Feb 10, 2026 By Chris Dugan 6 min read

Albert Miles, a two-time national wrestling qualifier and Division II national champion, will be one of five inductees in Pitt-Johnstown’s 17th Athletics Hall of Fame class. The former multi-sport Canon-McMillan standout will be inducted April 25 in the Pitt-Johnstown Wellness Center.

“I am honored to be recognized by the Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame Committee” Miles said. “The success I had on the wrestling mat would not have been possible without my coaches, teammates and family. They deserve all the credit. I was fortunate to have a very strong support system throughout my time at Pitt-Johnstown. The life lessons and experiences I had while attending Pitt-Johnstown shaped the person I am today and for that, I am forever grateful.”

After a stellar high school career at Canon-McMillan that saw him register 122 victories and place fifth at the 2003 PIAA Class 3A tournament, Miles, joined coach Pat Pecora at UPJ, where he redshirted as a true freshman.

Miles went 18-6 with nine falls as a redshirt freshman at 165 pounds before joining the starting lineup in 2005-06, when he was 23-10 overall and 13-5 in dual meets. He placed third at the East Regional Tournament and became an All-American with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships.

As a junior in 2006-07, Miles had a 21-10 record and was 12-7 in dual meets and won championships at both the West Virginia and Wilkes Opens.

It was in Miles’ senior year, in 2007-08, that he dominated the competition and etched his name into the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling record book. Miles moved from 165 to 174 pounds, was 29-7 overall and 17-5 in dual meets with 10 falls and placed third at the Division I-dominated Penn State Open. In the postseason, Miles won his first regional championship. At the to punch national tournament in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Miles stormed through the tournament and defeated Nebraska-Omaha’s Ross Taplin, 5-2, in the finals to become the program’s ninth national champion.

That same year, Miles set the Mountain Cats’ single-season record for wins in a regular season with 31 and wins in a season with 39. Both records still stand today.

Miles ended his Pitt-Johnstown career ranked 19th on the school’s all-time winning percentage list at .756.

In 2008, Mr. Miles earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Pitt-Johnstown. In February 2009, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and has been a Pennsylvania State Trooper ever since.

He has remained active in the wrestling community. From 2014-2017, Miles was an assistant coach at Trinity High School and he is currently an assistant at Canon-McMillan. In 2024, Miles was named the Section High School Assistant Coach of the Year.

Miles, his wife Farrah, and daughter Vada reside in Washington.

In track and field

Sophomore Rose Kuchera, a Canonsburg native and Canon-McMillan graduate, set the Duquesne University women’s indoor track record in the triple jump for the third time this season, breaking a mark that had stood since 2014 at the Penn State Sykes & Sabock Invitational last Saturday.

Kuchera won the event with a school-record leap of 12.44 meters (40 feet, 9.75 inches) on her second attempt. The mark ranks second in the Atlantic 10 this season and sits among the top 10 in the Mid-Atlantic Region. She broke a 12-year-old school record by nearly a foot.

Kuchera also posted an 8.73 in the 60-meter hurdles, tying for third all-time in program history.

• Washington & Jefferson freshman Abigael Nicolas, a Monongahela native, was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

Nicolas had a strong performance on the second day of last weekend’s Youngstown State Mid-Major Invitational. She set a personal-best jump of 5-1 in the high jump to finish second, a mark that currently ranks in a tie for third place in the conference. Nicholas also placed 16th in the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 33-6.5, placing her fourth in the conference this year.

In wrestling

Waynesburg junior Jessie Orbin, a Chartier4s-Houston graduate, was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Wreslter of the Week on Monday after winning the 174-pound championship – and getting his 100th career victory — last weekend at 39th annual John Summa Invitational held at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

Orbin started his run to the title with a pin in 2:54 over Alfred State’s Ronan Klug and followed that up with a hard-fought 11-9 decision over Cole Porter of Baldwin Wallace. Orbin looked strong in the semifinals, where he shut out Eastern’s Johnny Beckett for a 10-0 major decision.

Orbin squared off with Case Western Reserve’s Chase Crutchley in the title bout and after seven minutes of competition, he was able to score the deciding takedown in a 4-1 triumph.

Orbin has a 26-2 record on the season and his current winning streak sits at 19 matches. The newest member Waynesburg’s 100-win club has a 101-23 record.

• Fairmont State’s Colton Stoneking, a Waynesburg Central graduate, had a strong showing at the Mountain East Conference Championships held Jan. 31 in Glenville, W.Va. Stoneking repeated as MEC champion at 141 pounds.

After receiving a bye in the first round, Stoneking faced Khyvon Grace from West Liberty in the semifinals. After a back-and-forth bout, Stoneking was able to prevail 3-2 after tiebreaker-1.

Advancing to the championship match, Stoneking faced sixth-ranked Ethan Hardy of Glenville State. The two met earlier this season at the Midwest Classic where Hardy got the upper hand. In the latest matchup it came down to the closing seconds with Hardy leading 2-1. With just five seconds left, Stoneking was able to secure a takedown to win 4-2 and secure back-to-back MEC titles.

Stoneking was also named the MEC Most Outstanding Wrestler for the second straight year, as voted by the league’s head coaches. He is currently ranked No. 5 in Division II at 141 pounds.

In basketball

Washington & Jefferson’s Stellanie Loutsion, a Canon-McMillan graduate, was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 25-31.

Helping the Presidents to a pair of PAC road victories, Loutsion averaged 14.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. In a 64-52 win at Chatham, Loutsion totaled 12 points and six rebounds to go along with three steals, two assists and a blocked shot. The senior guard followed that performance with a double-double at Grove City, scoring 17 points and pulling down a career-high 13 rebounds while adding three assists, two steals and two blocks

• Tommy Davis, a freshman forward and Belle Vernon graduate, is the second-leading scorer for Westmoreland County Community College.

Davis is averaging 16.1 points per game and is shooting 48 percent from the field. He scored 28 points in a game last month against Butler County Community College and followed it with a 29-point performance against the College of Southern Maryland.