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WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel College has announced its Dean's List from the Fall 2020 semester and 209 Green Terror student-athletes, including 66 first-semester students, qualified for the honors.

To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must achieve a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50 for the semester. A GPA of 3.5-3.699 earns a student Honors according to the College. A GPA of 3.7-3.899 earns a student High Honors while a GPA of 3.9 or above qualifies for Highest Honors.

The following McDaniel student-athletes were also named to the Dean's List in the fall:

Sophomore Austin Goudeaux (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor), Baseball, Kinesiology, Honors

Junior Megan Horsey (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor), Softball, Accounting/Business Administration, High Honors

University of the Cumberlands ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Williamsburg, KY – After a successful week in Patriots athletics, which was capped off in UC Archery winning its third straight 3D national championship, archers Sara Sherman, Danielle Woodie, and Elliott Cross were selected as the Domino's Athletes of the Week, announced by the athletic department Monday.

Sherman and Woodie were named the female athletes of the week honors after they both recorded three national championships over the weekend. 

Woodie had an impressive national championship debut, leading the women's compound division wire-to-wire to capture her first national title as a Patriot.  The Elkton, MD native shot a 428 over two rounds, including carding a 218 on the first day to win by two points.  Woodie teamed with Hannah Moose and Brooke Miller for a 1264 to earn gold in the women's compound team round, while Woodie and Jase Boils placed first in the mixed team rounds.

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Congratulations Maddie Penta !!

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BOHEMIA MANOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE NAMED

GATORADE MARYLAND SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CHICAGO (May 28, 2020) — In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced Maddie Penta of Bohemia Manor High School as its 2019-20 Gatorade Maryland Softball Player of the Year. Penta is the first Gatorade Maryland Softball Player of the Year to be chosen from Bohemia Manor High School.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Penta as Maryland’s best high school softball player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award to be announced in June, Penta joins an elite alumni association of state award-winners in 12 sports, including Catherine Osterman (2000-01, Cy Spring High School, Texas), Kelsey Stewart (2009-10, Arkansas City High School, Kan.), Carley Hoover (2012-13 D.W. Daniel High School, S.C.), Jenna Lilley (2012-13, Hoover High School, Ohio), Morgan Zerkle (2012-13 Cabell Midland High School, W. Va.), and Rachel Garcia (2014-15, Highland High School, Calif.).

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-2 senior and right-handed pitcher is ranked as the nation’s No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2020 by Softball America. An All-Tournament selection at the 2019 Under-18 PGF Premier National Championships last summer, Penta struck out 58 batters in 39 innings pitched for the Pennsylvania Chaos against elite-level national competition. A three-time Class 1A state champion for Bohemia Manor, she concluded her prep softball career with a 49-1 record, a 0.07 earned run average and 762 strikeouts in only 321 innings pitched.

Penta has volunteered locally as a youth softball coach and mentor. “Madison’s work ethic toward the game of softball is beyond comparison,” said Jill Lawson, head coach of Bohemia Manor High. “She is the type of player that after a two-and-a-half-hour practice will put in another two hours once everyone else has taken off their cleats. She knows the process of growth and what it takes to improve and she commits to it.”

Penta has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at Auburn University.

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track and field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. From the 12 national winners, one male and one female athlete are each named Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year. In all, 607 athletes are honored each year.

Two-time winner Penta joins Gatorade Maryland Softball Players of the Year Campbell Kline (2017-18, Severna Park High School), Kaitlin Beasley-Polko (2016-17, Leonardtown High School), Madison Aughinbaugh (2015-16, St. Mary's Ryken High School), and Nicole Stockinger (2014-15, Sherwood High School) among the state’s list of former award winners.

Since the program’s inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming coaches, business owners and educators.

To learn more about the Gatorade Player of the Year program, check out past winners or to nominate student-athletes, visit www.Gatorade.com/POY, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GatoradePOY or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Gatorade.

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Seven members of the McDaniel softball team have been named 2019 Easton/National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Scholar-Athletes, released recently.

Senior Kristina Shank (Mardela Springs, Md./Mardela) joined juniors Paige Bleyer (Cambridge, Md./Cambridge South Dorchester), Cassie Rickrode (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic), Miranda Thompson (Columbia, Md./Atholton) and sophomore Michaela Persinger (Emmitsburg, Md./Catoctin). Freshmen Megan Horsey (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor) and Melinda Morgan (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor) were also honored after one year on campus.

Shank, an outfielder, started 34 of her 36 appearances. She hit .279 with six doubles, four triples and six home runs for a team-best .587 slugging. She also walked 25 times and scored 27 runs.

Bleyer, a pitcher, appeared in six games. She struck out 15 in 21 1/3 innings.

Rickrode, a pitcher, went 6-8 in the circle with a 3.43 ERA in 98 innings. She struck out 43 in 26 appearances. She also had two saves and two shutouts.

Thompson, an infielder, appeared in 23 games with 18 starts. She hit .238 with a pair of doubles.

Persinger, an outfielder, started 35 of her 36 appearance. She hit .324 with nine doubles, three triples and a home run for a .486 slugging percentage. She drove in 23 runs and scored 23.

Horsey, a catcher, started 29 games among her 32 appearances. She hit .382 with seven doubles. She drove in 17 runs and scored 19.

Morgan, a first baseman, started 12 of the 15 games in which she appeared. She had seven hits that included four doubles.

In total, 1,928 Division III softball players were honored by the NFCA for having a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

The Green Terror finished the season 21-16 overall (8-8 CC).

LANCASTER, Pa. – Three members of the McDaniel softball team have been named to the All-Centennial Conference (CC) team, released on Tuesday.

Megan Horsey (Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor) and Michaela Persinger (Emmitsburg, Md./Catoctin) were named to the first team while Kristina Shank (Mardela Springs, Md./Mardela) was tabbed second team.

Horsey, a freshman catcher, is making her first all-conference appearance. She is one of three freshman on the first team. Horsey, who started 29 of the 32 games in which she appeared, led the Green Terror in hitting as a rookie with a .382 batting average and team-best 39 hits. Her average ranked third among all conference hitters. She also rapped seven doubles, recorded 17 RBIs and scored 19 runs. With nine walks, she boated a .434 on-base percentage and was 3-for-4 in stolen bases. Horsey had at least one hit in every game in which she had more than one official at bat and each of her starts, including a team-best 12 multiple-hit games.

Persinger, a sophomore outfielder, is making her second straight first-team appearance and is the lone first-teamer from 2018 to repeat. Starting 35 of her 36 appearances, Persinger was second on the team with 36 hits and was third on the squad with a .324 average. She led the team with nine doubles while adding three triples and a home run for a .586 slugging percentage. She drove in a team-best 23 and scored 23 runs of her own. She also drew 16 walks and had a .409 on-base percentage. She had nine multiple-hit games, including a team-best three three-hit games. Persinger was also successful in four of her five stolen-base attempts and did not commit an error in 47 fielding chances that included three outfield assists.

Shank, a senior outfielder, is making her first all-conference appearance. Starting 34 of her 36 appearances, Shank hit .279 from the leadoff spot with 29 hits that included six doubles and team highs of four triples and six home runs for a team-best .587 slugging percentage. Her slugging percentage ranks fourth in the conference. Shank also scored a team-high 27 runs to go with 19 RBIS. She also drew 22 walks, which was tops in the CC, for a .437 on-base percentage and went 14-for-16 in stolen bases.

The Green Terror finished the season with an overall record of 21-16 (8-8 CC).

Dunn snags first career E8 Defensive Player of the Week Award

Field Hockey | 10/29/2018 1:54:00 PM

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A strong two-way performance by No. 18 Washington & Jefferson field hockey's Reghan Dunn (Earleville, Md./Bohemia Manor) helped the sophomore secure her first career Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week honor. 

Dunn joins Rena Israel (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) as the two Presidents to garner E8 Defensive Player of the Week accolades this season. Israel has taken home the honor three times in 2018. 

Dunn was a vital component of the Presidents' defense that allowed a combined seven shots in two games last week. W&J gave up seven shots against Juniata on Wednesday, before holding Elmira to zero attempts in the 2018 regular-season finale on Saturday. The 7-0 W&J win on Saturday is the team's 12th shutout in 16 games, and it lowered the Presidents' league-leading goals-against average to 0.31. 

On the other side of the field, Dunn finished tied for second on the team with four points on one goal and two assists. Against Juniata, the Earleville, Md., native assisted Rachel Fromm (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) on W&J's lone goal of the match. She followed that game up with one goal and one assist against Elmira. Following this week's play, Dunn is tied for the team lead in assists with four. 

By defeating the Soaring Eagles on Saturday, the Presidents end the 2018 regular season with a 15-1 overall record and a perfect 8-0 mark in the Empire 8. 

As the top seed in the E8, the Presidents will host the Empire 8 Tournament at Cameron Stadium on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3. W&J will begin play with a noon match against fourth-seeded Hartwick (12-5, 5-3) on Friday.

2018  Undefeated (23-0) 1A State Champions