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The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College volleyball team is ranked #5 in the preseason NJCAA Division III poll released this week.  The Lady Pioneers are coming off a 2008 season in which they finished 4th in the nation with a program best 38-4 record.

Jason Gildner has been named the new men's soccer coach at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College. Gildner a former assistant coach at ASC and a 2005 graduate takes over a team that was 14-4 in 2008 and advanced all the way to the Region III Division III finals.

Twenty ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College student athletes have been honored with academic awards.  Eleven Pioneers were named NJCAA Academic All-American, 13 were named Academic All-Region, and 20 were named Academic All Conference.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College athletic program had strong showings in both the Region III Director's Cup and the NATYCAA (National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators).  The Pioneers finished 3rd in the Directors Cup and 7th in the scholarship division of the NATYCAA Cup.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College standout volleyball player Jenni Jerome (Syracuse/Westhill) has been named the Western New York Athletic Conference co-senior female athlete of the year.  She shares the honor with Lindsay Grace (Monroe CC) and Kari Barmore (Jamestown CC).

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College athletic department has published the 2009 fall athletic schedules.  Athletes will begin reporting to campus in the middle of August with games beginning the last weekend of August.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men’s soccer and lacrosse coach Todd Weil has resigned from his position in the athletic department.  Weil has spent the past four seasons at the helm of the lacrosse program and the last three seasons guiding the men’s soccer team.