PELLA-The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its postseason academic accolades Monday and the Central College men’s and women’s track and field teams earned the All-Academic Team honors and 21 individual student-athletes in earning academic honors. The Dutch women earned a team grade point average of 3.713, securing the team […]
PELLA-For the third consecutive year, the Central College’s men’s basketball team has received the National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award while four Dutch players were tabbed for the NABC Honors Court. The team award recognizes programs that complete the year with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Coach Joe Steinkamp’s […]
Oskaloosa–Nick George (Sr., Sarina, Ontario, Sociology) once again was chosen as one of the top scholar-athletes in the NAIA as the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America baseball teams were announced Tuesday. George was one of 12 individuals named to the Second Team, matching his award from the 2023 campaign. An additional 11 players collected First-Team […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen athletics department more than held its own athletically during the 2023-2024 school year, but also excelled scholarly by achieving record academic success. With 15 teams posting grade point averages of 3.0 or above, the overall department GPA for 2023-2024 stood at 3.12. A total of 231 Statesmen student-athletes managed to eclipse the 3.0 […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn University Athletics Booster Club has announced the recipients of the May Player of the Month laurels. Junior men’s track and field athlete Showalter Johnson (Nassau, Bahamas, New Media) earned the Male award, while senior women’s track and field athlete Abigaille Batu-Tiako (Plattsburgh, N.Y., Business Management) claimed the Female honor. The award is […]
Oskaloosa–Six individuals from different William Penn male athletic programs were honored for strong 2023-2024 seasons in and out of the classroom as they earned At-Large academic all-district honors from College Sports Communicators. Breck Putzier (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., Exercise Science), from the men’s lacrosse team, paced the crew with a 3.94 Grade Point Average entering this […]
Oskaloosa–Six individuals from different William Penn female athletic programs were honored for strong 2023-2024 seasons in and out of the classroom as they earned At-Large academic all-district honors from College Sports Communicators. Softball player Zoey Jones (Sr., Ottumwa, Iowa, Elementary Education) tops the crew with a 3.93 Grade Point Average entering this spring, while women’s […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s volleyball team has been selected to receive the Musco Team Sportsmanship Award, announced Monday by the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Statesmen, who are coached by Luke Bentley, earned the award for their display of the NAIA’s five core character values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. Teams […]
Oskaloosa–Four William Penn track and field athletes were honored for strong 2024 seasons in and out of the classroom as they earned academic all-district honors from College Sports Communicators. D’Artagnon Beaver (Jr., Rockford, Ill., Human Services) and Jonah Heckenberg (Sr., Stockport, Iowa, Business Management) paced the group with 4.00 Grade Point Averages entering the spring. […]
Oskaloosa–Abigaille Batu-Tiako (Sr., Plattsburg, N.Y., Business Management) is newly-crowned royalty after winning the crown of Miss Iowa 2024 recently. Batu-Tiako, who concluded her William Penn track and field career this spring with an NAIA All-America honor in the long jump, won the Miss Iowa pageant competition in Davenport on June 15. She will look to […]
