WAYNESBURG, Pa (March 10) – The latest Waynesburg Athletes of the Week are two of the most decorated winners to be honored this year.
Juniors Nick Garber and Amanda Baughman both had the accolades showered upon them before being named this week's top Waynesburg athletes. Garber earned the school's first wrestling All-American award since 2001, while Baughman swept the first set of All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) softball awards this season.
Garber beat some of the best Division III wrestlers in the country on his way to finishing seventh at this year's Division III National Wrestling Championships this past weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After losing his opening match, Garber bounced back by beating Paul Marcello of Johns Hopkins 8-7 and picking up a dominating 13-6 upset win over fourth-seeded Sean White of Augsburg. The Waynesburg native then secured seventh place by beating Corey Brown of Thiel 13-6.
Baughman was lauded as the PAC Pitcher of the Week and Hitter of the Week after shining on offense and in the pitching circle during the Jackets' 4-2 win over Trine on Sunday. The two-time first-team All-PAC selection smacked a game-deciding three-run double against the Thunder, and also silenced the bats of her opponents. She threw a complete-game two-hitter with one walk and two strikeouts to get the win.