Bit o' Scot News - Edinboro University

Student Affairs and Student Success
The Votes are In!
As a result of a campus-wide call for submissions and vote the new food
court in the Frank G. Pogue Student Center is known as Celtic Court –
named by Brandon Horoho, and the theater is called Scot Cinema – named
by Victoria Reid.
Athletics
Wrestling (11-3) – The Edinboro
wrestling team finished another
outstanding season, sending all ten
wrestlers to Nationals for the first
time. The Fighting Scots finished in
a tie for 21 st at nationals with Gregor
Gillespie earning All-American
honors for the third straight year.
The junior becomes just the sixth
Fighting Scot to earn All-American
honors at least three times on the
Division I level. He placed fifth to
finish the year with a 37-4 record.
The Fighting Scots previously won
their sixth straight Eastern
Wrestling League title and tenth in
eleven years, outdistancing
Pittsburgh and West Virginia.
Three Fighting Scots won titles –
Daryl Cocozzo (149 lbs.), Gillespie
(157 lbs.) and Jarrod King (165 lbs.)
– with three others placing second.
All six earned automatic berths to
Nationals, and the other four
wrestlers were accorded wild card
berths. Edinboro completed the
regular season with wins over West
Virginia and Pittsburgh to finish
with a perfect 6-0 league record for
the third straight year.
Men’s Basketball (24-7) – The
men’s basketball team saw its
season come to an end with a 64-61
loss to Millersville in the NCAA
Division II East Regional. The
Fighting Scots were selected as the
third seed in the East Region after
losing the PSAC Championship
game by a 71-64 score to California
(Pa.) at Cheyney University.
Edinboro was the top seed out of
the PSAC West, finishing with an 11-
1 record in league play. Edinboro
won the top seed thanks to an 80-77
overtime win over California (Pa.) in
the final regular season game. That
contest was designated as Red-Out
Day, with over 2,000 fans showing
up to cheer on the Scots. The 24
wins tied the second-highest win
total in school history. Ryan
McLemore was named the PSAC
West Athlete of the Year, and he
was joined on the All-PSAC West
first team by Joseph Jones.
McLemore finished with a Division
II record 170 blocked shots, and
finished his career ranked fifth in
career blocks with 354. McLemore
was also named to the NABC All-
East Region first team and
Daktronics All-East Region first
team.
Women’s Basketball (17-10) – The
women’s basketball team saw its
quest for a PSAC playoff berth
finally come to an end in the final
game of the regular season as it
suffered a 71-68 loss to California
(Pa.). A pair of Fighting Scots were
recognized by the PSAC, as
Samantha Reimer was a first team
All-PSAC West selection and Kelsey
Conklin was a second team choice.
Each area will have a
sign boasting it’s new name.
Congratulations to the winners!
Reimer, a sophomore, concluded an
outstanding campaign in which she
averaged 19.9 ppg., second in the
conference and the eighth-highest
total ever at Edinboro. She has
scored 904 career points, the most
points ever by a sophomore.
Wheelchair Basketball (14-17) –
After finishing as the runner-up a
year ago at the NWIBT, the
Fighting Scots came in sixth this
year. After losing to Texas-
Arlington in the first round,
Edinboro picked up a 65-42 win over
Alabama as Bryce Doody scored 27
points. In the fifth place game
Edinboro suffered a 50-41 loss to
Southwest Minnesota State. Doody
was accorded second team All-
American honors after averaging
17.9 ppg. and 6.5 rpg.
Softball (8-8) – The softball team
spent spring break in Fort Myers,
Florida, playing 14 games. They
went 7-7 while playing twice a day,
then came back north and split a
doubleheader at Fairmont State.
Vanessa Rose continues her assault
on the record book. The senior has
a 6-4 record with a 1.33 ERA. She
broke the career record for innings
pitched (435.2) and is within reach
of numerous other records. Dana
Webb is off to a fast start at the plate
with a .347 average with 3 HRs and
14 RBIs. �
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