Athletics Press Releases


Presidents’ DE Lowery Earns National Honor From D3football.com	*Tue, October 2 - 1:56 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- One day after earning the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week award, Washington & Jefferson College sophomore defensive end Jon Lowery (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) landed on...
W&J Football Feature: Hunter Creel	*Tue, October 2 - 10:16 AM*	College football fans travel across the country to support their favorite teams every weekend. It is one of the many traditions of the sport, but even the most dedicated fans didn’t have an opening weekend like Lance and Kelly Creel. Their...
Jon Lowery Named PAC Football Defensive Player of Week	*Mon, October 1 - 4:45 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College sophomore defensive end Jon Lowery (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) was selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. Lowery...
Huge Second Half Lifts Presidents To 28-26 PAC Win Over Bethany	*Sat, September 29 - 11:01 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Behind four sacks from sophomore defensive end Jon Lowery (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) and an interception return for a touchdown by senior linebacker Ian Hennessy (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland), Washington &...
John Hunter Selected As PAC Football Defender of Week	*Mon, September 24 - 4:53 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College senior linebacker John Hunter (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) was honored as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. Hunter led a...
Defense Stymies Thiel; Presidents Win 17-0 In Greenville	*Sat, September 22 - 11:07 PM*	GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College defense held Thiel to 168 total yards, produced five sacks and picked off a pair of passes during a 17-0 Presidents' Athletic Conference shutout of the Tomcats on Saturday afternoon at...
W&J Football Feature: Zach DeCicco	*Mon, September 17 - 4:46 PM*	Zach DeCicco has dealt with teasing throughout his football career. His older brother, Dom, is a 6-foot-4, 230-pound linebacker who spent last season with the Chicago Bears. Brock, the younger brother, is a 6-foot-6, 246-pound tight end for...
W&J Outlasts Grove City In PAC Opener	*Sat, September 15 - 11:14 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College football team won its fourth-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference opener after battling to a 24-17 victory over Grove City at Cameron Stadium on Saturday night. W&J (2-1,...
W&J Football Feature: DeAndre Simmons	*Mon, September 10 - 5:07 PM*	Each step of DeAndre Simmons’ journey from Fort Myers, Florida, to Washington, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the man he has become. There have been ups and downs, wins and losses and plenty of miles logged. One constant has been his...
Ninth-Ranked St. John Fisher Rallies For 28-24 Win Over W&J	*Sat, September 8 - 7:15 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Jason Beaumont caught a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including a 91-yarder with 5:59 remaining, to rally No. 9 St. John Fisher for a 28-24 victory over Washington & Jefferson on Saturday afternoon at Cameron...
B.J. Monacelli Named PAC Defensive Player of the Week	*Tue, September 4 - 4:39 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College junior defensive back B.J. Monacelli (Cassadaga, N.Y./Cassadaga Valley) was honored as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Presidents...
Presidents Open 2012 With 23-6 Victory In North Carolina	*Sat, September 1 - 6:32 PM*	FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Senior running back Tim McNerney (Butler, Pa./Knoch) rushed for a pair of touchdowns and the Washington & Jefferson defense forced three turnovers during the Presidents’ season-opening 23-6 football victory over...
W&J Head Football Coach Owns Top-Five Winning Percentage Among Active Coaches	*Wed, August 15 - 12:44 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson Head Football Coach Mike Sirianni ranks fifth among all current NCAA head college football coaches with at least five years of experience with a winning percentage of .825. Sirianni enters his 11th...
W&J Picked Second At 2012 PAC Football Media Day	*Thu, August 2 - 3:03 PM*	LATROBE, Pa. – The 2012 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Media Day was held on Thursday at Saint Vincent College and Washington & Jefferson College was the second choice in the league’s preseason poll behind four-time...
2012 W&J Football Season Preview	*Thu, August 2 - 2:35 PM*	Head Coach Mike Sirianni will stress one key area of improvement when 121 student-athletes arrive at Cameron Stadium to begin Washington & Jefferson’s 121st varsity football season. Reclaiming the Presidents’ Athletic Conference...
Alex Baroffio Receives 2012 Preseason All-America Selection	*Tue, June 26 - 12:00 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Lindy’s 2012 College Football Magazine has released its Division III Preseason All-America Team and Washington & Jefferson College rising junior wide receiver Alex Baroffio (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) received a first...
W&J Announces Cooper and Salvitti Senior Athlete Award Winners	*Fri, June 1 - 12:05 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett announced the athletic department’s prestigious Walter C. Cooper and E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D., senior athlete awards on Friday. All-Region baseball...
Nine W&J Football Players Named To Hampshire Honor Society	*Thu, May 3 - 2:22 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Nine Washington & Jefferson College football players were announced as members of the 2012 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society on Wednesday. The honor society is comprised of college football players...
W&J Announces 14th Athletic Hall of Fame Class	*Thu, April 19 - 4:14 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett has announced the five new members who will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2012 class, which will be the 14th...
Defensive Pair Earn ECAC Football South Region All-Star Honors	*Wed, January 11 - 3:06 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College senior linebacker Neil Sorice (Youngstown, Ohio/Canfield) and junior defensive back Nathan Melhorn (Salineville, Ohio/Southern Local) were both named to the ECAC Division III South Region...
Alex Baroffio Named To D3football.com All-South Region Team	*Mon, December 5 - 5:46 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College sophomore wide receiver Alex Baroffio (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) was selected to the D3football.com 2011 All-South Region Second Team on Monday. The teams, selected in balloting by...
Baroffio, Wiegand Pick Up PAC Weekly Honors	*Tue, November 15 - 12:14 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College sophomore wide receiver Alex Baroffio (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) earned the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week award, while classmate Dion Wiegand (...
Flavion Leads Four Presidents Named To All-PAC First Team	*Mon, November 14 - 5:22 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College senior offensive lineman Gary Flavion (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) earned his second-straight selection to the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football First Team on...
Eberle’s Field Goal; Wiegand’s Punt Block Highlight W&J 24-21 PAC Backyard Brawl Win	*Sat, November 12 - 7:19 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Sophomore Eric Eberle (Mifflintown, Pa./Juniata) booted a career-long, 34-yard field goal as time expired to give Washington & Jefferson a 24-21 victory over Waynesburg in the 2011 PAC Backyard Brawl at Cameron Stadium....
Three W&J Football Players Earn Academic All-District Honors	*Thu, November 10 - 5:13 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A trio of Washington & Jefferson football players were named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Division III Academic All-District Team on Thursday. Senior defensive end Frank Gigler (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) earned the honor for...