July 14 – American Ethanol 200; September 15 – American Ethanol 200 NEWTON, IA – May 20, 2012 – Officials from American Ethanol and Iowa Speedway are excited to announce that both NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, the first one being on July 14 and second being on September 15, now have an entitlement […]
Gulf Shores, Ala.–In what could have been considered ‘Senior Day II’, the Lady Statesmen softball team played hard but finished its time at the 2012 NAIA Softball National Championships with a 7-2 loss to #17 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) Saturday. William Penn (46-19) failed to win at the national event, but fortunately was able to keep […]
Gulf Shores, Ala.–A much-improved effort unfortunately still left the William Penn softball team on the short end in a 2-0 loss to #9 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) at the NAIA Softball National Championships Friday. The loss prevents the Lady Statesmen (46-18) from advancing to next week’s double-elimination bracket tournament. #17 Auburn Montgomery, William Penn’s opponent on […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Four Grinnell College players have been named to the 2012 D3baseball.com All-Central Region Team. Mike Nodzenski ’12 was named a first-team catcher, Michael Goldfien ’12 made the second team at shortstop, Ben Pope ’12 was named a third-team starting pitcher and Andrew Kelley ’14 third-team relief pitcher. Nodzenski, a catcher from Naperville, […]
Oskaloosa–Five of the best the William Penn softball program currently has to offer received some more recognition as the 2012 National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced its NAIA All-Region teams yesterday. Right fielder Khyia Lewis (Sr., Ottumwa, Ottumwa HS), southpaw pitcher Jennifer Whitehead (So., Oskaloosa, Oskaloosa HS), and first baseman Brianne Rowley (Sr., Hood River, Ore., […]
PELLA— Four Central College players have been named to the D3baseball.com All-Central Region team while Adam Stevens received coach of the year recognition. Senior hurler Joel Pulliam (Des Moines, Lincoln HS) was a first-team pick and relief pitcher Judson McKown (sophomore, Maple Plain, Minn., Orono HS) was tagged for the second team. Outfielder Sam Stetzel […]
PELLA — Central College sophomore shortstop Annie Sarcone (Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) and freshman designated player Abbey Strajack (Davenport, Assumption HS) are members of the NFCA Division III All-America softball squad. Sarcone was the Iowa Conference Position Player of the Year Award winner. She hit .374 and tied a school record with nine home […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Three Grinnell College players have been named to the 2012 D3baseball.com All-Central Region Team. Mike Nodzenski ’12 was named a first-team catcher, Michael Goldfien ’12 made the second team at shortstop and Andrew Kelley ’14 was named a third-team relief pitcher. Nodzenski, a catcher from Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North), was recently named […]
Oskaloosa–Two members of the Lady Statesmen golf team were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar-Athletes. Courtney Kronmuller (Jr., Fountain Valley, Calif., Fullerton CC), who majors in public relations, and Aubrey Leasure (Sr., St. Peter, Minn., St. Peter HS), who majors in business management, both own […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued on a downward path in April, falling to 5.1 percent from 5.2 percent in March. The state’s jobless rate stood at 5.9 percent one year ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent in April from 8.2 percent in March. “Iowa’s recovery […]
