Assistant coach of the Penn State DuBois baseball team, Mike Nesbit, has found an all new way to support his team, as well as all campus athletes. Nesbit has just finished bottling his own wine at Starr Hill Winery, in Curwensville. He and his wife, Becky, with a winning bid of around $500, won the opportunity to do so in the Lion Wine and Cheese Fundraising Auction for campus athletics in April.
It was a scorching afternoon for cross country in what could have been easily mistaken for a midsummer afternoon, but that did not deter the Penn State DuBois runners from bringing their own heat to the Penn State Mont Alto Invitational. Among the teams competing were Penn State teams from DuBois, Worthington-Scranton, Brandywine, Greater Allegheny, Fayette, Schuylkill and Mont Alto, as well as, Kent State. Representing the DuBois Nittany Lions were Rebecca Maine and Jeremy Fischer.
The Penn State DuBois baseball team kicks off a short, three-date fall ball season this Saturday, Sept. 16, at Slippery Rock. They'll also take on Pitt Bradford on Sept. 23, and Westmoreland County Community College on Sept. 30, both also on the road. The fall season will help to prepare players for what Head Coach Tom Calliari says looks to be a promising spring, which will end with hosting the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) Small College World Series at Showers Field in DuBois.
The Penn State DuBois cross country program continues a tradition of excellence with new runners and a new season. This past weekend, two of the runners, Rebecca Maine and Nolan Fairman, participated in the 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Aruna Run. Aruna races are sponsored by The Aruna Project, which is a non-profit organization that brings and sustains freedom through employment marked by holistic care to sexually exploited women in India.
