Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

The Kutztown University cross country teams had eight runners earn All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) honors at the PSAC Championships Saturday, Oct. 25, Edinboro, Pa. All-PSAC First Team honors go to runners finishing 1st-15th, while 16th-30th earn Second Team accolades. On the women's side, Maura Lenhart's 10th-place finish and second straight All-PSAC First Team honor paced the Kutztown University women's cross country team, as it finished fifth at the PSAC Championships. Lenhart held down a spot inside the top 12 over the entire 6k race at the Doug Watts Cross Country Course and finished strong by picking up two spots over the final half mile to secure her first career top 10 finish at the conference meet. The junior from Center Valley, Pa., crossed the line in 23:03.4, holding off Shippensburg's Mya Trotty by 0.9 seconds for the final top 10 spot. Lenhart improved upon her 14th-place finish at last year's PSAC Championships. Running in just her second meet of the season, redshirt freshman Gabby Keith claimed All-PSAC Second Team honors with a 24th-place performance (23:29.3). Keith, who made her KU debut earlier this month at the Lehigh Paul Short Run, also made a late push after crossing the 1- and 2-mile checkpoints in 30th. Her 24th-place standing at the finish was her highest position of the meet. Graduate student Sophia Knerr collected her fourth career All-PSAC Second Team finish with a 28th-place showing. Knerr completed the 6k race in 23:42.7. Her previous all-conference finishes came in 2021, 2022 and 2024. On the men's side, KU had a program record five runners securing all-conference finishes as the Golden Bears matched their highest-ever finish of third at the PSAC Championships. Consistency proved to be the name of the game for the Maroon and Gold. All five scoring runners were separated by just over 35 seconds and finished between 14th and 28th in the 154-runner field. The result was KU's highest team finish under current head coach Ray Hoffman and equaled the program's best-ever finish at the conference meet, set back in 1994. Redshirt senior Jack Hollar led the way with a 14th-place finish for All-PSAC First Team honors. Hollar got around the 8k layout at the Doug Watts Cross Country Course in 25:35.21 for his second career all-conference finish. The East Stroudsburg, Pa., native placed 17th at the 2023 PSAC Championships. Though Hollar was Kutztown's lone First Team finisher inside the top 15, his teammates were in close pursuit to claim Second Team honors. Sophomore Peyton Small became a first time All-PSAC honoree with a 16th-place finish in 25:36.21, while senior Adam Brocato ran to his third All-PSAC finish in 17th (25:39.0). Brocato previously earned a First Team finish (13th) in 2024 and Second Team finish in 2022 (22nd). Senior Robby Lloyd and redshirt senior Port Habalar joined Small with their maiden all-conference honors. Lloyd crossed the line in 19th (25:49.0) and Habalar was 28th (26:10.8).

Kutztown University has announced 29 student-athletes will represent its wrestling team for the 2025-2026 season. Read the full season preview online. Following a season that eclipsed many program-best marks, the seventh-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team hopes to carry its momentum into the 2025-26 as it looks to continue its rise on the national stage. Reigning Super Region 1 Head Coach of the Year Robert Fisher led the Golden Bears to an 11-1 dual record in 2024-25 as well as a season-opening tournament victory at the East Stroudsburg Open. KU started the second half of the year off with a 50-0 non-conference victory over American International to set a new program record for margin of victory, and finished the season with a 5-1 dual mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, headlined by a statement win over No. 14 Gannon. The postseason was a huge success for KU, as the squad came out of the Super Region I Championships with a program record six grapplers earning trips to the NCAA DII National Championships, including a pair of top finishers to go along with the team's third-place finish. Kutztown didn't stop there, as it surpassed its 20th-place ranking from the National Wrestling Coaches Association by finishing with a program-best eighth-place finish at nationals, one that featured four All-American honorees. All that success earned them a program-best seventh-place ranking in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II polls, eclipsing its former best mark of 11th, which the team held entering the 2021-22 and 2024-25 seasons. While the conference is loaded with No. 3 Pitt-Johnstown and No. 10 Gannon among the nation's top teams, last year's results showed that Kutztown can hang with the top tier of Division II wrestling programs. The Maroon and Gold will take part in six tournaments and seven dual matches, six of which are PSAC opponents and four of which will take place inside Keystone Arena. Kutztown's lone home dual in 2025 will take place against Seton Hill, followed by a pair of road tournaments before it resumes dual competition in 2026. The team will hold Alumni Night on Friday, Jan. 16, against Pitt-Johnstown, Youth Night on Friday, Jan. 23, against non-conference foe Fairmont State, and Senior Night against East Stroudsburg on Tuesday, Feb. 17, all beginning at 7 p.m. The Golden Bears will open the season at the Tonee Ellis Memorial Tournament, hosted by Alvernia, on Saturday, Nov. 1, which begins at 11 a.m. The team hosts its first dual meet on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. against Seton Hill.

Kutztown University has announced 16 student-athletes will represent its women's bowling team for the 2025-2026 season. After claiming the East Coast Conference crown and advancing in the NCAA Bowling Regionals for the first time in over a decade, the Kutztown University women's bowling team is favored to repeat its success from a season ago, as it was placed at the top of the East Coast Conference (ECC) Women's Bowling Preseason Poll. The Golden Bears (64-45 overall in 2024-25) had one of its most successful campaigns in program history a season ago, advancing in the NCAA postseason for the second time in program history and reaching the regional round of NCAA postseason competition for the first time in its current format (since 2021). The team swept all three individual ECC honors on its way to the conference championship victory. At the end of last season, the National Tenpin Coaches Association gave Kutztown votes in the final overall polls, while the DII/DIII polls placed the Golden Bears as the eighth-best team among the non-Division I teams. KU's .590 win-loss percentage ranked 22nd in the nation, while its predetermined rating percentage index (RPI) mark of .533 placed them in a tie for No. 32 in the nation. In the conference preseason polls, Kutztown is five votes ahead of second-place Bryant, who finished third at the ECC Championship a season ago. Rounding out the top five are reigning ECC Championship runners-up Roberts Wesleyan in third, Molloy in fourth, and Adelphi and Saint Anselm in a tie for fifth. Kutztown collected six first-place votes, while Bryant claimed a pair and Roberts Wesleyan snagged the remaining vote. The Golden Bears open their season at the Bud Whitman Memorial Tournament Oct. 11-12, followed by the home Golden Bear Invite at Berks Lanes in Sinking Spring, Pa., Nov. 1-2. The ECC Championship Tournament is set to take place March 20-22, following the conclusion of the team's nine-event NCAA schedule and lone United States Bowling Congress (USBC) event.

Kutztown University will have 34 student-athletes representing its men's and women's swimming teams for the 2025-2026 season. Read more about the KU swimming teams at www.KUBears.com, including schedules, rosters and meet recaps.

Kutztown University will have 18 student-athletes representing its men's and women's tennis teams for the 2025-2026 season. Read more about the KU tennis teams at www.KUBears.com, including schedules, rosters and match recaps.

Kutztown University has announced nine student-athletes will represent its women's golf team for the 2025-2026 season. Learn more about the Golden Bears at https://kubears.com/sports/womens-golf.

Kutztown University has announced 15 student-athletes will represent its women's cross country team for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview here. After a fourth-place finish at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships in 2024, head coach Ray Hoffman and the Kutztown University women's cross country team look to use last year's momentum to reach new heights in 2025. Hoffman, in his 28th year at the helm of the program, noted the depth of his team a season ago and added to that with the additions of six newcomers in hopes of continuing the upward trajectory the team has shown over the past couple of seasons. The Golden Bears claimed three top-three team finishes a season ago, including the top spot at the West Liberty Invitational to open the season. Its first two meets featured four runners inside the top ten, while three runners finished in the top 20 at the PSAC Championships to claim All-PSAC honors. KU will face similar competition from last season, and the veteran team looks to stake its claim among the conference's best. Kutztown was picked to finish fourth in the PSAC preseason coaches poll, slotted behind Slippery Rock, East Stroudsburg and Shippensburg. The Rock garnered 10 first-place votes as it looks to claim its third consecutive conference championship, while ESU claimed six votes and Shippensburg snagged the remaining vote. The Golden Bears open the season at the WCU Opener at Unionville High School, hosted by West Chester University, Friday, Sept. 5. KU will have four regular season meets before competing in the PSAC Cross Country Championships in Edinboro, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 25.

Kutztown University has announced 15 student-athletes will represent its men's cross country team for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview here. The Kutztown University men's cross country team will look to improve on a successful 2024 season as it takes to the course for the fall season in 2025. In the 2024 postseason, KU achieved top-10 finishes in both the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships (7th) and the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships (9th), the latter of which was their highest finish since 2016. Brocato turned in the team's highest finishes in both postseason outings, finishing 13th and earning All-PSAC First Team honors before running a 26th-place time of 31:17.2 at NCAA Regionals. KU will look to run along with the best of the conference, as it was tabbed as the fourth-best team in the PSAC behind defending conference champion Shippensburg, East Stroudsburg and Slippery Rock. The Maroon and Gold will be competing in two of the four meets it participated in a season ago: the home DII/DIII Challenge at North Campus Farm Loop Cross Country Course Sept. 13, and the Paul Short Run at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course Oct. 3, on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. KU will travel to the West Chester area to compete in the WCU Season Opener on Sep. 5 before closing the regular season at the Golden Ram Invitational on Oct. 11. KU will open its postseason at the PSAC Championships in Edinboro, Pa., on Oct. 25, before running at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships Nov. 8.

Kutztown University has announced 106 student-athletes will represent its football team for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview here. For the second year in-a-row, Kutztown Football has been selected at the top of the division to begin the season, as KU appears first in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's Eastern Division preseason poll, as voted on by the head coaches. The Golden Bears, who finished 2024 with an 11-1 overall record and won their second straight PSAC championship, third in the last four seasons and fourth overall in program history, received seven first place votes. Teams can not vote for themselves. Kutztown earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Championships for the second consecutive season and fifth in the last six, winning a program-record 11 games in-a-row to begin the season. Kutztown's 2025 regular season begins Thursday night, Sept. 4, with a non-conference matchup against Assumption from Andre Reed Stadium at 7 p.m.

Kutztown University will have 19 student-athletes representing its women's volleyball program for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview online Kutztown University women's volleyball is set to begin a new season under the guidance of a new head coach in 2025. Jason Barshinger takes over the helm and is looking to inject a new and positive energy into the Golden Bears program, one that has had just one winning season since 2011. He enters a program with a ton of youth that he can help mold towards his ideas and philosophies. Kutztown's 2025 regular season opens up at home Friday, Sept. 5, with a non-conference match against Chestnut Hill at 6 p.m. from Keystone Arena. After a tri-match with Lincoln and Holy Family in Philadelphia the next day, KU returns home for the Shannon Sullivan Memorial Tournament Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13.

Kutztown University will have 30 student-athletes representing its field hockey program for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview online It has been a run unlike any other in program history for Kutztown Field Hockey the last 2-3 years. KU won its first ever NCAA Division II championship in 2023 and came within seconds of winning back-to-back national titles last season. The 2025 group looks to keep the momentum and success going as they reload for another strong run. The Golden Bears finished last season with a 16-6 overall record and 6-3 mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. They took down Southern New Hampshire in a dramatic 2-1 double overtime win at Andre Reed Stadium in an NCAA Quarterfinal matchup and then knocked out No. 1 and PSAC champion, Shippensburg 4-3 in the semifinal round in Gaffney, S.C. After 60 minutes of scoreless action in the championship game, No. 8 Saint Anselm found the back of the cage 6:33 into the first overtime period to stun the Maroon and Gold and win the title. Aside from the run of two consecutive national title games, Kutztown also finished atop the PSAC following the regular season in 2022 and earned the top spot in PSACs, hosting the final four that year. Heading into this season, Kutztown was voted first in the PSAC preseason poll. Kutztown's 2025 regular season begins Thursday, Sept. 4, at 2 p.m., in a non-conference matchup against Southern New Hampshire from Andre Reed Stadium.

Kutztown University will have 29 student-athletes representing its women's soccer program for the 2025 season. Read the full season preview online The Kutztown University women's soccer team is in the midst of one of its most successful runs in program history under 18th-year head coach Erik Burstein, and the squad will look to continue that stretch in its 42nd season of play in 2025. The Maroon and Gold ended the 2024 campaign with a 12-5-6 mark that included seven conference victories and an undefeated, 6-0-4 mark at Keystone Field - its first undefeated home mark in program history. KU appeared on the United Soccer Coaches national polls on a weekly basis, where they are once again receiving votes to start the 2025 season. Kutztown was picked to finish third in the PSAC preseason coaches poll, slotted behind PSAC Champion Shepherd and conference rival West Chester, with all three garnering first-place votes. Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg and Millersville are seen as top challengers for the East Division's four postseason berths. The Golden Bears open the season on the road with a non-conference game against Concord (W. Va.) Thursday, Sept. 4, before playing a slate of 16 PSAC East games. It opens its home schedule with its Morgan's Message game against Millersville at Keystone Field Wednesday, Sept. 10, while hosting rematches of last season's postseason games against Shepherd (Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.) and West Chester (Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.).

The Kutztown University softball team had 11 representatives on the 2025 Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete list. The Golden Bears who earned the status include Naya Darnowski (Manchester, N.J./Manchester Township), Taylor Gearhart (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), Kristin Geesey (Bainbridge, Pa./Elizabethtown), Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg), Emily Henn (Matamoras, Pa./Delaware Valley), Grace Kindel (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic), Annabelle Knese (Havertown, Pa./Haverford), Allyson Koerner (Clayton, N.J./Clayton), Jenna Piatkiewicz (Fogelsville, Pa./Parkland), Morgan Slomkowski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) and Alexa Stevens (Jefferson Township, Pa./North Pocono). Kutztown recorded an overall team cumulative GPA of 3.404. The 11 student-athletes who were honored by the NFCA qualified for the award by earning at least a 3.50 GPA in the 2024-25 academic year. These Maroon and Gold student-athletes did not just excel in the classroom last year, but also on the diamond, as they finished the 2025 campaign 43-19 overall, the most victories in a season since 2012. KU also advanced to NCAA Atlantic Super Regionals for the second straight season and third in the last four, and also qualified for NCAAs for the fifth consecutive year.

Three members of the Kutztown University women's tennis team have been announced as Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athletes for the 2024-25 academic year. Junior Ryleigh Bohning (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), freshman Isabela de Nadai (Vitoria, Brazil/St. Paul's School) and senior Emma Semery (Fuveau, France/HDN Academy) made up the contingent of Golden Bears recognized. Each student-athlete is a first-time ITA Scholar-Athlete. ITA Scholar-Athletes must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale during the current academic year. A total of 705 women's tennis student-athletes from NCAA Division II received ITA Scholar-Athlete honors this season.

The Kutztown University men's tennis team claimed All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the 2024-25 academic year, while six Golden Bears were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. KU was one of 76 NCAA Division II programs across the nation to earn All-Academic Team distinction. It's the second consecutive year that the Maroon and Gold have been recognized. All-Academic Teams must carry a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale. ITA Scholar-Athletes must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale during the current academic year. Kutztown's honorees for the 2024-25 season were Lucas Cherniak (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini), Dang Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam/), Joaquin Perez (Pachuca, Mexico/Escuela Americana), Emmitt Robinson (Ingersoll, Ontario/Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute), Henrique Rocha (Jaticua, Brazil/Escola SEB Maceio) and Linus Vennekold (Laatzen, Germany/). Cherniak and Robinson are three-time ITA Scholar-Athletes, while Nguyen and Rocha became two-time selections. Perez and Vennekold are first-time honorees.

Omari Banks (Middletown, Del./The Phelps School (Pa.)) of the Kutztown University men's basketball team was among more than 2,400 players nationwide recognized on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court for the 2024-25 academic year. The NABC Honors Court consists of junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher. Banks, a junior last season, has a 3.60 GPA while pursuing a degree in business administration with a management concentration. The Wilmington, Del., native is heading into his second season with the Golden Bears in 2025-26 after spending his first two seasons at Goldey-Beacom College. The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.

Kutztown University athletics recognizes 237 student-athletes on the 2024-25 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's scholar-athlete list. The 237 Golden Bears account for 54% of the department. This year also marks the sixth year in a row that the Golden Bears have eclipsed the 200 honoree mark. In order to be eligible for PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25. The conference instituted a new policy last year, honoring athletes meeting the academic requirement in only PSAC sponsored sports. This change directly affected Kutztown's acrobatics & tumbling and women's bowling teams, which do not compete under the PSAC banner. Acrobatics & tumbling is part of the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) and does not have a conference affiliation, while women's bowling is an associate member of the East Coast Conference (ECC). Bowlers are eligible to be named to the ECC Commissioner's Honor Roll, which is usually released in late July. The 2024-25 PSAC Scholar-Athlete total of 3,922 (54% of the entire PSAC student-athlete population) marks the 10th consecutive year the PSAC has awarded at least 40% of its student-athlete population with "Scholar-Athlete" status. 11 institutions increased their total number of PSAC Scholar-Athletes in 2024-25 compared to the previous year. See the full list online.

The Kutztown University women's bowling team earned All-Academic Scholar Team honors for the 2024-25 season, while nine Golden Bear student-athletes were named All-Academic Scholar-Athletes by the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA). To qualify for the NTCA All-Academic Scholar Team award, programs must have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher during the 2024-25 academic year. Kutztown posted a 3.306 GPA, exemplifying a strong commitment to excellence on the lanes and in the classroom. Spearheading Kutztown's academic efforts were nine bowlers who qualified for All-Academic Scholar-Athlete honors. Golden Bears recognized included Kamryn Brenneman (York, Pa./Central York), Natalie Conrad (Wyoming, Pa./Dallas), Megan Hanaway (Forked River, N.J./Lacey Township), Kayla Mackney (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township), Marissa Magill (Alburtis, Pa./Emmaus), Miranda Pielhau (Waretown, N.J./Southern Regional), Meghan Ripley (Bel Air, Md./Fallston), Ally Sipe (York, Pa./Central York) and Riley Sternik (Island Heights, N.J./Central Regional). NTCA Scholar-Athletes must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.4 during the academic year. Kutztown won its first East Coast Conference championship in 2025 and qualified for the NCAA Championship tournament for the first time since 2011. The Golden Bears finished with a 64-45 overall record.

The Kutztown University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had six representatives as United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Atlantic Region selections. For the Golden Bear men, Kyle Archie, Josh McKoy and TJ White all earned All-Region in the high jump, while Kevin Givone and Jacob Solonoski were named All-Region in the javelin and hammer throw, respectively. On the women's side, Sophia Knerr captured All-Region in the 3000m steeplechase. Archie's season-best jump of 2.08m (6-9.75) earned him a spot on the team, while White and McKoy each leaped to bests of 2.05m (6-8.75). Givone recorded a long throw of 63.59m (208-7) and Solonoski tallied his best hammer throw of 56.46m (185-3). Knerr finished with her fastest time of 11:20.17 in the steeplechase. Per the USTFCCCA, the top five individuals in each event from each region earn an All-Region distinction in addition to each of the members of the regions' top three relay teams. The Atlantic Region includes all schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), Mountain East Conference (MEC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).

Seniors Sam Graf and Lailah ElBouazzaoui of the Kutztown University women's lacrosse team have been named to the 2025 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Atlantic Region First Team. This marks the third career All-Region honor for both Golden Bears. Graf, a midfielder and the program's all-time leader in points, goals, and draw controls, turned in a standout senior season. She ranked third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in goals per game, finishing the year with 60 total goals-including a program-record eight in a single game. Graf also placed eighth in the conference with 28 assists and led the PSAC in caused turnovers with 52, a mark that ranks fifth nationally and falls just two shy of Kutztown's single-season record. She added 30 ground balls and 64 draw controls, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history. ElBouazzaoui, an attacker, capped off her collegiate career by moving into second place all-time at Kutztown in both points and goals. She scored 48 goals, ranking tenth in the PSAC in goals per game, and tallied a career-high 62 draw controls-fifth-most in a single season at KU. Her 14 draw controls in a single game set a new program record, surpassing her previous mark of 13. She also recorded 16 assists, 12 ground balls, and six caused turnovers on the season. With their regional selections, Graf and ElBouazzaoui are now eligible for IWLCA All-America honors. The IWLCA will announce the 2025 Division II All-American teams May 21.

Brooke Graham of the Kutztown University women's golf team captured her second straight All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) First Team honor when the conference office announced its 2024-25 major award winners and all-conference teams. Graham led the Golden Bears with a 79.36 average over 14 rounds and 10 events this past season. The sophomore from Carlisle, Pa., won the Gettysburg Fall Invitational back on Sept. 29, 2024, while finishing runner-up at the Elizabethtown Spring Invitational and the PSAC Championship. Graham registered eight top five tournament finishes and was top 10 in all 10 tournaments she competed in, never finishing lower than sixth on the leaderboard. Graham's season average was a new career-best, edging her freshman average of 79.56. She now holds two of the top three season averages in program history, with this year's 79.36 ranking second. Graham is also on pace to set the program's career average record with a 79.47 through two seasons. For the second straight season, Graham set a new program 18-hole record with a 1-under par 71 during the second round of the Millersville Fall Classic, Sept. 24, 2024. She previously set the program's 18-hole record with a 1-under 71 at the ESU Fall Invitational in Sept. 2023. Graham is the first player in program history with multiple All-PSAC First Team selections in a career and is the first KU player to receive all-conference honors in back-to-back seasons since Madison Beer in 2016 and 2017.

Sophomore outfielder Emily Henn (Matamoras, Pa./Delaware Valley) and senior pitcher Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg) of the No. 19 Kutztown University softball team were recognized as Division II Conference Commissioner's Association All-Atlantic Region members. Henn was voted First Team, while Gravish was tabbed Second Team. The D2CCA All-Region teams are nominated for and voted on by the athletic communication professionals in each region. As a first team honoree, Henn advances to the national ballot for All-America consideration. The D2CCA All-America Team will be unveiled on May 22. The duo were also on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's All-Atlantic Region teams and were both voted to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams. Henn earned First Team NFCA and All-PSAC as the left fielder. The awards from the NFCA and the D2CCA officially make her a consensus All-Region selection. She is the first consensus All-Region performer since 2022 when both Bridget Bailey and Brianna Hughes (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland) earned First Team from the NFCA and D2CCA. Henn currently ranks second in the PSAC in average (.408), is fourth in hits (82) and fifth in runs scored (48). She has started all 58 games she's played in and has six home runs, 11 doubles, four triples and 34 RBIs. Gravish received Second Team accolades from both the NFCA and PSAC. In 228.1 innings and 44 appearances in 2025, she is 30-8 with a 2.45 ERA with four shutouts and 180 strikeouts. Over the weekend at Regionals, Gravish earned her 30th victory of the season, tying the program record for wins in a season. She also ranks seventh all-time in strikeouts in a season. For her career, Gravish has earned 72 victories inside the circle, second-most at KU and also ranks second in innings (617.1) and appearances (124), while she's fourth in strikeouts (434).

Three from 19th-ranked Kutztown University softball were voted All-Atlantic Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for 2025. Emily Henn (Matamoras, Pa./Delaware Valley) earned First Team honors, while both Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg) and Morgan Slomkowski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) received Second Team accolades. This is the first season the Golden Bears (40-16 overall) have had any representatives on All-Region teams since the 2023 season. It's the first time each has been tabbed All-Region in their careers. The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's eight regions with first and second-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective region nominated their student-athletes and voted for the teams. All the honorees are now eligible for selection to the 2025 NFCA Division II All-America squads. The 2025 NFCA Division II All-America teams will be announced Wednesday, May 21 at the NCAA Division II Championship Banquet in Chattanooga, Tenn. Henn, also a member of the All-PSAC First Team, is the first NFCA First-Teamer since 2022. She has started all 54 games she's played in this season. Her sophomore surge has led her to lead the team in several offensive categories, including batting average (.414), hits (77), runs (47) and total bases (113). Henn ranks third in the conference in hits, fourth in average and fifth in runs scored. She also has six HRs, four triples, 10 doubles and 33 RBIs. Gravish, an All-PSAC Second Teamer, has once again been the ace and work horse of the pitching staff in 2025. In 40 appearances, making 26 starts, she is 27-7 with a 2.49 ERA and one save in 205.0 innings. Her wins and innings pitched ranks second in the PSAC and ERA is seventh. Gravish currently ranks second in program history with 69 career wins. She also ranks second in appearances (120), third in innings pitched (594.0) and fifth strikeouts (423). Slomkowski, a Second Team All-PSAC third baseman, has started all 56 games this season. She ranks third on the team with a .321 batting average, including 50 hits, 11 doubles, 41 RBIs and 40 runs scored. Slomkowski's 12 home runs is tied for fourth in the PSAC and her .622 slugging percentage is a team-best.

Two sophomores on the Kutztown University baseball team were recognized on the 2025 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division Second Team, as outfielder Bo Barthol (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) and designated hitter Jared Ferguson (Reinholds, Pa./Cocalico) each garnered the honors voted on by the head coaches. Barthol was a focal point of the offense in nearly every game this season, batting leadoff in all 47 games for the Golden Bears while hitting .354, the team's best mark among qualified hitters. His numbers rivaled the conference's best hitters, as the Breinigsville, Pa., native tallied 58 hits (7th in the PSAC) and 16 doubles (T-4th) in just his second season with the squad. Once on base, he was immediately looking to advance, stealing a team-high 22 bases that ranked fifth in the conference. Among the conference's designated hitters, Ferguson performed as well as the best of them. His .347 batting average was second among qualified hitters on the team, while he hit a team-best three home runs and drove in 33 RBIs to play a pivotal role in the team's offense in his first year with the team after transferring from Division III Moravian University. It is the first All-Conference honor for either player, while it marks the fifth straight season that at least one Golden Bear earned recognition from the PSAC. Head coach Eric Folmar has seen multiple All-PSAC honorees in half of his six seasons leading the Golden Bears, with 2021 and 2023 being the other such seasons. The Golden Bears concluded 2025 with high hopes for next season, as Barthol and Ferguson are both slated to return atop a young supporting cast that looks to take the next step forward as they set their eyes on the PSAC Championships.

Five members of the 18th-ranked Kutztown University softball team were voted to the 2025 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's teams. Senior first baseman Naya Darnowski (Manchester, N.J./Manchester Township) and sophomore left fielder Emily Henn (Matamoras, Pa./Delaware Valley) were voted to the First Team and senior pitcher Haley Gravish (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg), junior second baseman Alexa Stevens (Covington Township, Pa./North Pocono) and junior third baseman Morgan Slomkowski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) earned Second Team honors. The five selections are the most since 2022 when KU also had five representatives on All-PSAC. There were seven in 2013. It is the second All-PSAC accolade for Darnowski, Gravish and Henn, with Darnowski and Henn earning Second Team last season and Gravish was Second Team in 2023. Darnowski has started all 51 games this season. She is having a career-best season at the plate, hitting .314 with 50 hits, 31 RBIs and 33 runs scored. Darnowski's power at the plate has showed this season as well with career-highs of seven home runs and eight doubles, with a .509 slugging percentage. Henn has started in all 51 games this season. Her sophomore surge has led her to lead the team in several offensive categories, including batting average (.416), hits (74), runs (46) and total bases (110). Her average and hits both rank second in the PSAC and she's fourth in runs scored. Henn also has six HRs, four triples, 10 doubles and 32 RBIs. Gravish has once again been the ace and work horse of the pitching staff in 2025. In 35 appearances, making 23 starts, she is 24-7 with a 2.43 ERA and one save in 178.2 innings. Her wins and innings pitched ranks second in the PSAC and ERA is eighth. Gravish currently ranks second in program history with 66 career wins. She also ranks third in appearances (115), fifth in innings pitched (567.2) and strikeouts (397). Stevens has started all 51 games this season. She is hitting .316 in 174 plate appearances with 55 hits, six doubles and seven home runs, along with 42 runs scored. Stevens' six triples is tied for third in the conference and her career-best 45 RBIs ranks sixth. Slomkowski has started all 51 games this season. She ranks second on the team with a .331 batting average, including 46 hits, 10 doubles, 36 RBIs and 38 runs scored. Slomkowski's 10 home runs ranks seventh in the PSAC and her .619 slugging percentage is a team-best.

Three members of the No. 19 Kutztown University women's lacrosse team earned 2025 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East honors. Sam Graf (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) and Lailah ElBouazzaoui (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) were named to the All-PSAC East First Team, while Summer Davis (Beach Haven, N.J./Southern Regional) was selected to the Second Team. Graf and ElBouazzaoui became the first players in program history to earn All-PSAC honors in all four seasons of their careers, spanning 2022 through 2025. Davis earned her second career All-PSAC recognition. Davis, a junior defender, led the Golden Bears with 55 ground balls and recorded 41 caused turnovers, both among the top four in the PSAC. She also achieved a career-high 30 draw controls and netted her first career goal. Davis moved into third place on Kutztown's all-time caused turnovers list (106), with one season still to play. ElBouazzaoui, a senior attack, totaled 48 goals and 64 points in 2025, moving into second place all-time at Kutztown in both categories and ranking among the PSAC's top 10 in goals scored this season. She set a new KU single-game record with 14 draw controls and posted a career-high 62 draw controls overall, ranking in the top five in program history for both single-season and career draw controls (172). Graf, a senior midfielder, set new KU career records for goals (235) and points (321) in 2025. She scored 60 goals and totaled 88 points this season-both among the top single-season performances in school history. Graf led the team with 28 assists, ranked eighth in the PSAC, and added 64 draw controls along with a team- and PSAC-best 52 caused turnovers. She also moved into second all-time at KU in career caused turnovers (132). The trio helped lead Kutztown to another nationally ranked season, with performances that stand among the best in program history.

Kutztown University women's acrobatics and tumbling had three athletes named all-conference as the Mountain East Conference released its 2025 postseason award winners and all-conference teams. Representing the Golden Bears as the program's first-ever all-conference honorees are First Team selections Sydney Jundt (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester) and Tiffani Lincoln (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta), and Second Team pick Maddie Welsh (York, Pa./Central York). Kutztown joined the MEC as an associate member in acrobatics & tumbling prior to the 2025 season. Jundt is a junior base/tumbler from Rochester Hills, Mich. She is in her first season with the Maroon and Gold after spending two seasons at Trine University. Earlier this season, Jundt was named MEC Specialist of the Week on Feb. 24. Lincoln has been a leader for KU and head coach Karah Paull over the last four seasons. The senior top/tumbler from Oneonta, N.Y., helped the program make history in 2024 when she qualified for the NCATA National Championship Event Finals as part of Kutztown's acro 5-element squad. Lincoln was recognized as the KU acrobatics & tumbling Coaches Award winner in 2022. Welsh, a senior base from York, Pa., is in her third season with the Golden Bears in 2025. She's been critical to Kutztown's success on the mat, contributing to winning seasons each year with the program. Welsh has also been strong in the classroom, earning NCATA Academic Honor Roll recognition in 2024 and being named to the KU Dean's List multiple times.

The National Tenpin Coaches Association announced its annual award winners for the 2024-25 NCAA bowling season, where Kutztown University senior Chloe Sromovski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./G.A.R. Memorial) was named an All-America Honorable Mention honoree and freshman Kamryn Brenneman (York, Pa./Central York) earned a spot on the Second-Team All-Rookie squad. Sromovski, who was unanimously named the East Coast Conference's Bowler of the Year, added her first national recognition to an already loaded resume as one of the best KU bowlers in program history. The senior bowled 983 frames in 2024-25, averaging 20.35 pins per frame on an 84.5 percent fill rate. She struck on over 50 percent of her attempts on the year while converting 70 percent of her traditional spare attempts. The fourth-year bowler showed to be a reliable performer in the 10th frame, bowling an 86 percent fill rate and a 52.6 percent strike clip in the anchor role. Sromovski found her way into the top 50 of the NTCA's Player Composite Performance Index (PCPI), as she was statistically the third-best kegler among those on teams not recognized in the top 15 of the national polls. Brenneman emerged as one of the best first-year bowlers in the country in her setup role alongside Sromovski, bowling 90 percent of the team's frames in her first campaign with the Golden Bears while earning the conference's Rookie of the Year honor in unanimous fashion. She rolled a team-best 83.7 percent baker fill percentage and 88.7 single pins spare percentage while holding the conference's second-best overall scoring average (19.74 pins) behind Sromovski. The York, Pa., native's performance throughout the season earned her six ECC Rookie of the Week honors, a sign of continued success on the horizon for the Golden Bears. Sromovski's recognition is the seventh All-America Honorable Mention in program history but first since Deanna DiRado in 2014. She is the sixth Golden Bear bowler to be nationally recognized with an All-America honor by the NTCA, a list that includes three-time honoree Kayla Jones (2009, 2011, 2012) and two-time honoree Brooke Bower (2013 and 2014). Brenneman's first-year bowler honor is the first of its kind for the Kutztown bowling team, but she becomes the third rookie to earn a freshman recognition in program history to go along with back-to-back Division II Rookie of the Year honors in 2008 (Kayla Stamm) and 2009 (Kayla Jones). Sromovski and Brenneman led the Golden Bears (64-45 overall) to their first East Coast Conference Championship crown while sweeping the conference's individual honors alongside fifth-year head coach Angela Reynolds. KU reached their second-ever NCAA postseason and defeated Fayetteville State on the national stage for their first victory on that level since 2011.

The Kutztown University wrestling team saw nine student-athletes claim Men's Scholar All-American honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). To qualify for the Scholar All-American honor, a student-athlete must be an All-American at the 2025 NCAA DII National Championships with a 3.00 GPA, a national qualifier for the National Championships with a 3.25 GPA, or hold a 3.5 GPA after competing in four or more events throughout the 2024-25 season. Individuals recognized with the NWCA Men's Scholar All-American honor include senior Andreo Ferraina (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth), juniors Bailey Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) and Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg), redshirt junior Hunter Horton (James Creek, Pa./Tussey Mountain), junior Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg North), redshirt sophomore Freddie Retter (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown), redshirt senior Jimmy Ryan (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell), junior Alex Ward (Manassas, Va./Battlefield) and senior Matthew Weinberg (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan). Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg), Ferraina and Ward earned their third Scholar All-American honor from the NWCA, while Horton, McIntyre and Weinberg each collected their second award. Under head coach Robert Fisher, the 20th-ranked Golden Bears finished third at the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships and eighth at the NCAA DII Championships in March, setting program-best marks for its overall team finishes and individual All-Americans along the way.

Kutztown University's women's distance medley relay team comprising of Mackey Donovan (Blauvelt, N.Y./Tappan Zee), Jensen Kraft (Nutley, N.J./Saint Mary), Beth Schearer (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) and Deandra Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) were recently named All-Atlantic Region for the 2024-25 indoor season by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. All-region honors are presented to the top five individuals and top three relays teams from each event in each of the eight regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West). Donovan, a junior from Blauvelt, N.Y., Kraft, a junior from Nutley, N.J., Schearer, a sophomore from Springfield, Pa., and Young, a junior from East Stroudsburg, Pa., ran a 12:20.17 to capture the silver medal at the 2025 PSAC Indoor Championships and post the fourth-fastest time in school history. Kutztown's track size converted time of 12:12.33 on TFRRS ranked third in the Atlantic Region this season.