Deco and Semple honored as Athletes of the Week

Duo led respective teams during first week of the spring semester

WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Jan. 11) – Congratulations to women’s basketball player Johnna Deco and wrestler Corbin Semple, who were named the first Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week of the 2010 spring semester.

Deco, a senior guard, picked up the award after averaging a team-high 11.3 points per game over a trio of Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) games during the week ending Jan. 9. Included in that stretch was a career-high and game-best 20-point performance during the Yellow Jackets’ 62-54 win over Thiel.

Semple proved he could hang with the big boys this past Saturday by going 2-1 at a quad-match at the University of Pittsburgh. Facing three starting Division I wrestlers, Semple posted a 2-1 record that included a 7-0 decision victory and a win by fall. His only loss came by way of a 5-2 decision.

Sport:

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Women's Basketball vs Saint Vincent

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Women's Basketball vs Bethany

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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.

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.

Going nowhere fast

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

Unbreakable record

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

Don Herrman

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

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.

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.

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