Last year, the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets were the wrestling champions of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, then they became one of the best in the region and ultimately recognized at the national level. Last Saturday, the Jackets continued last year’s PAC success, placing first of 14 teams at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational. This year … Continue reading
Victoria Bruno, 60, of Franklin Township remembers the day she got a pamphlet and taught herself how to tie a tie for Mickey’s Men’s Store. She was 13 years old, and she was helping her father, Mickey, who she fondly remembers. “I probably started waiting on people, customers, at the age of 13, and I … Continue reading
The first meet of the year is an opportunity to judge where a team is with their players, where they need improvement and who the starters will be. For this year’s Waynesburg University wrestling team, things have already seemingly fallen into place as the team won the PAC championship last year and will be returning … Continue reading
It was announced that Waynesburg University’s loan default rate is 2.8%, lowering .2% from the previous measurement last year and 4.6% from than the national average for private schools, which went up .4% since last being measured. These numbers are dated back to 2014 and take into account students that graduated, leave school or have … Continue reading
Waynesburg football ended their 11 game losing streak after they defeated the Thiel Tomcats 34-7 thanks to four rushing touch downs by the offense last week. The Jackets didn’t run their first offensive possession until two Tomcats possessions thanks to an 84-yard punt return by freshman JaWuan Jones. Sophomore running back Chad Walker led the … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University’s women’s volleyball team finished their season with two losses to finish what has been a difficult season, where the Jackets have won only six total sets after winning their first match of the season against Pitt Greensburg. The match against Westminster saw the Jackets lose sets, 25-3, 25-7 and 25-16. Waynesburg only … Continue reading
Volleyball has won their first set over their last 12 sets last Thursday, but were defeated in four total sets by Mount Aloysius. The Jackets were led by freshman middle hitter Hannah Colvin who had 12 kills in the match, a season high for her. Head coach Stephanie Benkowski was going into the season lacking … Continue reading
Friday, Sept. 15, Waynesburg’s chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosted the first student speak of the year on the subject of professionalism. Topics in previous years covered more controversial subjects such as human trafficking. Senior Maura Fenske, president of Waynesburg’s chapter of PRSSA wanted to inform students on how they can … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University volleyball team has struggled since recording its first win in the first match of the year against Pitt Greensburg. After traveling to Washington, Pennsylvania for a tri-match against Presidents’ Athletic Conference rivals Washington & Jefferson and Grove City this past Saturday, Sept. 9, the team hosted another PAC rival, the Thiel Tomcats. … Continue reading
On Saturday, Sept. 9, both men’s and women’s tennis traveled to Frostburg State where neither team came out with the victory as the men were defeated 5-4 and the women were swept 9-0. Although the men lost, head coach Ron Headlee was impressed with his team performance “We were real close, I thought we were … Continue reading
