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CLARK HIRED AS NEW FOOTBALL COACH
Lycoming College has named alumnus Michael Clark its new head football coach.
Clark, a 1993 graduate of the College with a degree in business administration, played under legendary head coach Frank Girardi and coached Lycoming’s offensive line from July 1998 until May 2000. Clark was selected following a national search that generated more than 75 applicants. He replaces Girardi, who served as Lycoming’s head coach for 36 years and compiled a record of 257-97-4.
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TOUR CHOIR TO BEGIN 2008 SEASON
The Lycoming College Tour Choir kicked off its 2008 season on January, 26th in Hackettstown, NJ. The concert began the choir's series of two weekend tours in preparation for their spring break tour of Florida.
The Tour Choir will perform in eight concerts throughout Florida, including the famous Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, the home of television's “Coral Ridge Hour.”
The Tour Choir is an ensemble of about 40 students who are selected by audition each November. The group begins rehearsals in January, and its annual tour schedule includes two weekend tours and a 10-day concert tour over spring break. Every three to four years, the Tour Choir conducts a two-week tour abroad in addition to its yearly activities
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LYCOMING ALUM PRESENTS ON TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN CHINA
Rue Moyer, a 2007 Lycoming College graduate, returned to campus Monday, Jan. 14, to give a presentation on his experiences teaching English as a Second Language to children in China. He teaches second-, fourth- and sixth-grade students in Shenzhen, China, a southern coastal city of more than 12 million people.
Moyer was working as an ESL teacher at Lock Haven University during the summer, a job he found through the Lycoming ’s Career Development Center, when the American Culture Exchange Society approached him with the offer to live and teach in China.
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LYCOMING SWIM COACH REACHES 100 CAREER WINS
Lycoming College swimming coach Jerry Hammaker surpassed 100 career wins as his teams swept King’s and FDU-Florham on Wednesday, January 16. Hammaker’s women’s team defeated FDU-Florham 97-23 and King’s 97-25, while the men beat FDU 94-26 and King’s 98-24.
"One hundred total wins is a great threshold for any coach to reach, especially for a sport with so few meets each season," said Hammaker. "I am so thankful for all of the outstanding student-athletes and assistant coaches that I have been blessed to work with since arriving at Lycoming. They deserve as much credit as I personally receive from reaching 100 wins."
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Basketball Teams Ready for a New Season
This is edited from an article by Karen Gerofsky which appeared in The Lycourier on January 24, 2008.
As students get back into the swing of the semester, so are the basketball teams. With league games beginning, the teams are practicing hard and stepping up their skill levels.
Over the winter break, the women's team flew to Arizona, where they played in the Grand Canyon Classic. During the tournament, the women won against Purchase College, Purchase, NY; but fell to Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD The men's team played in the Scranton University Tournament on Jan. 5 and 6. Winning the tournament, they continued to Cabrini College, Philadelphia, where they continued their streak.
Both Lycoming basketball teams faired well in the first Commonwealth Conference game of the season on January 22 with victories over Elizabethtown. The men's team defeated #25 Elizabethtown in overtime, while the women
won with a final score of 73-60.
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