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Women's Soccer Picked Eighth in WVIAC Preseason Poll
     08/20/08...Head Coach Jim Herlinger's Lady Cat soccer team has been picked to finish eighth in the 2008 WVIAC Coaches Preseason Women's Soccer Poll.  The trio of West Virginia Wesleyan, Wheeling Jesuit, and Concord, which have captured all eleven West Virginia Conference women's soccer championships, are once again forecast by league coaches to finish atop the 2008 table... (Full Story)

ATH07_105_KellyKristin_T2008 WOMEN'S SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW 
     08/20/08...A new coach, several new faces and a lot of enthusiasm is what the Pitt Johnstown women’s soccer program looks at as it enters the 2008 season.  Head Coach Jim Herlinger takes over the helm of a program that posted an 8-13 overall record and earned a spot in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) post-season tournament a year ago... (Full Story)

Men's Golf Organizational Meeting set for August 26th  
     Head Coach Billy Clapper will hold an organizational meeting for all students interested in playing for the Pitt Johnstown men’s golf team in 2008-2009.  The meeting will be held in the Pitt Johnstown  Sports Center on Tuesday, August 26th.  Interested players should meet in the upper lobby at 6:00 PM.  
     For more information contact Coach Clapper at bclapper@pitt.edu or 814-269-2041. 
     All players will need to have updated physicals before participating in tryouts.  Forms will be available at the meeting.

ATH07_281_HC_SashaPalmer_TLady Cat Basketball Signs Six for 2008-09 season
     08/18/08...Second-year Head Coach Sasha Palmer and the Pitt Johnstown women’s basketball program have added six standout players for the 2008-09 season.  Coach Palmer signed Samantha Akers (Leesburg, VA/Loudoun County H.S.), Monae Baker (Bushkill, Pa./East Stroudsburg North H.S.), Analicia Evans (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield H.S.), Jamie Gennett (Davidsville, Pa./Conemaugh Township H.S.), Taylor Griffith (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area H.S.) and Sara Trimarco (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area H.S.)... (Full Story)

Logo07_011_w175 Athletics Hall of Fame     Pitt Johnstown's inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet was a huge success.  This year's banquet is scheduled for the the Spring of 2009.  We need you to be Mountain Cat Proud and nominate a former student-athlete, coach or friend of the program for the Class of 2009.  Please fill out and submit the on-line nomination form on the Hall of Fame website.  Please review the Hall of Fame constitution and by-laws before submitting nomination.  (Pitt Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame) 
Last Reviewed: May 18, 2008