All Academic Team

If you've ever played for me, or been recruited by me, you know that I place a BIG emphasis on academics. After all, you are going to end up going pro in something other than basketball. So when student-athletes are making their decision about where they want to go to college, I always stress that they are not making a 4 year decision, but a 40 year one. Because where they decide to go to school will decide what kind of doors get opened for them after school which will dictate a lot of their career path. Obviously I know a University of Pittsburgh degree will open a ton of doors, so that's why I stress the academics when you play for me...get the degree and get a good start on your professional career :-)

With that said, I wanted to make sure I commended some of our guys for their work in the classroom.  Brock Witkowski, Brian Heinle, and Brett Hart all pulled down GPS's over 3.25 to make the All Academic Team in the AMCC Conference.

Those guys are a great example of what our goals are here at Pitt-Greensburg....be champions on and off the court! As we strive to become a team with a team GPA of 3.25, these guys will definitely be leaders in that pursuit.


To take it one step further, Brock and David Palmer won our GPA challenge for the semester.  Brock pulled down an amazing 4.0 to take top honors on the team!  And the Big Guy produced is highest GPA of his college career!  So congrats to Brock and Dave for getting the BIG win!!  If you are a potential recruit that wants to know what they won then you either need to come for a visit, or come play for us! haha

I look forward to seeing more guys on the All-Academic Team next year and us reaching our team GPA goal!

Yours in Hoops,
Coach Strick