PELLA – The American Rivers Conference released its all-conference wrestling awards Wednesday and three Central College wrestlers were recognized for their efforts. All-conference honors were handed out to the top-three finishers amongst league competitors at the NCAA Division III Central Regional meet that took place on February 29-March 1. In addition to the nine teams […]
Oskaloosa–Breck Putzier (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., Exercise Science) parlayed the most prolific outing of his career into a national award as he was named NAIA Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday. The national accolade is Putzier’s second of the year and third of his career (also one in 2022). He netted the honor after […]
Hesston, Kan.–With all five of its linksters in the top 11, the Statesmen women’s golf team earned its second-straight win, taking down the competition at the Tabor Spring Shootout Monday. William Penn placed first out of four teams with a two-round score of 658 (329-329) at the par-71 Hesston Golf Course. Baker finished second at […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s lacrosse team rolled over a former league foe as it defeated Columbia 18-4 in non-conference play Tuesday. #4 WPU (11-1), which actually only won 11 of the 26 faceoffs, still overpowered the Cougars (2-8) with a 68-16 edge in shots as it extended its school-record winning streak to nine games. All […]
Parkville, Mo.–The Statesmen men’s volleyball team nearly overcame its worst offensive showing of the season as it fell 3-2 to #8 Park in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Tuesday. #5 WPU (20-4, 13-3 Heart), which had its eight-match winning streak come to a close, fell by scores of 20-25, 10-25, 25-22, 25-22, 12-15. The […]
PELLA-All ready among the most experienced sports information professionals in the American Rivers Conference, assistant Joe Flaherty has been named Central College’s next athletics communications director. A 2014 Central graduate, Flaherty was a student assistant in the office for three years as an undergraduate. Flaherty then filled an unanticipated opening as a sports information postgraduate […]
Oskaloosa–Breck Putzier (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., Exercise Science) produced the single-greatest performance in program history, and for that he was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week Monday. Putzier claimed his third laurel of the campaign (sixth of his career) after leading William Penn to a dismantling of Mount Vernon […]
Oskaloosa–Landon Krause (Sr., Appleton, Wis., Business Management) hit double figures in all three of his matches en route to earning Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Volleyball Attacker of the Week honors Monday. An eight-time recipient, this is Krause’s fourth overall award this year and fourth Attacker accolade of his career. The senior helped William […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn shotgun sports team was extremely well represented in the scholarly ranks as the ACUI announced its Academic Achievement award recipients. A total of 17 Statesmen collected the laurel as WPU had the most recipients of any of the 109 teams from all divisions. Seven members of William Penn’s program currently own perfect […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s track and field athlete John Webb (Fr., Dothan, Ala., Mechanical Engineering) and women’s track and field athlete Phoebe Burt (Jr., Iowa City, Iowa, Sociology) have been named Statesmen of the Week for the week of March 25-31, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Webb won the triple jump event at the Central Methodist Invitational last Saturday […]
