Hanning honored as PAC's top hitter

Sophomore slugger receives award after batting better than .600 last week

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WEXFORD, Pa. (Apr. 27) – After batting over .600 this past week, sophomore Bill Hanning won his first Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Batter of the Week Award on Monday.

The Claysville native hit .688 over the four games played last week, with two homeruns, six runs scored and eight RBI. Hanning, who played designated hitter and first base during the Yellow Jackets’ 2-2 stretch, had his most success in three games against PAC rival Thomas More.

Over three games played against the Saints on Apr. 24 and 25, he sported an impressive .818 average.

For the week, Hanning enjoyed a 1.063 slugging percentage and a .722 on-base percentage.

Hanning is the second Yellow Jacket to win the conference award, joining second baseman Wes White Jr, who has picked up the award twice this season.

Waynesburg, which dropped a home contest to Grove City on Monday, is scheduled to return to action on Tuesday, when they host a doubleheader with Penn State-Altoona.

Sport:

2.28.12 | 1 p.m.

Baseball vs LaRoche (DH)

3.4.12 | 9 a.m.

Baseball vs Trine (Ind.) (DH)

3.5.12 | 2:30 p.m.

Baseball vs Colby-Sawyer (N.H.)

3.6.12 | 9 a.m.

Baseball vs Mt. Aloysius (DH)

3.8.12 | 11 a.m.

Baseball vs Cazanovia (N.Y.) (DH)

3.9.12 | 11 a.m.

Baseball vs Clark (Mass.) (DH)

3.19.12 | 1 p.m.

Baseball vs Penn-State Behrend (DH)

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...

TV Football

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

Don Herrman

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

Unbreakable record

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

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.

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.

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.

Going nowhere fast

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

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.

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