Junior women's volleyball player, Abby Collins, was the 2011-12 recipient of the Edward H. Kaminski Memorial Scholarship Award. Collins is a three-year member of the women's volleyball team, where she was named to the 2011 PSUAC All-Conference and All-Academic Teams. Collins is also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board.
Congratulations to all of the student-athletes who received awards at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre 2012 Awards Banquet.
Baseball:
MVP - Ryan Goodwin
Coach's Award - Zach Yursha
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team lost their final two regular season games on the road against Penn State Mont Alto on Tuesday afternoon. Wilkes-Barre fell to Mont Alto in the first game with a final score of 1-7. During the game freshman Ed Moffet doubled for Wilkes-Barre, while fellow freshman Ryan Goodwin stole a base and scored Wilkes-Barre's one run. Starting pitcher junior Matt Kempenski took the loss for Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes-Barre fell to Mont Alto again in the second game, with a final score of 2-7.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team (6-17 overall; 6-10 PSUAC) lost two games in a double-header against PSUAC rival Penn College on Saturday afternoon. Wilkes-Barre fell to Penn College 4-15 in the first game of the double-header. Freshman Ryan Goodwin went 3 for 3 at the plate, driving in two runs for Wilkes-Barre. Starting pitcher, senior Pete Kelly took the loss for Wilkes-Barre. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre lost to Penn College 1-16. Freshman Stephen Gaylets tripled and scored a run for Wilkes-Barre.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team lost two games in a double-header against NCAA Division III Marywood University on Sunday afternoon. In the first game Wilkes-Barre lost to Marywood, 3-8. Freshman Ryan Goodwin had a double and a RBI for Wilkes-Barre, while junior Robert Bisson and freshman Ed Moffett each batted in one run for Wilkes-Barre. Starting pitcher, junior Matt Kempinski took the loss for Wilkes-Barre. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre fell 4-13 to Marywood.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team won both games of a double-header against PSUAC rival Penn State Worthington Scranton on Saturday afternoon at Hilldale Field. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre defeated Worthington Scranton, 10-2. Leading the way for Wilkes-Barre was freshman Ryan Goodwin, who went 3 for 4 at the plate with a double, a triple and four RBI's. Senior Pete Kelly and freshman Zach Yursha each had two RBI's for Wilkes-Barre, while teammates junior Jason Strohl and sophomore Kyle LeValley each batted in one run.
Members of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Honors Program took a trip to the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon, Fl. This trip is a component of Honors 297, a course in Ocean Mammal Communications and completed the students' coursework on dolphin cognition and behavior. The students also spent time in Key West and Florida Key state parks, including Fort Zachary Taylor State Park and Bahia Honda State Park.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team (4-11 overall; 4-8 PSUAC) dropped both games of a double header against PSUAC rival Penn State Brandywine on Friday. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre fell to Brandywine 1-5. Sophomore Kyle LeValley had a double for Wilkes-Barre. Freshman Zach Yursha hit a solo homerun to score Wilkes-Barre's only RBI of the game. Pitcher junior Matt Kempinski took the loss for Wilkes-Barre. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre lost 3-10 to Brandywine. Yursha batted in two runs for Wilkes-Barre.
Penn State offers a Mock Interview workshop to help prepare students for the interview process to land a job they desire. On March 15th, Maura Maros of CIGNA had a mock interview with Megan Millo, of Dallas, who majors in Business Marketing/Management with plans to do a marketing internship. Megan has career aspirations to enter the gourmet food industry.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team dropped both games of a double header against Penn State Beaver on Monday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre came up short losing to Beaver 4-7. For Wilkes-Barre, freshman Ryan Goodwin went 3 for 4 at the plate with 4 RBI's, a double and a homerun. Pitching for Wilkes-Barre, freshman Robert Vollmer took the loss. With a young team in a rebuilding year, Wilkes-Barre lost the second game to Beaver 2-23.