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PAC releases final 2009-10 all-sports trophy standings
Waynesburg men finish fourth, women place sixth
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WEXFORD, Pa. (May 24) – The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) recently announced the winners of the 2009-10 PAC All-Sports Trophy Titles for men and women.

 

Led by its 2010 PAC champion wrestling team, Waynesburg finished in a tie for fourth place with Westminster in the men’s rankings with 34.5 points. The Yellow Jacket mat men tallied seven points for the school’s first conference wrestling title. The men’s tennis squad also had a productive year and earned Waynesburg six team points for its second-place finish at the conference tournament.

 

The Jacket women placed sixth in the women’s standings with 29 total points. Waynesburg’s women’s track & field team, which will be sending a PAC-best three representatives to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, led all of the Jacket women’s programs with seven points. The women’s tennis team finished with the second-most team points at Waynesburg with five after finishing fourth at the conference tournament.

 

Grove City and Washington & Jefferson tied for the men’s team title with 53 points each. GCC won four team championships during the 2009-10 school year, while W&J picked up one championship and four second-place finishes. It was the sixth-straight year that W&J won or shared the men’s team title. Thomas More rounded out the top three for the PAC men’s standings with 38 points, thanks in large part to four team titles.

 

Westminster won its fourth-straight women’s team crown with 59.5 points. The Titans won just one PAC title, but placed second in five different sports. Grove City finished second with 53 points after taking home three PAC championship trophies. W&J placed third with 42 points after taking home two team titles.

 

For a complete listing of how this year’s final team standings break down, complete with sport-by-sport point earnings, click here.   

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Athletes of the Week
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.
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.
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Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don Herrman
Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.
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