Women's tennis team honored for academic achievement by ITA

Yellow Jacket women earn academic awards for eighth-straight year

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For the eight-straight year, the Waynesburg University women's tennis team was honored for their excellence in the classroom

WAYNESBURG (Aug. 11)-The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced the 2007-2008 All-Academic and Scholar-Athlete awards on August 8. For the eight-straight year, the Waynesburg University women's tennis team was lauded for their work in the classroom.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale).

Sophomore Victoria Danielczuk (Goshen, Conn./Wamogo Regional), senior Dana Davis (Valencia, Pa./Mars), senior Laura Garcia (Johnstown, Pa./Richland), sophomore Britni Green (Newark, Ohio/Newark), junior Jessica Mally (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls), and junior Alexandra Yackel Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes) were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for 2007-2008.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman thorough senior year).

Last season, the Waynesburg women went 6-8 overall, but put together a solid 4-2 mark in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play. The Lady Yellow Jackets eventually finished third at the PAC team tournament.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

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