Apr 22, 2013 3 min read

Waynesburg baseball player J. Jay Puskert was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after recording complete-game victories in two of the Yellow Jackets’ three wins this week. He went 2-0 with a 1.93 earned-run average of 14 innings, giving up a total of three earned runs.

• Washington & Jefferson College third baseman Sadie Marak was selected as the PAC Softball Hitter of the Week after she hit .588, recording 10 hits in 17 at-bats during a 4-2 week for the Presidents. She also drove in 12 runs to increase her team-leading RBI total this season to 27 and scored six runs.

• Belle Vernon graduate Haley Bashada pitched the first complete-game shutout of her career to earn PSAC West Pitcher of the Week honors. Last Thursday against Edinboro, Bashada struck out five and gave up three hits during an 18-0 win for the Vulcans. In 12 innings, Bashada had seven strikeouts and held opponents to a .250 batting average.

• The California University baseball team had a pair of honorees: Justin Taylor was named the PSAC West Pitcher of the Week, while Kyle Petty was recognized as the PSAC West Hitter of the Week. Taylor tossed his third straight complete-game shutout this past Saturday against Gannon. He needed just 70 pitches in the game, finishing with no walks and five strikeouts. Petty, meanwhile, led the team with a .600 batting average, six RBI and six runs scored last week, helping Cal U stay atop the PSAC West standings. He also recorded a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .619 on-base percentage.

• Waynesburg’s Byrum Louco was chosen as the PAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after winning the 400-meter hurdles at last week’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference quad meet at Bethany with a meet- and stadium-record time of 54.71 seconds, in addition to finishing second in the 100 meters. He ran on the Yellow Jackets’ first-place 4×100 relay team and was a part of the 4×400 team that finished third.

• Rhea Huwe was named the PAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after winning the 100 and 200 dashes, as well as the long jump. Huwe set the meet record in the 100 meters with a time of 12.63 seconds. She also ran on the second-place 4×100 relay team.

Waynesburg junior Madison Presto leads the Presidents Athletic Conference Spring Championships after the first day of competition at Cedarbrook Golf Club. Presto fired an opening-round 87 (42-45) and sits three strokes ahead of second-place Amanda Halula of Washington & Jefferson (90). W&J leads the team standings with a four-player score of 1,099.

The California University men’s golf team carded a 31-over 319 in the second round to finish The Challenge at Mystic Rock with an eighth-place score of 57-over 633 (314-319). Justin Newbauer shot a 9-over 81 Monday after being tied for the lead after the first round. He finished sixth with a 7-over 151 (70-81).