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Kutztown University
Athletics
2009 National Letters of Intent
updated
08/13/2009
Baseball |
Women's Basketball | Men's Basketball
|Bowling
| Cross Country/Track & Field
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Field Hockey | Football |
Women's Golf |
Lacrosse| Men's Soccer |
Women's
Soccer | Softball |
Swimming | Tennis |
Women's Volleyball |
Wrestling
Baseball
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Matt Albaugh |
Hatfield, Pa. |
North Penn |
Catcher |
Albaugh was a three-year varsity
letter winner, named to the Suburban One first team all-league in
2008 and was part of the 2008 District One championship team for
baseball. Also in 2008, he was part of the championship winning
Carpenter Cup team. In basketball, Albaugh received two varsity
letters and was part of the district qualifying team.
Major at KU: Biology
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
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Steven Ryan Hopwood |
Ambler, Pa. |
Wissahickon |
Pitcher |
Hopwood was a three year varsity
letterwinner at Wissahickon High School. He participated in the
Pennsylvania Blue Gray Classic and was a Senior Legion All-Star
selection.
Major at KU: Elementary Education
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
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Christopher Pollick |
Forty Fort, Pa. |
Wyoming Valley West |
P/OF |
Pollick was a two-year letter
winner. He was a 2008 WVC Times Leader All-Star, WVC Citizens
Voice All-Star, and Governors Cup American Legion All-Star.
Pollick led the WVC in home runs in 2008. He was a member of
two-time conference champions and two-time District II AAAA
champions.
Major at KU: Leisure and Sports Studies |
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Women's Basketball
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Jackie Burg |
West Chester, Pa. |
Bishop Shanahan |
Guard |
Burg
was a three-time letter winner. In her junior season she was
the leading scorer and named to the all-conference and
all-area teams.
Major at KU: Marketing/Business |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Melanie Mahan |
Mullica Hill,
N.J. |
Clearview
Regional |
Shooting Guard |
Mahan is a
three-time varsity letter winner for basketball and was
named first team South Jersey. She is also a letterwinner
in lacrosse and cheerleading for two years.
Major at KU: Business |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Ashley Wood |
Limerick, Pa. |
Spring-Ford |
Guard |
Wood was a
three-time varsity letter winner for basketball at
Spring-Ford High School. She was named to the second team in
her junior and senior seasons and was selected as an
All-Area first team in her senior season. She was a member
three PAC-10 Championship teams and a captain in her senior
year. Wood also was a three-time varsity letter winner in
field hockey and lacrosse.
Major at KU: Undeclared |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Steph Zewe |
Lewistown |
Indian Valley |
Forward |
Zewe is a
four-year varsity letterwinner at Indian Valley High School,
where she was a Mountain Athletic Conference first team
selection her junior and senior seasons. She average 17
points per game and nine rebounds per game. She was a member
of the National Honor Society and the Distinguished Honor
Roll.
Major at KU: Elementary Education |
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Men's Basketball
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Zackery Hankerson |
Easton, Pa. |
Easton |
Point guard |
Hankerson is a 6-foot-4, 190 pound point guard from
Easton High School, where he was part of the 2007-08 LVC
Championships team and 2006-07 district champions. He was an
All-Area first team selection and named the 2008-09 Express-Times
Player of the Year. In his career at Easton, he was a 1,000 point
scorer and won the Gary Fahl Award.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Alex Reed |
Coatesville, Pa. |
Coatesville |
Center |
Reed is a 6-foot-8, 240 pound
center from Coatesville High School who was a three-year
varsity letterwinner. He was named to the All-Ches-Mont
second team. He was a member of the 2009 Ches-Mont
Champions.
Major at KU: Business |
Bowling
|
Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Jess Abrecht |
Brick, N.J. |
Brick Memorial |
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Abrecht is a four-year
varsity bowler with Brick Memorial High School, posting the
highest overall average in the state. She was fifth at the
2009 state individual championships.
Major at KU: Criminal Justice |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Jara Cohen |
Marlton, N.J. |
Cherokee |
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Cohen was named
a top 50 high school prospect in Bowlers Journal. She
is a four-time all-conference first team member with a
career high game of 298 and high series (three games) of
719.
Major at KU: Marketing |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Molly DeMatties |
Geneva, N.Y. |
Geneva |
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DeMatties was a
member of the three-time Eastern Division Champion Geneva
High School bowling team. She was named to the Daily
Messenger's All-Star team twice and an MVP her junior and
senior year.
Major at KU: Marine Science |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Nicole Gatto |
Philadelphia |
Archbishop Ryan |
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Gatto was a four-year varsity
All-Catholic bowler at Archbishop Ryan. She was the 2008
Catholic League MVP with 200 average. She was a member of
the 2007 Catholic League Champions.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Nicole Meyers |
Great Neck, N.Y. |
Great Neck South |
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Meyers was an All-State
bowler her junior year and an All-County bowler three times.
She earned four varsity letters at Great Neck South High
School. She also was the team's captain all four years.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Heather Shoemaker |
West Milton |
Lewisburg Area |
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Shoemaker was a four-time
state qualifier with Lewisburg Area High School. She was a
two-time Tri-Town Bowler of the Year, a two-time Regional
All-Star and a two-time Pennsylvania Junior Bowlers Tour
Champion.
Major at KU: Biology |
Cross Country/Track & Field
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Kori Meshaw |
Lancaster, Pa. |
Hempfield |
Hurdles |
Meshaw was a varsity letter winner and team captain
in both track and football. He is also a member of the PIAA State
Championship team while at Hempfield. Meshaw was part of the
Lancaster-Lebanon all star football team.
Major at KU: Business
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Manny Morris |
Coatesville, Pa. |
Coatesville |
Hurdles/Relay |
Morris was named to the All-State indoor track team
and also an MVP while at Coatesville. He set numerous school records
and was earned All-America honors.
Major at KU: Psychology |
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| WOMEN |
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Becca Brandt |
Cleona, Pa. |
Cedar Crest |
Distance |
Brandt was a four-year varsity letter
winner for
cross country and track and field. In cross country she was a
three-year first team L-L-League All-Star. For track and field,
Brandt was a second team all-star, county medal winner, league medal
winner, district medal winner and a state qualifier.
Major at KU: Secondary Education/Biology
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| April Doyle |
Greenfield Twp., Pa. |
Lakeland |
Throwing |
Doyle is a three-time District Champion in shot put
while throwing for Lakeland High School. She placed third at states
as a sophomore.
Major at KU: Criminal Justice |
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Maggie O'Neil |
Rockland |
Cranberry |
Distance |
O'Neil will be joining the Golden Bear's track and
field team after competing at Cranberry High School.
Major at KU: Biology |
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Field Hockey
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Amy Dando |
Marysville, Pa. |
Susquenita |
Mid/forward |
Dando was a two-time varsity letter winner while at
Susquenita High School. She was the a captain and MVP of her 2008
squad and an honorable mention for the Mid-Penn Colonial Division
All-Star in 2007 and 2008. She was a part of the Susquenita field
hockey team which were the 2007 Colonial Division champions.
Major at KU: Business Marketing
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Caitlin Green |
Factoryville, Pa. |
Lackawanna Trail |
Forward |
Green was a four-year varsity letter winner at
Lackawanna Trail in field hockey. She was named to the 2008 first
team All-State while playing for the PIAA District 2 AAA champion
team. She was also named to the PIAA District 2 All-Star team and
received Athlete of the Week from the Scranton Time/Tribune. Green
racked up 74 goals and 40 assists over her four-year high school
career.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Jenna Gregory |
Phillipsburg, N.J. |
Phillipsburg |
Forward |
Gregory earned four varsity letters in field hockey
at Phillipsburg High School and 11 overall (four in lacrosse, three
in basketball) during her four years. She was an All-State second
team selection for field hockey in 2008. She also was a two-year
captain and the Warren County Player of the Year in 2008 when she
had 31 goals and seven assists. She was a scholar-athlete and a
member of the honor roll.
Major at KU: Leisure and sports studies |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Kelsey Hogan |
Mt. Laurel, N.J. |
Lenape |
Midfield |
Hogan was a six-time varsity letter winner while at Lenape High School, in field hockey, lacrosse and track and field.
She was part of the 2007 lacrosse state championship team.
Major at KU: Secondary Education |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Molly Senft |
York, Pa. |
West York |
Mid/Back |
Senft was a four-year varsity letter winner in field
hockey. She was also a part of a two-time York County championship
team, which she was a team captain of in her senior season. Also in
Senft's senior season, she was named to the field hockey All-County
team and was an all star.
Major at KU: Elementary Education
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Athlete |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Karly Waltman |
Birdsoro, Pa. |
Twin Valley |
Goalkeeper |
Waltman was a two-year varsity letter winner while
playing for Twin Valley. She was an All-Division second team
selection in 2007. In 2008, Waltman earned All-Division first team
honors and made the All-State academic team.
Major at KU: Elementary Education/Special Education |
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Football
2009 Recruiting
Class
Women's Golf
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
| Mindy
Glatfelter |
Wrightsville, Pa. |
Eastern York |
Four-year letter
winner in both golf and soccer; three-time YAIAA Girls
Individual Golf Champion; three time YAIAA Player of the
Year; two-time state qualifier.
Major at KU: Social Work |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
| Nina Pollack-Antos |
State College |
State College |
Pollack-Antos
was a four-year varsity member of the State College High
School girls golf team. She helped lead the Lions to the
2007-2008 District 6 team title. She finished in third place
in the 2008 District 6 tournament. She is a four-year member
of the honor roll.
Major at KU: Art Education |
Women's
Lacrosse
|
Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Bridget
Bollendorf |
Washingtown
Twp., N.J. |
Washington Twp. |
Attack |
Three-time Olympic Conference Champions.
Major at KU: Elementary Education
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Kelsey Hogan |
Mr. Laurel, N.J. |
Lenape High
School |
Midfield |
Hogan was a six
varsity letter winner in at Lenape High school, where she
also won one State Championship.
Major at KU: Secondary Education |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Emily Savini |
Langhorne, Pa. |
Neshaminy |
Attack |
Savini was a
varsity letter winner in lacrosse at Neshaminy High School.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Randy Vite |
Highland Mills,
N.Y. |
Monroe Woodbury |
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Vite was a
varsity letterwinner in soccer and lacrosse at Monroe
Woodbury High School.
Major at KU: Childhood Education |
Women's Soccer
2009 Recruiting
Class
Softball
|
Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Kristen
Cornelis |
Glen Cove, N.Y. |
Glen Cove |
SS/2nd/OF |
Cornelis won the
2006 varsity Sportsmanship Award; 2007 varsity all-division;
2008 varsity all-conference.
Major at KU: Journalism/Education |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Sarah Couch |
Wyalusing |
Wyalusing Valley |
Catcher/Utility |
Couch was an
All-Regional catcher for Wyalusing Valley High School,
earning nine varsity letters. She batted .545 for Wyalusing.
She was a member of the honor roll.
Major at KU: Undeclared |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Nicole
Charles |
Whitehall, Pa. |
Whitehall |
Catcher |
Charles was a two-year letter winner;
2008 Lehigh Valley Championship Carpenter Cup Team.
Major at KU: Biology
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Katie Frank |
Middletown, N.Y. |
Minisink Valley |
Outfield |
Frank was a four-year varsity
letterwinner with Minisink Valley High School. She was member of the
2006 and 2007 Division Champions and the 2006 Section 9-AA
Champions. She also earned varsity letters with the basketball team.
Major at KU: Education |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
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Brianna Knipe |
Bethlehem, Pa. |
Liberty |
SS/3B |
Knipe was a four-year letter winner in
both softball and basketball. She was a Rookie of the Year on a
district champion team in her freshman season and part of the
Carpent Cup champion team in 2008. In basketball her senior year,
she was part of the district champion team.
Major at KU: Secondary Education |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Katie Lynch |
Willow Street,
Pa. |
Lampeter-Strasburg |
Catcher |
Lynch was a four-year All-Section
winner, two-year All-League winner, three-year Section-Champ for
softball. She also won the Most Valuable Player her Junior year and
was a two-time first team All-State selection for catcher. In
basketball she was a All-Section pick and was part of the section
champ in 2007.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Jennifer Stow |
Thorton, Pa. |
Garnet Valley |
Utility |
Stow was a four-year varsity letter
winner in softball, one-year winner in tennis and two-year in
soccer. She was an honorable mention her sophomore year in softball
for the Southern Chester County league and for the All-Delco team
her sophomore and junior year by the Delaware County Daily Times
Newspaper. Her team qualified for the PIAA Three-A State Softball
quarterfinals in 2006. Part of the 2007 Quad-A State semifinalist
and 2008 Quad-A State quarterfinalist.
Major at KU: Communication Design |
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Swimming
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Holly Figenshu |
Kennett Square |
Unionville |
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Figenshu was a two-year state qualifier,
four-year district qualifier and a four-year All-Area honorable
mention for Unionville High School.
Major at KU: Communication Design |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Lauren
Piorkowski |
Trumbull, Conn. |
Trumbull |
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Piorkowski is an all-conference swimmer
from Trumbull High School in Connecticut. She is the record holder
in the 200 medley relay and 100 breaststroke. She also was an
all-conference softball player.
Major at KU: Marine Science |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
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| Zoe Sianis |
Wyomissing, Pa. |
Wyomissing Area |
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Sianis is a two-time All-American, as
well as an all-state, all-district and all-league swimmer from
Wyomissing Area High School. She holds the state record in the 200
medley relay. Sianis is a three-time district champion.
Major at KU: Communication Design |
Tennis
Women's Volleyball
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Kimberlee
Gomber |
Washington, Pa. |
Washington |
Setter |
Gomber was a four-year varsity letter
winner at Washington High School; WPIAL All-Section team for four
years.
Major at KU: Education
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Dana Wright |
Warrington,
Pa. |
St. Basil's
Academy |
Setter
Wright was named
All-District One as a senior in volleyball at St. Basil's
Academy.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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| Brianna Risch |
Coatesville |
Coatesville Area |
Middle/RS Hitter |
Risch is a 2008
All-Chesmonts second team member, earning three varsity
letters with Coatesville Area. She also was an honorable
mention All-Area player in 2008, a team MVP and Team Captain.
Major at KU: Business Management |
| Kelsea Ashworth |
Carlisle |
Carlisle |
Setter/RS Hitter |
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Ashworth earned two
varsity letters at Carlisle High School. She was a 2008
Mid-Penn All-Star.
Major at KU: Communication Design |
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Wrestling
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Danny Dortone |
Springfield, Pa |
Springfield |
125 pounts |
Dortone was a
four-year letter winner and a 2009 District and Regional
Champion while wrestling at Springfield High School. He
placed fourth at States and sixth at the Junior Nationals.
In his career, Dortone was a three-time section champion and
selected three times to the All-Delco team.
Major at KU: Human Kinetics |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Colin
McConnell |
Perkasie, Pa. |
Pennridge |
160 pound |
McConnell was a three-year letter winner;
two-time state qualifier.
Major at KU: Undecided |
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Player |
Hometown |
High School |
Position |
| Derek
Schmelyun |
Hampton, Pa. |
Bermudian
Springs |
160 pounds |
Schmelyun was a four-year
letter winner; four-time PIAA State qualifier; three-time
state place winner.
Major at KU: International Business |
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Player |
Hometown |
High
School |
Position |
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Austin Williams |
Pen
Argyl, Pa. |
Pen
Argyl |
135
pounds |
Williams was a four-year letterwinner in wrestling and
three-year letterwinner in football with Pen Argyl High
School. He is a four-time state qualifier and a two-time
District II Champion. He was a Southeast Regional Champion
and fourth-place finisher in the 2008 PIAA tournament. He
has a career record of 110-26.
Major at KU: Secondary Education |
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