Butler County Community College issued the following announcement.
July 7, 2020
(Butler, PA) Twenty-seven Butler County Community College student-athletes have been named
to the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference’s all-academic team for the spring 2020
semester, including five players on a Pioneers women’s basketball squad that in February won its
fourth WPCC crown in five years.
To be eligible for WPCC all-academic teams in the spring and fall semesters, student-athletes
must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours. Those with grade-point averages between 3.0 and 3.49
attain honors, and those with GPAs from 3.5 to 4.0, high honors.
BC3’s men’s and women’s basketball teams completed their 2019-2020 seasons in February.
Student-athletes who were on BC3’s baseball, softball or golf rosters before those seasons were
canceled with regard to COVID-19 are also represented on the WPCC’s all-academic team for
the spring 2020 semester.
Alexis Barnhart, Nicole Hartman, Casey Kretzer, Michaella Roth and Skye Wessel played on a
BC3’s women’s basketball squad that defended its 2019 WPCC title by beating Westmoreland
County Community College in the 2020 championship.
Each received high honors on the WPCC’s all-academic team for the spring 2020 semester.
Barnhart attended Butler Area Senior High; Hartman, First Baptist; Kretzer, Knoch; Roth,
Slippery Rock; and Wessel, Seneca Valley.
Men’s basketball players on BC3’s roster who received high honors on the WPCC’s allacademic team for the spring 2020 semester were Noah McLean, Moniteau; and Andrew
Yonker, Butler. Receiving honors were Cole McCarthy, Seneca Valley; Julian Sanks, Knoch;
and Dominic Schmidt, Butler.
Baseball players on BC3’s roster who received high honors were Grant Clawson and Shane
McIntire, Butler; and Jacob Jewart, Moniteau. Receiving honors were Nicolas Kibbie and Trevor
Gahagan, Butler; Jared Lominski, Moniteau; Travis Mowery, Knoch; and Noah Smithbauer,
Slippery Rock.
Softball players on BC3’s roster who received high honors were Abigail Black, Knoch; Amber
Izzo, Mohawk; Jamie Roberts, Allderdice; and Kelsie Terwilliger, Allegheny-Clarion Valley.
Kretzer and Wessel were also on BC3’s softball team’s roster and received high honors.
Receiving honors were Alliya Allwine, Shenango; and Abigail Kopac, Knoch.
Golfers on BC3’s roster receiving honors were Caleb Brake, Mars; Jocelyn Dias, Armstrong; and
Beau Rusnak, Knoch.
Westmoreland County Community College placed 28 student-athletes on the WPCC’s allacademic team for the spring 2020 semester; the Community College of Allegheny County, 18;
Eastern Gateway Community College, 13; Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, 12; the
Community College of Beaver County, 10; the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, four; and
Potomac State College, one.
Original source can be found here.
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