SACHS NAMED NEW BETHANY MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
Andrews Sachs has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Bethany. Sachs replaces Mike Summey, who stepped down in early June to become the director of basketball operations at the University of Miami (Fla.). Sachs has served as Ralph Willard’s assistant at Division I Holy Cross for the past five seasons. During that span, the Crusaders appeared in four Patriot League Championship games, averaged over 20 wins per year, won two regular season titles in 2005 and 2007 and won the Patriot League Tournament in 2007 to receive an NCAA Tournament bid.

PAC PLACES 300 ON SPRING 2009 ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
A total of 300 student-athletes have been named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll for the Spring 2009 semester. To be eligible for the Honor Roll, student-athletes must post a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) during their season of competition.

GROVE CITY'S DWYER NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Grove City College senior tennis player Jeremy Dwyer earned Men's At-Large College Division Second Team Academic All-America recognition from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN The Magazine on Tuesday, June 9. It is Dwyer's second career Academic All-America citation. In 2008, he earned Third Team Academic All-America. This year, Dwyer won Presidents' Athletic Conference titles at fourth singles and third doubles. He finished his career with 52 singles wins and 39 doubles victories. His career record is 91-20 overall.

FOUR FROM PAC EARN ESPN XC/T&F ACADEMIC HONORS
Four PAC student-athletes have been honored with selection to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Cross Country/Track & Field teams for men and women, released by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on June 4. On the women's side, Waynesburg senior Megan Grover (3.95 grade-point average, biology/pre-dental) was a first team selection, while second team honors went to Grove City senior Julia Seward (3.96, English) and Bethany junior Jodi Bodo (3.87, communication). The lone men's honoree on the first team was junior Derek Kruse (3.96, biology) of Grove City. Both Grover and Kruse now advance to the Academic All-America ballot.

BETHANY TABS ABEL AS NEW CROSS COUNTRY/T&F COACH
Matt Abel has been selected as the new head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at Bethany College. Abel is a former collegiate standout at Wheeling Jesuit who most recently was a Wheeling Park High School assistant coach.