation in blocked shots

per game with (3.2). She also finished

second in the PAC in field goal

percentage (54.7%) and third in

rebounds per game (9.3).

Freshman point guard Kayla Welty

stepped up throughout the year and

proved to be a very important member

of the team. She averaged two assists a

game and finished second in the PAC in

minutes played per game (36.6).

Bethany Hines, Jaclyn Watkins, Hannah

Stoneman and Leanna Yeager also

played pivotal roles on the team.

WRESTLING

The young Tomcat wrestling team

finished their 2012-2013 campaign with

a dual meet record of 12-7 including

sweeps in the sixth annual Mel Berry

Dual Tournament and the Si Ostrach

Meet, which was hosted by Case

Western Reserve University. The

Tomcats also finished with three wins

and two losses in the Budd Whitehill

Dual Tournament hosted by Lycoming

College, and two wins and one loss in

the Mount Union Duals. In PAC play,

Thiel defeated Washington & Jefferson

but lost to Waynesburg.

In individual competition, freshman

165-pounder Jordan Powell became the

18th wrestler in Thiel history to

become a NCAA All-American with a

seventh-place finish in the Division III

National Championship in March. In the

tournament, Powell finished with a

record of 3-2 to mark the fifth

consecutive season that the Thiel

wrestling team has placed an All-

American and the sixth in the past

seven years.

In the PAC tournament, which was held

at Thiel, four Tomcats won individual

titles. The individual champions

included: first time winners Jordan

Powell and sophomore 141-pounder

Adam Matthews, and two-time

champions 197-pound sophomore Jake

Lowry and heavyweight senior Will

Ringer.

The PAC honored the Tomcats by

presenting them with the Team

Sportsmanship Award. Only losing a

couple top wrestlers from 2012-13, the

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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The Thiel College men’s volleyball team

started their season off solid, taking

three out of the four matches they

played in the 2013 Thiel College

Tournament. Led by Senior Dante

McCoy, the Tomcats pushed through

their season and finished 20-12. The

men took eight wins at home and 12

on the road.

The Tomcats set school records for

wins in a season (20), and longest

winning streak (8), as they won eight

straight matches over an exhausting 13-

day stretch in March, with a 3-0 win

over Hilbert on March 30 marking the

record-setting eighth win.

The season culminated with the

Tomcats playing host to the

Continental Volleyball Conference

Tournament as the third seed in the

East Division where they fell to fourth-

ranked Carthage College in the

quarterfinals, 3-1. In his last match as a

Tomcat, senior Dante McCoy led the

team with 16 kills. Junior Corey

Hamilton handed out 23 assists and

sophomore Ian Phillips threw up a

team-best 17 digs in the final match of

the season. McCoy ended his

spectacular career as a Tomcat by

receiving his third CVC All-Conference

award when he was named to the all-

conference team.

INDOOR TRACK (M & W)

The Tomcat track and field teams had

an indoor season to remember with

many school records broken and quite

a few personal bests established.

Freshman Meri Steinmetz broke the

school record in the one-mile run

twice during the indoor season. She

first set the school record (5:38.87)

during the Dan Kinsey Invite at Oberlin

College, besting Emily Petrak's previous

record time of 5:45.94 set during the

2011 indoor season. Steinmetz shaved

precious seconds off of her best time

at the last indoor meet of the season,

recording a time of 5:29.57 at the PAC

Invitational.

Another record-breaker was freshman

Morgan Berg in the 60-meter hurdles.

She first broke the school record at

Mount Union College during the Jim

Wuske Invitational with a time of 9.47

seconds. Berg cut six seconds off of her

school record-best time at the PAC

Invitational, completing the 60-meter

hurdles in 9.41 seconds. Berg bested

LaToya Locke’s 2007 time of 9.77

seconds to break the school record.

On the men’s side, R.J. Malson notched

a lifetime-best throw in the shot put

(44-8.75) to place fourth at the PAC

Invitational. Sophomore distance

runner Steve Morgan also set a

personal best record at the Invitational,

taking fifth in the 800-meter run with a

time of 2:08.09.

Thiel Athletics

By the Numbers

51All-Conference Selections

during the 2012-13 academicyear, the most for Thiel since

2009-10

80Presidents’ Athletic

Conference Academic HonorRoll recipients, tied for themost Tomcats on the listsince the PAC began the

awards in 2001-02

0Hits allowed and walks issued

by Nick Rossmiller in hisMarch 17th perfect game,the first in Thiel’s history

14Wins by the Tomcat men’stennis team, the most in a

single-season in theprogram’s history

6Wins to start a season for

the Tomcat men’s basketballteam, the first time they’vedone that in the programs’

92-year history

6,794Number of views on YouTube

that Thiel’s game-winningtouchdown over Geneva

garnered

18Jordan Powell became the18th All-American in the

history of Thiel’s wrestlingprogram

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Spring Review

BASEBALL

The Tomcat baseball team finished the

2013 season 24-18 on the year, with 16

wins in conference action, which

qualified them for the Presidents’

Athletic Conference Championship

Tournament as the second seed. It was

the first tournament berth for the

Tomcats since 2009.

The year couldn’t have started off any

better for senior Nick Rossmiller, who

threw the first perfect game in Thiel

baseball history and at the time the

16th perfect game in NCAA Division III

history on March 15, 2013 in a 14-0

victory over Hiram College. Not only

was Rossmiller a force on the mound,

he was one of the best hitters in not

only the PAC, but in the nation.

Rossmiller hit for an average of .436,

which was 22nd in the nation for

batting average. Not surprisingly, he was

named PAC Player of the Year.

Senior left fielder Eric Steininger

finished the season as the conference

hits leader (67) and led the PAC with

89 total bases on the season. He

produced 24 multi-hit and five multi-

RBI games on the season and had a 26-

game hitting streak to open the 2013

campaign. Designated hitter Jarod

Nanna hit .389, which was sixth best in

the conference, and hit six home runs,

which tied him for the conference lead.

He also ranked second in the PAC with

43 RBIs. Second baseman Eric King

finished ninth in the conference in

hitting (.364), sixth in total bases (78),

and tied for seventh in on-base

percentage (.441).

SOFTBALL

The Thiel College softball team is

looking to build on their 14-win season

(seven in the Presidents’ Athletic

Conference).

The 2012 softball team was led by

NFCA All-Region members catcher

Danielle Massengill and second

baseman Ashley Dolan. Massengill (first

team) and Dolan (second team) were

also named to the All-PAC team, along

with outfielder/pitcher Amanda

Callahan (first team). Massengill proved

to be a terror from the leadoff position

for the Tomcats, leading the PAC in

home runs (6), runs batted in (30), and

slugging percentage (.772). She also

finished second in the conference in

batting average (.456), runs scored (37),

triples (5), total bases (88). Massengill

finished third in the conference in

stolen bases (15) and on-base

percentage (.519). Dolan recorded 53

hits for the Tomcats in 2013, the second

most in a single season in the history

of the program. She also tallied 28 RBIs,

the third most in the PAC during the

regular season. She ranked fourth in

the PAC during the regular season with

a .434 batting average and seventh with

a .457 on-base percentage. Callahan hit

five triples on the season, which tied

her for the second most in the

conference in the regular season. She

ranked eighth in the PAC with a .384

batting average and ninth with a .545

slugging percentage. On the mound,

Callahan won eight games, which tied

for seventh in the conference and

struck out 74 batters, which also

ranked seventh in the PAC.

MEN’S LACROSSE

The third season for the men’s lacrosse

team showed a lot of potential for

things to come in the future. The

Tomcats finished the year at .500 for

the campaign with seven wins and seven

losses, including a program record four-

game winning streak.

The team was led by midfielders

Carmen Papa and Francis Ahia, both of

whom are rising seniors. Papa led the

team in goals (36), assists (25), and

points (61). Ahia finished second on the

team in assists (19) and third in points

(37). He also led the team in faceoff

percentage with a 59.3 win percentage.

Both Ahia and Papa showed great

leadership, as did defenseman Taylor

Zain in becoming team captains of the

young, but skillful lacrosse team.

Freshmen attackers Timothy O’Shea

and Alex Casile stepped up and showed

off the future of the team. O’Shea

finished a close second in goals (35) and

points (51). He also finished third in

assists (16). Casile proved to be a sniper

on the Tomcat attack, scoring many

times from long range. He finished third

on the team in scoring with 27 goals

and led the team with 10 man-up goals

on the season.

With only one graduating senior (Ray

McDonald), the Tomcat men’s lacrosse

teams looks to build on the .500 season

next year.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

The second season of women’s

lacrosse at Thiel proved to be a season

to remember. The Tomcats finished the

year with a record of 11-7, including a

team-record seven-game winning

streak. The Tomcats were undefeated in

the PAC and capped off their year by

winning eight of their last ten games

including a 15-13 win over St. Vincent

College in the inaugural PAC women’s

lacrosse championship, which was held

at Alumni Stadium.

Two standouts were named to the

Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse

Coaches Association All-Region Team.

Sophomore midfielder Cassy Mahdi

and freshman attacker Beth Snider

were named to the All-West Region

Second Team. Mahdi was fantastic for

the Tomcats in her sophomore

campaign, leading the squad in nearly

every category, including goals (51),

assists (17), points (68), ground balls

(62), draw controls (90), and caused

turnovers (33). In Thiel’s 23-4 win over

Waynesburg on April 10, Mahdi tallied

six points on five goals and an assist,

becoming the first Tomcat to surpass

the career 100-point plateau. In just her

first collegiate season, Snider finished

third on the team with 44 goals and 56

points, while also tallying 14 assists and

25 ground balls. Snider notched at least

one goal in 17 of the Tomcats’ 18

matches, including six goals in the PAC

Championship Tournament. Her 56

points is the most in a single season by

a freshman in program history.

OUTDOOR TRACK (M & W)

The Tomcats went into the outdoor

season looking to build on an

impressive indoor campaign.

Captains junior Bobby Hritz and

sophomore Nic Jones paced the jumps

for the field team. Jones and Hritz

finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, at the

PAC Championships with high jumps of

6’4” and 6’2”. With their top finishes,

the two earned All-PAC honors. Jones

also finished third in the long jump with

a jump of 21 feet and 8.25 inches while

Hritz took fourth place in the 110-

meter hurdles with a time of 16.59

seconds. At the same meet, sophomore

R.J. Malson tallied a fourth place finish

in the shot put with a throw of 44 feet

and six inches.

On the women’s side, Meri Steinmetz

and Morgan Berg carried their

excellent showings from the indoor

season into the outdoor season with

Steinmetz finishing first in the 800-

meter run out of the “slow” heat. In

doing so, Steinmetz broke the school

record for the 800-meter, formerly held

by Erin Rodgers in 2001, with a time of

2:23:70. Senior Cassidy Kravec finished

second in the javelin (120-11) to also

earn a spot on the All-PAC team.

Morgan Berg joined Steinmetz and

Kravec on the All-PAC team with a

third place in the 100-meter hurdles

with a time of 15.43 seconds. Freshman

Taylor Kelter narrowly missed making

an All-PAC team in the discus (112-1)

with a fourth place finish.

GOLF (M & W)

Both the men’s and women’s golf teams

finished the 2012-13 seasons with

fourth-place finishes at their respective

PAC Championships.

Two Tomcats placed in the top 10

individually at the PAC Championships,

earning All-PAC recognition in doing so.

Sophomore Kayla Langer shot a 197

during the two-day tournament, good

enough for eighth place. Junior Bryan

Smith shot a combined 153, which was

good enough for a seventh place finish

in the 40-man field. It was Langer’s first

All-PAC honors and Smith’s second.

Smith was an All-PAC first team

honoree in 2012 with a second place

finish. Former All-PAC first team winner

Matt Fiore finished tied for 12th overall

with a 155 overall score, just two

strokes shy of All-PAC status. Senior

Emily Friedrich shot a 200 overall to

finish tied for 11th in the women’s field.

The season culminated with head

coach Dan McMillen ’86 receiving the

prestigious Bill Strausbaugh Award from

the PGA for leadership and service to

the Tri-State Section of the PGA and

both the men’s and women’s teams

being honored with PAC Team

Sportsmanship awards.

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News & Notes

Please be sure to mark your calendar for Thiel’s 2013 homecoming weekend on Oct. 11-13. The three-day eventwill begin with the fall edition of the annual Blue-Gold Golf Scramble, which will be played at the Greens ofGreenville with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. The day will give everyone in attendance a chance to meet past andpresent Thiel student-athletes and coaches, alumni, and members of the college community. In addition to thegolf scramble, alumni baseball and softball games, which have become tradition, are planned. Plans have also beenformalized to add an alumni 3-on-3 basketball tournament and volleyball match. On Saturday the Thiel Collegewomen’s volleyball team takes on Waynesburg (11 a.m.) and Westminster (3 p.m.) and the football team squaresoff against PAC foe St. Vincent College at 3 p.m. Look for more information and be sure to RSVP to the eventsof your interest when the official homecoming mailer arrives in your mailbox later this summer.

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Join us Under the Lights!The Tomcats will play a bevy of athletic competitions under the lights in 2013. Please join us on Wednesday, Oct. 16

for a night time home soccer doubleheader featuring your Tomcats taking on the Westminster Titans, with the

women’s team kicking off at 6:30 p.m. and the men’s game to follow at 8:30 p.m. Then on Saturday, November 9,

the Tomcat football team will play its first-ever home night time football game against the Titans of Westminster,

with kickoff set for 7 p.m.

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Hall of Fame Class of 2013

The Thiel College Department of Athleticsrecognized three former student-athletes on March17 who made extraordinary contributions to theCollege through intercollegiate athletics as membersof its 33rd Athletic Hall of Fame induction class. Theinductees were: Dr. Chris Shinkman '62 (tennis), RickFreeburg '75 (track & basketball) and Betsy(Brougher) Monaco '83 (basketball, softball, tennis).

Shinkman, a four-year letter winner as a member ofthe men's tennis team, competed on the College'sfirst intercollegiate tennis team in 1959. He captainedthe squad, played first singles and was paired withRon Tripson '61 on the number one doubles teamthroughout the 1961 and 1962 seasons. While theseprograms did not experience significant successesearly on, individuals such as Shinkman proved criticalin laying the foundation and supporting the additionof new varsity athletic programs for years to come.Throughout his career, Shinkman played under thedirection of four different coaches – Martin Dolbeer,Joe DiFebo, Charles Thomas and Bill Snyder.

Freeburg competed as a member of both the trackand field and basketball squads (1971-75), lettering allfour seasons with each program. During his time withthe track and field team he was the top point-getter

and team MVP in each of his four seasons, while alsobeing elected team captain during his junior andsenior seasons. Freeburg won the PAC championshipin the javelin in each of his first three seasons at Thieland finished second in the javelin and long jump hissenior year. In basketball, he was a four-yearletterman – scoring over 750 points and collecting500 plus rebounds – while earning honorablemention All-PAC honors his senior season.

Monaco was a four-year letter winner (1980-83) forboth the women's basketball and softball teams atThiel, while also lettering in tennis her freshman year.In her only year of collegiate tennis, BrougherMonaco teamed up with Laurie Sabolek to finish 5-3.The duo was the only doubles team to finish with arecord above .500. Monaco earned first-team AllWomen's Keystone Conference (WKC) honors as ashortstop in her first three seasons as a member ofthe Tomcat softball team, and garnered second-teamAll-WKC honors her senior season. For thewomen's basketball team, Monaco earned second-team All-WKC honors her sophomore season. Shewas also a two-time recipient of the Thiel CollegeFemale Athlete of the Year award, winning it in 1980and 1983.

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GREENVILLE, Pa. – Troy D. VanAken, Ph.D., president at Thiel College, will serve

as the chair of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Presidents’ Council in

the 2013-14 academic year, beginning July 1. VanAken succeeds Brother Norman

W. Hipps, O.S.B., president at Saint Vincent College, who served as the chair of

the PAC Presidents’ Council in 2012-13.

VanAken became the 19th president and professor of mathematics at Thiel in July

2009. Since taking leadership at Thiel, he has been active in launching many new

programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing the student experience at the

College, such as the Thiel Commitment, five new varsity sports, a marching band,

a new youth ministry major and many others.

VanAken was recently appointed to the NCAA Division III Management Council, where he will play a role in dealing with

the day-to-day operations, budgets and championships of Division III athletics.

VanAken, an enthusiastic supporter of the 24 men’s and women’s Tomcat athletic programs at Thiel, said he is delighted with

this leadership role.

“I am honored to represent the PAC both in this leadership role in the 2013-14 academic year, as well as on the NCAA

Division III Management Council. In both roles, I will continue to work actively with my colleagues to foster a positive

environment of integration of varsity athletics into the overall enterprise of higher education. The PAC has long been at the

forefront of presidential leadership and oversight of athletics in Division III, and I will endeavor to continue the outstanding

work of my predecessor, Br. Norman Hipps of Saint Vincent, as PAC Presidents’ Council chair,” said VanAken.

The Presidents’ Council holds ultimate authority and responsibility for PAC governance. The Presidents’ Council is

responsible for the establishment, direction, and if necessary, the enforcement of general policy, including the conference

office's annual budget and all other financial matters.

Thiel, a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in the picturesque

town of Greenville, Pa., was founded in 1866 and chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1870. Thiel joined the

PAC in 1958.

VanAken holds a bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College, and master’s and doctorate degrees from Bowling Green State

University. A native of Michigan, his career in higher education began in 1994 when he was appointed assistant professor of

mathematics at the University of Evansville and where he was later selected as assistant vice president for instructional

technology. In 1999, Albion College named VanAken as vice president for information technology. After being awarded an

American Council on Education Fellowship and working at San Jose State University in 2002-2003, VanAken returned to

Albion College with expanded responsibilities as athletic director and executive assistant to the president, and eventually

vice president for business and finance. VanAken participated in Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management in

2005 and was named Albion’s executive vice president in 2006. Dr. VanAken and his wife, Annette, have two children, Trey and

Gabriella.

With Dr. VanAken assuming the chair of the Presidents’ Council, the other standing PAC councils will also be chaired by

Thiel representatives in the upcoming academic year. Jack Leipheimer ’74, Thiel’s director of athletics, will serve as the chair

of the PAC Athletic Administrators (AA) Council, while assistant director of athletics and head softball coach Amy Schafer

will chair the PAC Senior Woman Administrators Council (SWAC) in 2013-14. The PAC Faculty Athletic Representatives

Association (PAC FARA) will be chaired by Dr. Chris Moinet, a professor in Thiel's English department.

Joe Onderko will continue to serve the PAC as its commissioner in 2013-14, beginning his eighth year directing the league

and 13th year overall with the conference this fall. Kevin Fenstermacher begins his second year as a member of the PAC staff

this fall as the league’s Assistant Commissioner/Director of Communications after an 11-year career at conference member

Thiel.

-Courtesy of Presidents’ Athletic Conference

VanAken, Leipheimer, Moinet,and Schafer appointed to PAC Presidents’

Council for 2013-14 Academic Year

Former Tomcat debuts in ArizonaDiamondbacks farm system

Thiel College alumnus Bobby

Hillier, who signed a free-agent

contact with the Arizona

Diamondbacks in February, was

assigned to the Missoula Osprey and

made his debut on June 24.

Located in Missoula, Mont., the Osprey

compete in the Pioneer League and

play a short season as Rookie-

Advanced affiliate for the Arizona

Diamondbacks. The Osprey has won

three Pioneer League championships,

including last season.

In his debut, Hillier pitched 4 1/3

innings of relief Saturday, allowing three

earned runs on five hits. The right-

hander struck out four batters and

issued two walks.

"I felt great," Hillier said in regard to

making his debut. "When I first got up

there and got done warming up before

my first actual pitch, it hit me – my

dream came true. It was an amazing

feeling, but also a humbling feeling

knowing where God has brought me

over the years. I was so amped up,

though. It was awesome. I don't get

nervous when it comes to baseball, I

was just ready to do whatever I could

for the team."

Hillier was an All-PAC First Team

selection following his junior season

with the Tomcats, in which he was

second in the conference in hits (58)

and batting average (.423). In 2012, he

led the Tomcats with a team-low

earned-run average of 3.19 and tossed

two complete games. In 42 1/3 innings

of work in 2012, Hillier struck out 32

batters and opponents batted just .263

against him.

A native of Brook Park, Ohio, Hillier

took part in the California Winter

League in January and February, which

opened the door for the right-hander

to sign a free-agent contract with the

Arizona Diamondbacks on Feb. 17.

Hillier hit .333 (11-33) with six RBIs

and three runs scored for the

California Winter League's Palm

Desert Coyotes. He owned a .424

slugging percentage, a .389 on-base

percentage and a .920 fielding

percentage. On the hill for the

Coyotes, Hillier went 2-2 with a 5.40

earned-run average. Hillier struck out

12 batter in 10 innings and opponents

batted just .261 against him.

After his stint with the Coyotes in the

California Winter League, Hillier took

part in extended minor league spring

training within the Arizona

Diamondbacks organization prior to

his assignment to the Osprey.

Wrestling, Men’s and Women’s Golf Teamsrecipients of PAC Sportsmanship Awards

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference selected the Thiel

College men’s and women’s golf teams and the wrestling

team for the PAC Sportsmanship Awards in their respective

seasons.

The Sportsmanship Awards began in 2008-2009 to recognize

excellent sportsmanship among PAC teams. This special

honor is sponsored by a group of PAC student-athletes who

make up the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Each individual sport is asked to vote for the conference

team which displayed the highest level of sportsmanship

during that season.

The Thiel College men’s golf team concluded the spring

season with a fourth place finish at the PAC Championships

with a 72-hole score of 1,245. Bryan Smith earned Second

Team All-PAC honors with a seventh place finish and a

combined score of 153.

The Thiel College women’s golf team wrapped up the season

with a fourth place finish at the PAC Championships with a

combined score of 1,644. Kayla Langer led the way for the

Tomcats with an eighth place finish and a score of 197,

earning her Second Team All-PAC recognition.

The Thiel wrestling team placed second and four wrestlers

won individual titles at the PAC Championships in the

winter. Will Ringer and Jake Lowry won their second career

conference titles and Adam Matthews and Jordan Powell

won their first career titles.

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Thank You!Thanks to our 2012-13 Athletics Donors!

Athletic Director's Level($3,000+)Mr. Doug Anderson - AndersonCoach & TravelAnderson Charitable FoundationAnonymousMr. Steve Bittel - Bittel &Company InsuranceMr. Harvey K. ChildsComDocCommunity Foundation ofWestern Pennsylvania andEastern OhioFirst National BankMr. Grant L. Gawronski-Cooper Industries FoundationDr. Carl Hoffman. Jr. - PrimeCare Medical, Inc.Ilsco Extrusions, Inc.Mrs. Signe O. MitchellLt. Col. Marian E. MosserMr. and Mrs. Barry OmanMr. Bill Phillips - NilesExpanded MetalsMr. Leo PhillipsMr. and Mrs.George E. RasmussenMr. and Mrs. Steven D. RodemerSCP GroupDr. James Ummer Esq.UPMC HorizonDr. and Mrs. Troy D. VanAkenMr. and Mrs. Howard Weyers-Health & Benefit Strategy

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Mr. and Mrs. Rod E. WiltMr. Jerome A. ZaleskiMr. Michael G. Zawoysky

All Conference Level ($500 - $999) Aits Septic Service, Inc.Mr. Steve BlauserMr. Steven BrownMr. and Mrs. Ronald DoerrMr. Martin DoodyFarley Manufacturing Inc.Mr. Paul J. FioreMr. William K. FordMr. William G. HansmannMr. Brian C. Holzshu-AllstateInsuranceMr. and Mrs. Mark A. HubbardMr. Rick Johnson - R.E.Johnson Electric, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James H. KickMrs. Sue MacurakProfessor David M MillerMr. C. Vern ParkerPfizer FoundationMr. and Mrs. Glenn C. RileyRoth Brothers, Inc.Dr. Frederick N. StewartUPMC Horizon CommunityHealth FoundationMr. Royal VanAken

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