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PAC MEN
All-PAC Men’s Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Isaac Stamatiades, Westminster
Newcomer of the Year: Reese Leone, Westminster
Coach of the Year: Kevin Siroki, Westminster
First Team
Isaiah Alonzo, Waynesburg, F, Jr.
Justice Rice, Grove City, G, Sr.
Daniel Ritter, Westminster, G, Sr.
Isaac Stamatiades, Westminster, G, Sr.
Lyle Tipton, Geneva, G/F, So.
Second Team
Shemar Bennett, Saint Vincent, F, Sr.
Sean Hickey, Franciscan, G, Sr.
Cameron Seemann, W&J, G, Sr.
Joel Stutz, Geneva, G/F, Sr.
Ahmad Tejumola, Thiel, F, Jr.,
Honorable Mention
Dalton Hamrick, Bethany, G, Sr.
Justin Mack, Franciscan, G, Jr.
Ben Pollock, Chatham, F, Jr.
Matt Popeck, Waynesburg, G, Jr.
Malik Potter, Chatham, G, Sr.
PAC WOMEN
Al-PAC Women’s Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Alie Seto, W&J
Defensive Player of the Year: Carlee Kilgus, Saint Vincent
Newcomer of the Year: Makenzee Mason, Bethany
Coach of the Year: Jimmy Petruska, Saint Vincent
First Team
Jess Bowen, Grove City, G, Sr.
Carlee Kilgus, Saint Vincent, G, Sr.
Jenna Lafko, Saint Vincent, G, Sr.
Maria Lawhorne, W&J, F, Sr.
Alie Seto, W&J, F, Sr.
Second Team
Kaitlyn Fertig, Chatham, G, So.
Lauren Gilbert, W&J, G, Jr.
Ella Marconi, Saint Vincent, C, So.
Kane Makenzee Mason, Bethany, G, Fr.
Natalie Murrio, Westminster, G, So.
Honorable Mention
Katie Cramer, Saint Vincent, F, Sr.
Kat Goetz, Grove City, F, Fr.
Destiny Johnson, Thiel, F, So.
Hannah Johnston, W&J, G, Sr.
Kelsie Meintel, Bethany, F, Jr.
Emily Melnek, Geneva, G, Sr.
Andrea Orlosky, Waynesburg, G, Sr.
Magen Polczynski, Westminster, G, Jr.
Brittani Smith, Chatham, F, Sr.
Lauren Tipton, Geneva, G, Sr.
Emma Vezzosi, Grove City, G, So.
ON THIS DATE
March 25
1950 – Waynesburg College’s Tony Gizoni beats Arnold Plaza of Purdue 7-6 to win the NCAA 121-pound wrestling championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Gizoni, a sophomore from Washington, is named the tournament’s outstanding wrestler.
1959 – Dave Clelland resigns as head wrestling coach at Waynesburg to accept the same position at Greenville High School. Clelland had a 58-8 record in four seasons including a 48-match winning streak over the last three years.
1961 – ABC is the first network to televise the NCAA basketball championship: Cincinnati vs. Ohio State from Louisville.
1972 – Bill Walton scores 24 points to lead UCLA to an 81-76 victory over Florida State and the NCAA basketball title. The Bruins finish with a 30-0 record and increase their winning streak to 45 straight.?
1989 – The Pittsburgh Pirates trade shortstop Felix Fermin to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for shortstop Jay Bell.
1995 – Ringgold High School outscores Williamsport, 23-18, in the fourth quarter to win the PIAA Class AAAA boys basketball championship, 71-66, before 7,921 at Hersheypark Arena. Mike Horan and Jamont Kinds each score 27 points for Ringgold. Horan also grabs 16 rebounds.
1995 – Boxer Mike Tyson is released from a prison in Plainfield, Ind., after serving three years for rape.
1999 – The Presidents’ Athletic Conference announces that Westminster College will join the league.
2004 – Seldom-used Dani Mills comes off the bench to score 10 points and grab nine rebounds as California University defeats Merrimack, 89-65, in the NCAA Division II women’s basketball semifinals in St. Joseph, Mo.
2011 – John Tyler of California makes 19 field goals and scores 49 points to power the Red All-Stars to a 164-122 win over the White in the Washington-Greene County All-Star Boys Basketball All-Star Game. In the girls game, Emily Hansen of Canon-McMillan scores 17 points as the Red beats the White, 61-26.