Sports

Pittsburg State offers a variety of summer sports camps including camps for football, basketball, baseball and volleyball.   Football had an Elite Camp for upcoming high school seniors on Sunday, June 9. There was a camp for first through fifth graders on Thursday, June 13. The camp for sixth through eighth graders was also on June 13. …

Jake Hamburger was hired as the assistant men’s basketball coach in early May.   Prior to being hired at Pitt State, Hamburger was a graduate assistant coach from the University of Oregon. Before that, he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Hasting College from 2016 to 2017, which is also the college he attended and played basketball at. He was …

Pittsburg State University president Steve Scott has been selected to serve as the new chair for the CEO Council of the MIAA.   The MIAA CEO Council sets policies and schedules to athletic departments in the MIAA. They also construct systems to determine athlete eligibility.   “Basically, the MIAA CEO Council is at the …

The Pitt State women’s track and field team finished in eighth place while the men brought home thirteenth at the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday, May 25.   Head Coach Russ Jewett is extremely proud of both teams.   “Well when you think about things in perspective, we love to win …

Pitt State junior Levi Wyrick was selected for the Ken B. Award which names him the Male Student-Athlete of the Year on Monday, June 3 at the MIAA Awards Celebration. The football player and track and field competitor juggles sports as well as keeping up with his schoolwork. Wyrick is a physical education major and has a 4.0 …

Pittsburg State University hosted the PSU–Wendy’s Tune-Up meet for the first time on Friday, April 26.   According to Head Coach Russ Jewett, the team is making some last-minute adjustments to prepare for the MIAA Championships which are right around the corner.   “The teams did fairly well,” Jewett said. “Some really outstanding performances… …

The Pitt State Cricket Club started opened their 2019 season Saturday, April 14 with a match against Super Kings United where the Gorillas won by 78 runs. The next match was Saturday, April 20 against the All Rounders where they won by seven runs. The last match of the season thus far was Saturday, April 27 against the Rising Stars. The team dropped that match …

The Pitt State Club Baseball team won all three games in a home series against the UC-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions from Saturday, April 27 to Sunday, April 28. The Gorillas won the first match on Saturday (14-1) and carried that victory over to the second game (12-0). The team continued their winning streak by securing the third and …

The softball team has officially closed the 2019 season. The Gorillas battled Northeastern State in a doubleheader Friday, April 26. They won the first match (2-1) and carried that victory through to take the second match as well (5-4). The next game was against Central Oklahoma on Saturday, April 27. …

The baseball team played a home series from Thursday, April 18 to Saturday, April 20 at the Al Ortolani Field. The team lost the first match Thursday (3-7) but bounced back Friday with a victory (7-3) and continued that momentum to take the final game of the weekend (14-10).   Head coach Bob Fornelli …