Tallahassee, Fla.–Claire Rye (Fr., Plymouth, Iowa, Biology) faced off against the nation’s best on Friday as she competed in the 46th Annual NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship. Overall, the freshman placed 195th in a 6K time of 23:49.8 in her first experience at nationals. Taylor (Ind.) claimed the team national championship on the Apalachee […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team is again No. 3 in the NAIA as the second set of polls were released this week. William Penn has an improved 165 points to remain in the bronze position, while Life (Ga.) is still first with 193 points and Grand View is second with 172 points. Providence (Mont.) […]
Oskaloosa – The Statesmen women’s basketball team came from behind to defeat William Woods 54-53 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play Saturday William Penn (3-7, 1-2) snapped its five game skid by outshooting the Owls 36.4%-35.2%. The Statesmen struggled early as the Owls pushed on a 9-2 run six minutes into the contest. Kayla […]
Tallahassee, Fla.–Andrew Miller (Jr., Le Claire, Iowa, Exercise Science) took on the best in the nation on Friday as he competed in the 70th Annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship. Overall, the junior was 146th out of 326 competitors in the 8K race in a time of 26:14.7 in his first experience at nationals. […]
Fayette, Mo.–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team claimed one win in a 49-6 Heart of America Athletic Conference road loss to Central Methodist Thursday. The lone hand raised was by Gentry Walston (Sr., Columbus Junction, Iowa, Human Resource Management) at 125 pounds, getting the 6:26 pin fall over Warren Taylor. From there the Statesmen would have […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s wrestling team again has two nationally-ranked individuals as the NAIA released its second set of polls this week. 133-pounder Lane Scorpil (Sr., Columbus Junction, Iowa, Business Management) picked up a spot to be eighth in the country, while Ashton Hayhurst (Jr., Evansville, Ind., Sociology) is again ranked (now 22nd) at 157 […]
Topeka, Kan.–The William Penn men’s bowling team performed well enough to make it to the third and final day as it competed in the NAIA Invitational Friday through Sunday. On Friday, the field competed in five individual games with WPU placing sixth out of 18 teams with 4,924 pins. Mount Mercy topped the grouping with […]
Topeka, Kan.–The Statemen women’s bowling team put up a strong showing as it competed in the NAIA Invitational Friday through Sunday. On Friday, WPU placed fifth out of 20 teams with 4,563 pins over five individual games, while SCAD Savannah (Ga.) led the field with 4,853 pins. Emaly Kruse of Morningside was the top bowler […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn football was rewarded for an exceptional regular season as the 2025 all-Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division teams were announced Tuesday. A total of 17 players garnered first, second, or honorable-mention team recognition. It is the largest group since WPU had 20 recipients in 2012. Seven players collected first-team laurels, including […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s bowler Gavin Unger (Fr., Columbus, Neb., Engineering Technology) and women’s bowler Lucy Mitchell (Jr., Poulsbo, Wash., Psychology and Human Services) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of November 10-16. Unger paced the Statesmen at the NAIA Invitational weekend, heading the way with an individual finish of 10th via a […]
