Athletics Press Releases


W&J Baseball Looks To Repeat Success In 2013	*Fri, February 1 - 3:28 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. - The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team appears primed to defend its Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular-season title when it begins the 2013 season on March 9. W&J is coming off the best season in...
Four Presidents Named To Collegiate Baseball’s Players To Watch	*Tue, January 29 - 12:13 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College juniors Kyle McLain (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius), Eddie Nogay (Weirton, W. Va./Madonna), Ronny Peirish (Wexford, Pa./Pine-Richland) and Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) were...
W&J Baseball Nationally Ranked In Two Preseason Polls	*Thu, January 24 - 12:31 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Coming off one of the best seasons in school history, the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team is ranked 21st in the D3baseball.com preseason poll. W&J also debuted at No. 20 in the Collegiate Baseball...
W&J Baseball Announces Opponents For Florida Spring Break Trip	*Wed, January 23 - 12:53 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team faces a tough seven-game slate when it makes its annual trip to the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational during Spring Break. The Presidents play seven games in five days...
W&J Athletics -- Top 10 Moments Of 2012	*Mon, December 31 - 4:05 PM*	For the second-straight year, the W&J sports information office has produced a list of what we believe are the top 10 moments for Presidents' athletics during the 2012 calendar year. Relive the best moments from 2012 below, including...
2012 Graduate Aaron Klinec Signs Professional Baseball Contract	*Tue, July 31 - 11:43 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – 2012 Washington & Jefferson College graduate Aaron Klinec (North Olmsted, Ohio/St. Ignatius) signed a professional baseball contract with the Lake Erie Crushers of the independent Frontier League on Monday. Klinec...
Staniscia and McLain Named ECAC Baseball All-Stars	*Fri, June 22 - 11:10 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College sophomores right fielder Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) and third baseman Kyle McLain (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius) were selected to the 2012 ECAC Division III Baseball South...
W&J Finishes 20th In Final D3baseball.com National Poll	*Wed, June 13 - 4:57 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College finished the season ranked in the final D3baseball.com Top 25 national poll for the first time in school history. The website ranked the Presidents 20th in its final set of national...
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...
Aaron Klinec Earns Baseball National Gold Glove Award	*Tue, May 29 - 10:46 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College senior shortstop Aaron Klinec (North Olmsted, Ohio/St. Ignatius) was recently announced as the Presidents’ first-ever ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III Baseball National Gold Glove Award...
Five Presidents Named To ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Baseball Team; Klinec Selected As Gold Glove Winner	*Tue, May 22 - 4:11 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College sophomore right fielder Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) highlighted five Presidents named to the 2012 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Mideast Region Team on Tuesday as a...
Marietta Eliminates Presidents From NCAA Tournament	*Fri, May 18 - 12:04 PM*	MARIETTA, Ohio – The second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College baseball team was eliminated from the 2012 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional after falling to top-seeded Marietta College by a score of 9-5 on Friday morning at Don Schaly...
Staniscia And Trushel Named To D3Baseball.com All-Region Squads	*Fri, May 18 - 10:51 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College sophomore right fielder Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) was recently selected to the D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region First Team, while senior right-hander Dave Trushel (...
W&J Shuts Down Wooster To Stay Alive In NCAA Regional	*Thu, May 17 - 3:43 PM*	MARIETTA, Ohio – Facing elimination, second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College shut out the sixth-seeded College of Wooster 8-0 on Thursday afternoon and advanced to day three of the NCAA Division III Baseball Mideast Regional at...
W&J Falls to Manchester in NCAA Regional Opener	*Wed, May 16 - 10:34 PM*	MARIETTA, Ohio – Seventh-seeded Manchester College (Ind.) took advantage of four errors and was issued nine walks during its 13-3 victory over Washington & Jefferson College in the first day of action at the 2012 NCAA Division III...
Dave Trushel Selected As PAC Baseball Pitcher of the Year	*Tue, May 15 - 11:35 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College senior right-hander Dave Trushel (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) highlighted 10 Presidents on the 2012 All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference Baseball Team after being selected as the PAC...
W&J Earns At-Large Bid To NCAA Mideast Baseball Regional	*Mon, May 14 - 8:43 AM*	Mideast Regional Bracket Mideast Regional Website (Live Video, Stats and Audio links) WASHINGTON, Pa. – For the third time in the last four years, the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team has earned a bid to the NCAA Division III...
Westminster Defeats W&J For PAC Baseball Championship	*Sat, May 12 - 4:39 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Behind a complete game shutout from Vince Iosue, fourth-seeded Westminster downed top-seeded Washington & Jefferson College 6-0 in the championship game of the 2012 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Baseball...
W&J Eliminates SVC; Advances To PAC Championship	*Fri, May 11 - 9:20 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – The top-seeded Washington & Jefferson College baseball team downed fourth-seeded Saint Vincent 10-4 to advance to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference title game on Saturday at Ross Memorial Park. The 14th-ranked...
No. 14 W&J Avoids PAC Tourney Elimination With 2-1 Victory	*Fri, May 11 - 6:25 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Top-seeded and 14th-ranked Washington & Jefferson avoided elimination from the 2012 Presidents' Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament after holding off third-seeded Thomas More 2-1 on Friday afternoon at Ross Memorial...
No. 14 W&J Falls To Saint Vincent In PAC Tournament Opener	*Thu, May 10 - 5:59 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – The top-seeded Washington & Jefferson College baseball team dropped its opening game of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament by a score of 7-4 to No. 4 seed Saint Vincent at Ross Memorial Park on Thursday...
W&J Baseball Attains Highest Ranking In School History; McLain Adds Second Weekly Award	*Tue, May 8 - 10:40 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson baseball team is ranked 14th in the latest D3baseball.com poll released on Tuesday, the highest ranking in the 122-year history of the sport at the college. In addition, sophomore third...
Kyle McLain Earns PAC Hitter Of The Week Award	*Mon, May 7 - 4:44 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College sophomore third baseman Kyle McLain (East Amherst, N.Y./Canisius) was selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week on Monday. McLain hit .533 (16-30)...
W&J Routs Thomas More In Series Finale	*Sun, May 6 - 2:59 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Four Washington & Jefferson College pitchers combined to throw a two-hit shutout as the Presidents cruised to an 8-0 victory versus Thomas More in Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball action from Ross Memorial...
Brady Provides Key Hits As W&J Downs Thomas More	*Sat, May 5 - 6:45 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Junior center fielder Scott Brady (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) produced a walkoff, two run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the 18th-ranked Washington & Jefferson College baseball team to a 2-1 victory...