2021-22 AMCC General News
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MEN'S WRESTLING BECOMES NEWEST AMCC CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTJune 03, 2022The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) is proud to announce the addition of men's wrestling as the newest conference sport, beginning with the 2022-23 academic year.
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AMCC THEN & NOW SERIES: CHRIS RALPH, PENN STATE BEHRENDApril 25, 2022Chris Ralph spent the fall season as an assistant coach for the Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team.
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BEHREND WINS MVB CROWN, AUTOMATIC BID TO NCAA TOURNAMENTApril 09, 2022Penn State Behrend won it's second AMCC title and first trip to the NCAA Division III tournament with a 3-1 victory over Geneva College in the men's volleyball championship.
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D3 WEEK DAY 4: MOUNT ALOYSIUS EARNS FIFTH INSTITUTIONAL PEAK PERFORMER AWARDApril 07, 2022For the fifth time in 10 years, Mount Aloysius College has won the AMCC Institutional Peak Performer Award.
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D3 WEEK DAY 3: TEAM PEAK PERFORMERS ANNOUNCEDApril 06, 2022On Day 3 of D3 Week, we salute our Team Peak Performers of 2021-22.
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D3 Week Day 2: AMCC STUDENT-ATHLETES ASSIST IN THEIR COMMUNITIESApril 05, 2022After a difficult two years of dealing with the covid-19 pandemic and not being able to get out in the local communities, the AMCC student-athletes have stepped it up in 2021-22 to once again give back to their local commuity members in a big way.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: EMILY NELSON, PITT-GREENSBURGMarch 31, 2022As a member of the Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team, Emily Nelson excelled as a sharp shooter from behind the arc.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: MARCUS THOMAS, MT. ALOYSIUSMarch 29, 2022Coaching in the same conference as your alma mater is a hard thing to do, but the experience of playing a few “home games” at the school beforehand makes the adjustment just a bit simpler.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: ARIN WADE, PENN STATE ALTOONAMarch 22, 2022Twenty miles separate Mount Aloysius College and Penn State Altoona.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: CODY TROUTMAN, HILBERT COLLEGEMarch 08, 2022Cody Troutman got his start in the AMCC as a member of the Hilbert College men’s basketball team.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: DR. JENNIFER BENNETT, LA ROCHE UNIVERSITYMarch 03, 2022Dr. Jennifer (Rush) Bennett graduated from what was then La Roche College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: ERICA BOSH, PITT-GREENSBURGFebruary 28, 2022
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: TIM WASSELL, PENN ST. ALTOONAFebruary 24, 2022Tim Wassell made significant impacts on Penn State Altoona’s soccer programs as both a player and a coach.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES: CONNOR PRIESTER, PENN STATE BEHRENDFebruary 15, 2022Connor Priester was introduced to the AMCC in the Spring of 2016 as he officially got his career underway as a member of the Medaille College baseball team.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: RYAN SANTOS, ALFRED STATE COLLEGEFebruary 10, 2022Ryan Santos went to Alfred State College with a goal to continue his passion for baseball. He enrolled in the sport management program and secured a spot on the baseball team to begin that journey.
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NCAA CONVENTION AN IMPORTANT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENT-ATHLETESFebruary 09, 2022Attendance at the NCAA Convention by student-athletes is a well established tradition in the AMCC.
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AMCC ACHIEVES GOAL OF PROVIDING D3 ONE TEAM TRAINING FOR ALL MEMBERSFebruary 08, 2022All nine AMCC members plus the conference SAAC have completed the NCAA Div. III OneTeam program.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: TOMMY SIEG, PENN ST. BEHRENDFebruary 03, 2022Tommy Sieg became one of the top goaltenders in the history of Penn State Behrend men’s soccer.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES: J.A. CULICAN, MEDAILLE COLLEGEJanuary 20, 2022J.A. Culican, previously Jamie Carioti, was a member of the Medaille College softball team from 2002-2004.
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AMCC EXTENDS AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP TO WELLS COLLEGE MEN'S VOLLEYBALLJanuary 19, 2022The AMCC will expand sponsorship of men's volleyball with the addition of Wells College as an affiliate member in 2022-23.
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WILLIAM SMITH TO JOIN AMCC AS AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP IN BOWLINGJanuary 19, 2022The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference is continuing to help grow the sport of NCAA women's bowling, adding William Smith College as an affiliate member next season.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: TOM KOHELE, PENN STATE ALTOONAJanuary 18, 2022The Penn State Altoona golf program has been a central part of the life of Tom Koehle, from his playing days with the Lions in the early 2000s to his coaching career with the team that began shortly after his college graduation.
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BEHREND TAKES EARLY LEAD IN PRESIDENTS CUP RACE AFTER FALL SPORTS SEASONJanuary 13, 2022Penn State Behrend once again started off the year with several AMCC championships and is in the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup title after the fall sport season.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: DOMITY DAHN, MT. ALOYSIUS COLLEGEJanuary 13, 2022Domity Dahn was a member of the men’s soccer team at Mount Aloysius College from 2016-19, which included four consecutive years with a winning record.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: HERMIE CARMICHAEL, LA ROCHE UNIVERSITYJanuary 11, 2022Hermie Carmichael enters his ninth season as head coach of the La Roche University men’s basketball program in 2020-21.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: JENNIFER LEWKE-TORTORO, PITT-BRADFORDJanuary 06, 2022All-AMCC performer, Pitt-Bradford Alum and Hall of Fame member, mom, award winning investigative journalist, Edward R. Murrow National Award winner, the descriptors can go on and on for 2005 Pitt-Bradford graduate Jennifer Lewke-Tortora.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: PAUL BENIM, PENN ST. BEHRENDJanuary 04, 2022Paul Benim arrived at Penn State Behrend in 1989 to continue his successful baseball and basketball career he had at Iroquois High School in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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AMCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES: JOSH HAAS, LA ROCHE UNIVERSITYDecember 16, 2021Josh Haas was a golfer at La Roche University under the tutelage of former head coach, and current Athletic Director, Jim Tinkey.
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AMM 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEN & NOW SERIES: ANTHONY PELLICANO, HILBERT COLLEGEDecember 14, 2021The Lockport, NY native returned to action on the sidelines as the women’s assistant soccer coach at the start of the 2019 fall season before taking over a leadership role as the interim head coach during the 2020-21 Covid spring season.