Oskaloosa–-The William Penn men’s basketball team secured a hard-fought 66-61 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene on Monday in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. WPU (8-3, 5-2 Heart) started the game with momentum, jumping out to an early 12-5 lead. However, the Pioneers (5-8, 4-6 Heart) responded with a 13-4 run, claiming their largest lead of […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s track and field athlete Showalter Johnson (Sr., Nassau, Bahamas, New Media) has been named Statesmen of the Week for December 9-15, a laurel presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. With no women’s sports competing last week, a female Statesmen of the Week honor was not awarded. Johnson delivered a stellar performance at the Nebraska Invitational on […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s basketball team put a scare into the #20 team in the NAIA, but eventually came up short in a 68-46 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to MidAmerica Nazarene Monday. In the squad’s final game of the 2024 calendar year, William Penn (2-9, 1-6 Heart) was outshot 44.4%-33.9% and outrebounded 39-37, but […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team enters the holiday break with a plethora of rated individuals as the NAIA released its third set of polls this week. As a team, the Statesmen are back up to fifth in the country with 127 points. Life (Ga.) is now #1 with 218 points, while Grand View (204), […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team has a half-dozen individuals ranked as the NAIA released its third set of polls this week. 165-pounder Cameron Hargrove (Sr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Sports Management) leads WPU as he is 16th in the country, while 133-pounder Lane Scorpil (Jr., Columbus Junction, Iowa, Business Management) is again 23rd. As a team, WPU […]
Wichita, Kan. – The William Penn men’s soccer team’s historic season came to a heart-wrenching end Monday as the Statesmen fell to #1 seed Dalton State in a dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout during the NAIA National Championship Final. Making their first-ever appearance in the championship game, the #3-seeded Statesmen (20-3-3) battled the Roadrunners to a […]
Oskaloosa–Alyvia Johnson (Sr., Owatonna, Minn., Business Management) was tabbed by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as one of the top players in the country as the all-region awards were announced. Johnson earned first-team all-Midwest Region recognition to garner the second first-team honor of her career (also in 2023). The senior led William Penn with […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen competitive dance team competed well in three different events as it opened its schedule at the Iowa State Dance Competition last week. WPU placed third out of seven teams in Jazz with a score of 87.63 points. Grand View was first with 89.25 points, while St. Ambrose was narrowly ahead of the […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s soccer player Moses Magens (Grad., Elmshorn, Germany, Master’s of Sport Management) and women’s wrestler Bronwyn Brenneman (Jr., Parnell, Iowa, Biology) have been named Statesmen of the Week for December 2-8, a laurel presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Magens delivered a clutch performance last Tuesday, netting two pivotal goals to propel the Statesmen past Bethel and […]
Wichita, Kan.–The William Penn men’s soccer team wrote another chapter of history on Saturday, clinching its first-ever trip to the NAIA National Championship Game with a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory over #10 seed William Carey (Miss.) in the semifinals. In a season full of milestones, the third-seeded Statesmen (20-2-3) reached yet another pinnacle, overcoming the […]
