This week’s On Campus notebook takes a look at six area golfers who finished off their Division I seasons recently.

Greg Podufal

Kelly Moylan

The area’s D-I golfers are Greg Podufal (Georgetown), a sophomore from Cathedral Prep; Gregor Orlando (Virginia), a senior from Cathedral Prep; Austin Romeo (Richmond), a sophomore from McDowell; Kelly Moylan (Lehigh), a sophomore from North East; Colleen Miller (Cleveland State), a sophomore from McDowell; and Karlie Zabrosky (Seton Hall), a freshman from McDowell.

Podufal averaged 74.7 in a team-high 27 rounds for the Hoyas.

Orlando had an injury-plagued senior season as he played just two rounds in the fall for the Cavaliers. Orlando withdrew from the Mason Rudolph tournament because of an injury, and did not compete in the spring.

Romeo averaged 77.64 strokes per round and had one top-10 finish for the season.

Moylan, who was named to the All-Patriot League all-star team, averaged 81.6 strokes over 14 rounds this past season. Moylan helped the Mountain Hawks win the inaugural Patriot League championship in April.

Miller averaged 84.5 strokes in 15 rounds for the Vikings.

Zabrosky recorded an 80.29 stroke average in seven tournaments.

Also in this week’s notebook:

• Vinny Rice was named team MVP and Ryan Jacobs claimed the most valuable pitcher award as Penn State Behrend’s baseball team announced its yearly award winners.

• Rocky Grove graduate and former Clarion swimmer Kayla Shull claimed an Academic All-American honor.

• Mercyhurst rowing team member Leyla Dombrowski was named a a Pocock first-team All-American.

•Mercyhurst was 30th, while Gannon tied for 60th and Edinboro placed 72nd in the 2012-13 Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings.

Get the full details in this week’s On Campus notebook.

Mercyhurst honored a pair of deserving senior athletes — volleyball standout Elyse Texido and basketball star Luis Leao – by recently naming them the Lakers’ Senior 
Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, respectively.

Read more about the Lakers’ latest honorees in this week’s On Campus notebook.

Also, the PSAC revealed its final Dixon Trophy standings for the 2012-13 season.

Edinboro took fifth overall and Gannon led all women’s 
teams in the chase for the Dixon Trophy, awarded to the conference’s top athletic program.

West Chester took first place overall in the standings, while the Knights earned a best-ever eighth-place finish and Mercyhurst came in 11th out of 16 teams.

Get a look at the final Dixon Trophy standings in this week’s On Campus notebook.

West Chester beat out Indiana (Pa.) to win the Dixon Trophy for the 2012-13 season. The award, given in each of the past 18 years to the PSAC’s top athletics program, is the first for West Chester.

The Dixon Trophy is awarded to the PSAC school that accumulates the top score based on results of conference playoffs and/or regular-season records.

Edinboro placed fifth overall, while Gannon was eighth and Mercyhurst finished 11th out of 16 teams. The Gannon women led all PSAC women’s sports programs with an average score of 11.75. The Knights claimed a PSAC crown in women’s volleyball.

Edinboro won conference titles in wrestling and men’s cross country, while Mercyhurst had a PSAC title in men’s soccer.

Check out the Dixon Trophy totals here.

Among its 22 sports, West Chester had an average score of 10.77 while IUP compiled a 10.74 for its 19 sports program. Shippensburg, with a 10.05 average, took third, while Slippery Rock (9.94) and Edinboro (9.85) were also in the top five.

West Chester won four conference championships (men’s and women’s swimming, field hockey and women’s lacrosse), while runner-up IUP won league titles in football, men’s golf and men’s basketball.

Shippensburg won more PSAC titles than any other school with crowns in men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and women’s cross country.

Shippensburg has the most Dixon titles with seven since the trophy was first awarded in 1996. Bloomsburg and Lock Haven have won three apiece.

Anne Carlson

Edinboro hired Anne Carlson as the head track and field coach/director of cross country operations today, replacing retired coach Doug Watts.

Athletic director Bruce Baumgartner said Carlson will serve as the men’s and women’s track and field coach and will oversee the incoming cross country head coach. Edinboro will begin searching for a cross country coach soon, Baumgartner said.

Watts announced his retirement in April after coaching Edinboro’s running programs for the past 44 years.

Carlson has been an assistant women’s track and field coach at Edinboro since June 2011. She is a former Central Missouri All-American and won the pentathlon national championship in 2009.

“Obviously, Anne has some big shoes to fill,” Baumgartner said. “But we are supremely confident that she is a young coach with a bright future.”

Watts supported the choice of Carlson for the job.

“In the two short years she’s been here, Coach Anne has proven to be a superior technician and an excellent role model,” Watts said. “Having her inherit the program made it easy for me to pass the reins of this outstanding tradition of excellence to her.”

As the college spring sports seasons come to a close, area athletes continue to collect postseason accolades.

Aaron Cressley

Nick Grow

In this week’s On Campus notebook, read about a pair of former Erie County 
high school pitching standouts — Corry’s Aaron Cressley and North East’s Nick Grow – earning all-conference honors.

Cressley, a sophomore pitcher at Pitt-Bradford, was named to the AMCC second team after leading the team with a 2.25 ERA.

Grow, a relief pitcher for Westminster, was named to the honorable-mention all-Presidents’ Athletic Conference team. He broke the Titans’ single-season saves record with eight and set the career saves mark with 11.

Three area softball players recently were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association Atlantic Region all-star team. Mercyhurst sophomore Shaina 
Bunker and Edinboro senior catcher 
Marissa Pullo made the first team, while Gannon freshman center fielder Alexa Archambeault made the Atlantic Region second team.

Also featured in this week’s notebook:

• McDowell graduates De’Vion Tate and John Dahlstrand helped Akron’s track team win the Mid-American Conference outdoor championship.

• Fort LeBoeuf grad Anthony Peluso, a sophomore at Seton 
Hill, was a member of a WVIAC-title winning 400-meter relay team.

• Mercyhurst North East recently named Conneaut Lake graduate Aaron Smith its Outstanding Wrestler of the Year.

Get all the details in this week’s On Campus notebook.

Iroquois graduate Becky Zill finished her college softball career in memorable fashion.

Becky Zill

Niagara University catcher hit a walk-off home run in her team’s regular-season finale. She finished her four-year career with 26 homers for the Purple Eagles, who finished the season going 1-2 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament.

Read about Zill’s accomplishments in this week’s On Campus notebook.

Also this week, find out about Edinboro senior guard Kiara Brown claiming another honor to add to her standout basketball career for the Fighting Scots.

The two-time All-American will have her No. 12 jersey placed on display at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. The jersey will hang in the Hall’s Ring of Honor display alongside jerseys of high school and college All-Americans from around the nation.

Also, Cathedral Prep graduate Tommy Steele and Iroquois grad Rachael Ragen earned the Most Improved Award for their respective University at Buffalo men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

Read more in the On Campus notebook.

Kiara Brown’s No. 12 jersey will hang in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame “Ring of Honor.”

Brenna Cosgrove

McDowell graduate Brenna Cosgrove, a junior at Edinboro, was among six area softball players to make the PSAC Western Division all-star team today.

Cosgrove made the team as an outfielder after hitting .370 and starting all 31 Edinboro games.

She was joined by teammate Marissa Pullo, a senior utility player who claimed all-PSAC honors for the fourth straight season.

Gannon led area teams with three selections: freshman outfielder Alexa Archambeault, freshman designated hitter Alyssa Bates and junior at-large pick Kristie Cortazzo.

Mercyhurst junior Courtney Smith also made the team as an at-large selection.

Slippery Rock senior catcher Katie Saluga was named player of the year.

Edinboro’s Gary Kagiavas has been a driving force in the success of the Fighting Scots’ women’s soccer team. The longtime coach, who took the helm when the program began in 1996, has led Edinboro to three straight appearances in the PSAC playoffs and consecutive NCAA Division II tournament berths.

Gary Kagiavas

Kagiavas earned a distinct honor Saturday night as he was named the Scots’ coach of the year at Edinboro’s Hall of Fame ceremony.In today’s Erie Times-News On Campus notebook, read more about Kagiavas and the Edinboro athletes of the year – basketball standout Kiara Brown and football player Branden Williams.

Also in today’s notes, read about former District 10 baseball players excelling for Westminster College. Senior Nick Grow (North East) set the Titans’ career saves mark last week, while senior starter Andy Wallen (Iroquois) and outfielder Kyle Allen (West Middlesex) are producing solid numbers.

In addition, check out notes on Lehigh University sophomore golfer Kelly Moylan (North East), Thiel sophomore tennis player Collin McAndrew (General McLane) and Buffalo swimmer Rachael Ragen (Iroquois). All three performed well recently in conference championships in their respective sports.

Read about all of that and more in the Times-News On Campus notebook.

When the Gannon University women’s basketball team lost to Ashland in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight at San Antonio  last month, the Knights lost their last game of the season to the eventual champion for the third time in the past four seasons.

Ashland went on to beat Dowling, as coach Sue Ramsey’s team went 37-1 to win their first national title.

In 2011-12, Gannon lost to Shaw (N.C.) in the Atlantic Regional semifinals at Edinboro, and Shaw went on to claim the crown by defeating Ashland in overtime in the championship game.

The Knights did not make the postseason in 2010-11, but in 2009-10, they took a 37-0 record and No. 1 ranking into the D-II semifinals against Emporia State (Kan.), and had a double-digit lead but fell 97-94 in  overtime at St. Joseph’s, Mo. Emporia State, with a large fan base, easily beat Fort Lewis for the championship.

Gannon will be the host school in 2013-14 when the Elite Eight will be held at the Erie Insurance Arena.

– Bob Jarzomski

Pat Cleary

Edinboro University replaced its longtime men’s basketball coach today with one of his longtime assistants.

Pat Cleary, an Edinboro assistant for the past 14 years, will take over for his former boss, Greg Walcavich, who retired March 7 after 24 years.

The university announced Cleary’s promotion this afternoon.

As an assistant, Cleary has been in charge of recruiting and scouting. He also has run and promoted Edinboro’s summer basketball camps.

Cleary is a Sharon native who did not play basketball at Edinboro but was an elementary education major at the school. He began coaching as a student assistant in 1997.

For more details, see Wednesday’s Erie Times-News.Check out the video below.