1 The 2021 Wolverines

3 4 1100 Erik Meiners Hunter Wan Joshua McCray SR • 5-9 • G FR • 6-0 • G SO • 6-1 • G Centerville, Ohio Newtown, Pa. Jessup, Md. Centerville Council Rock North Ashville College (U.K.) Marketing Biology Exercise Science

1122 1144 2200 2222 Jacob Webster Justice Rice Isaac Thrasher Josh Bryan FR • 6-4 • G SR • 6-1 • G JR • 5-11 • G SO • 6-6 • F Fayetteville, N.C. Monessen, Pa. Grove City, Pa. Salem, Va. Fayetteville Christian Monessen Grove City Salem Undecided Math Exercise Science Management

2244 2255 3300 Elijah White Ben Rose Luca Robinson SO • 6-7 • F JR • 6-2 • G R-FR • 6-3 • F Zelienople, Pa. Helena, Ala. Castaic, Calif. Portersville Christian Helena Hart Exercise Science Management Exercise Science

2 The 2021 Wolverines

3322 3333 3344 Sam Schudel Chris Gerello Joe Meola FR • 6-5 • F SO • 6-6 • F SR • 6-4 • F Stuttgart, Germany New Brighton, Pa. Painesville, Ohio Stuttgart New Brighton Lake Catholic Undecided Computer Science Exercise Science

3355 4400 4422 4433 Connor Martin Chris McKrell Aaron Good Tanner Niemann SR • 6-4 • F SR • 6-3 • F SO • 6-5 • G FR • 6-0 • G Apollo, Pa. Webster, N.Y. Wapakoneta, Ohio Meadville, Pa. Kiski Area Webster Schroeder Wapakoneta Conneaut Operations Management Education Accounting Exercise Science

4444 5500 5544 Chris Brooks Josh Brown Jon Weir FR • 6-4 • F JR • 6-5 • C FR • 6-5 • F Canfi eld, Ohio Enumclaw, Wash. Venetia, Pa. South Range Enumclaw Quaker Valley Exercise Science Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

3 2020-21 WOLVERINE BASKETBALL Grove City (0-1) vs. Chatham (2-1) Grove City College Arena • Wednesday, February 17, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. GAME NOTES GROVE CITY Wolverines Grove City hosts Chatham in Presidents’ No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown (High School) Athletic Conference play Wednesday 3 Erik Meiners Sr. 5-9 G Centerville, Ohio (Centerville) night in the Grove City College Arena ... It 4 Hunter Wan Fr. 6-0 G Newtown, Pa. (Council Rock No.) is Grove City’s home opener for the 2021 10 Joshua McCray So. 6-1 G Jessup, Md. (Ashville College, U.K.) 12 Jacob Webster Fr. 6-4 G Fayetteville, N.C. (Fayetteville Christ.) season. 14 Justice Rice Sr. 6-1 G Monessen, Pa. (Monessen) 20 Isaac Thrasher Jr. 5-11 G Grove City, Pa. (Grove City) LAST TIME OUT: Grove City opened the 22 Josh Bryan So. 6-6 F Salem, Va. (Salem) 2021 season Saturday night with a 92-87 24 Elijah White So. 6-7 F Zelienople, Pa. (Portersville Christ.) setback at Geneva in conference action ... 25 Ben Rose Jr. 6-2 G Helena, Ala. (Helena) Freshman Luca Robinson led Grove City 30 Luca Robinson R-Fr. 6-3 F Castaic, Calif. (Hart) with 14 points and senior Justice Rice 32 Sam Schudel Fr. 6-5 F Stuttgart, Germany (Stuttgart) added 13 points ... Chatham earned a 92- 33 Chris Gerello So. 6-6 F New Brighton, Pa. (New Brighton) 71 home win Saturday over Saint Vincent 34 Joe Meola Sr. 6-4 F Painesville, Ohio (Lake Catholic) 35 Connor Martin Sr. 6-4 F Apollo, Pa. (Kiski Area) ... Simon Boyer led Chatham with 21 points 40 Chris McKrell Sr. 6-3 F Webster, N.Y. (Webster Schroeder) and Brandon Lavernia added 20 points. 42 Aaron Good So. 6-5 G Wapakoneta, Ohio (Wapakoneta) 43 Tanner Niemann Fr. 6-0 G Meadville, Pa. (Conneaut) THE LAST MEETING: Grove City earned 44 Chris Brooks Fr. 6-4 F Canfi eld, Ohio (South Range) a 74-65 win February 5, 2020 at Chatham 50 Josh Brown Jr. 6-5 C Enumclaw, Wash. (Enumclaw) ... Joe Meola and Justice Rice both poured 54 Jon Weir Fr. 6-5 F Venetia, Pa. (Quaker Valley) in 14 points and Erik Meiners added 10 Head Coach: Steve Lamie points for the Wolverines ... Malik Pot- Associate Head Coach: Sean Severson Assistant Coach: Brady Beech ter hit four three-pointers as part of a CHATHAM Cougars 14-point outing for Chatham. No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown (High School) 1 Markell Riggins Jr. 5-11 G Woodbridge, Va. (Christ Chapel) THE SERIES: Grove City leads the all-time 2 Malik Potter Sr. 6-2 G Pittsburgh, Pa. (Winch. Thurston) series 6-4 ... The teams fi rst met January 3 Pete Kazas So. 5-9 G Beaver, Pa. (Beaver) 5 Marcos Cintron So. 5-11 G Grove City, Pa. (Grove City) 13, 2016 ... The road team has won fi ve of 10 Simon Boyer Fr. 6-2 G Newport News, Va. (Hampton Roads) the 10 all-time meetings. 11 Griffi n Kirchner Sr. 6-6 F Selinsgrove, Pa. (Selinsgrove) 14 Brandon Bennett Jr. 5-11 G New Castle, Pa. (Shenango) THE COACHES: Steve Lamie is in his 21 Danny Beyer Fr. 5-9 G Glen Allen, Va. (Glen Allen) 23rd season as Grove City head coach ... 23 Nick Fiumara Jr. 6-0 G Pittsburgh, Pa. (Baldwin) The 2020 Presidents’ Athletic Conference 24 Brandon Lavernia So. 6-0 G Miami, Fla. (Miami Springs) Coach of the Year, Lamie ranks No. 2 all- 25 Ben Pollock Jr. 6-10 C Pittsburgh, Pa. (Cheswick Christian) time at Grove City with 306 wins ... David 30 Devin McLaughlin Fr. 6-7 F Huntersville, N.C. (Hopewell) Richards is in his third season as Chatham 32 Richard Prostejovsky Jr. 6-8 F Loretto, Pa. (Kolbe Academy) Head Coach: David Richards head coach. Assistant Coaches: Pat Martinelli, Tim Tyree

DYNAMITE DEBUT: Grove City redshirt freshman forward Luca Robinson scored Grove City Probable Starters 14 points Saturday night in his collegiate debut at Geneva ... That is the highest point total for a Wolverine player in his debut since November 16, 2011, when J.T. Schwartz scored 14 in a 94-71 season- opening victory at Penn State Altoona. Rice Meiners White Meola Brown TITLE SEARCH: Wednesday night’s game features the two most recent Presidents’ Chatham Probable Starters Athletic Conference champions in men’s basketball ... Chatham won the 2019 con- ference tournament title while Grove City won both the regular season and tourna- ment titles in 2020 ... The programs did not meet during the postseason in either season, however. Lavernia Cintron Riggins Potter Pollock

4 2020-21 WOLVERINE BASKETBALL Grove City (0-1) vs. Chatham (2-1) Grove City College Arena • Wednesday, February 17, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. SIMON SAYS: Chatham freshman Simon PROBABLE GROVE CITY STARTERS Boyer is this week’s Presidents’ Athletic Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown Conference Rookie of the Week ... Boyer G 14 Justice Rice 6-1 Sr. Monessen, Pa. posted 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting 2nd Team All-PAC in ‘19-20 ... 30 starts, 89 assists last year ... 86th career start Saturday in the Cougars’ 92-71 victory G 3 Erik Meiners 5-9 Sr. Centerville, Ohio over Saint Vincent ... Boyer made fi ve of Led team w/48 3-pt goals as junior ... 74 career appearances ... 2nd start six three-point attempts. F 34 Joe Meola 6-4 Sr. Painesville, Ohio 14 pts, 6 rebs at CHA last year ... 30 starts in ‘19-20 ... 58th career start AROUND THE CONFERENCE: This month, F 24 Elijah White 6-7 So. Zelienople, Pa. the 10 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Career-high 8 pts, 8 rebs at GEN in 1st start ... 24 career games ... 2nd start men’s basketball programs are all playing C 50 Josh Brown 6-5 Jr. Enumclaw, Wash. a single round-robin schedule … All 10 Played in 61 straight games ... 6 pts at Wooster in NCAA Tourney ... 31st start teams will qualify for the season-ending conference tournament March 13-20 ... GROVE CITY Geneva and Westminster are both 3-1 ... Pos. Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG Chatham, Saint Vincent and Washington G Justice Rice 6-1 Sr. 13.0 2.0 2.0 & Jefferson all own 2-1 league records ... G Erik Meiners 5-9 Sr. 9.0 0.0 0.0 Franciscan is 1-1 while Grove City is 0-1 ... F Joe Meola 6-4 Sr. 8.0 5.0 2.0 Bethany and Waynesburg are each 0-3 ... F Elijah White 6-7 So. 8.0 8.0 1.0 Thiel has not yet played ... Tonight, Betha- C Josh Brown 6-5 Jr. 3.0 0.0 1.0 ny hosts Geneva, Thiel hosts Westminster, Franciscan hosts Waynesburg, and Saint CHATHAM Vincent entertains W&J. Pos. Name Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG G Marcos Cintron 5-11 So. 14.3 2.3 3.0 SCHEDULE UPDATE: Inclement weather G Markell Riggins 5-11 Jr. 6.7 2.3 2.0 forced Monday night’s Grove City-Saint G Brandon Lavernia 6-0 So. 15.3 4.0 3.0 Vincent men’s basketball game to be F Malik Potter 6-2 Sr. 18.0 7.7 3.3 postponed ... That game will be played C Ben Pollock 6-10 Jr. 8.3 8.7 0.6 Monday, February 22 in Latrobe, Pa. ... Tip- off will be 7 p.m. ... The Grove City-W&J men’s basketball game from February 8 TALE OF THE TIP has been rescheduled for Wednesday, GRO CHA March 5 at 5:30 p.m. in Grove City ... Grove 87.0 Points Scored Per Game 78.0 City’s postponed games at Waynesburg 92.0 Points Allowed Per Game 68.7 (Feb. 3) and against Bethany (Feb. 10) have 50.0 Field-Goal Percentage 45.0 not yet been rescheduled. 47.8 Opponents Field-Goal Percentage 43.5 46.2 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage 36.5 MINUTE BY MINUTE: Chatham senior 72.4 Free-Throw Percentage 63.6 Malik Potter leads the Presidents’ Athletic +9.0 Rebound Margin -6.0 Conference in minutes played, averaging STATISTICAL LEADERS 36.0 per game ... Sophomore Marcos Cin- tron ranks second in the league in minutes SCORING AVG ASSISTS AVG per game, averaging 34.7. Malik Potter, CHA 18.0 Ben Rose, GRO 4.0 Brandon Lavernia, CHA 15.3 Malik Potter, CHA 3.3 PERFECT 10: Grove City has won 10 con- Marcos Cintron, CHA 14.3 Aaron Good, GRO 3.0 secutive home games in the Grove City Luca Robinson, GRO 14.0 Brandon Lavernia, CHA 3.0 College Arena ... Chatham is the last team Justice Rice, GRO 13.0 Marcos Cintron, CHA 3.0 to defeat the Wolverines in the Arena, earning a 63-57 win January 4, 2020 ... REBOUNDING AVG THREE-POINTERS MADE FG Grove City is 31-7 at home over the last Ben Pollock, CHA 8.7 Malik Potter, CHA 10 three seasons. Elijah White, GRO 8.0 Marcos Cintron, CHA 6 Malik Potter, CHA 7.7 Simon Boyer, CHA 6 ON DECK: Grove City will visit archrival Ben Rose, GRO 7.0 Brandon Lavernia, CHA 5 Westminster in conference action Satur- Joe Meola, GRO 5.0 Isaac Thrasher, GRO 3 day at 1:30 p.m. in New Wilmington ... Cha- tham will host Geneva at 1 p.m. Saturday.

5 Head Coach Steve Lamie

A 1985 magna cum In 2010, he earned the National Association of Basketball laude graduate of Grove Coaches (NABC) Great Lakes Coach of the Year award after City College, Steve directing the Wolverines to a 19-9 record, the PAC title and Lamie is in his 23rd sea- a berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. son as the Wolverines’ head men’s basketball In 2007, Lamie led Grove City to one of the most improbable coach. championships in PAC history as the Wolverines captured the conference tournament after entering as the fourth seed. Lamie has directed the Wolverines to fi ve Presi- Lamie guided Grove City to the PAC championship in 2003 dents’ Athletic Confer- as the Wolverines downed Thiel in the conference title game, ence championships, 60-59, in Greenville. nine postseason berths and national acclaim in In his fi rst season, the Wolverines captured the Presidents’ numerous categories. Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the ECAC Championship Tournament. The 2019-20 season proved to be one of Lamie’s fi nest hours at Grove City as the Wolverines won the conference title and Prior to becoming head coach, Lamie assisted longtime head then toppled Wooster in the fi rst round of the 2020 NCAA Di- coach John Barr for four seasons. Lamie played four years vision III Championship Tournament. The Wolverines fi nished under Barr, earning the team’s hustle award and co-captain 21-9 overall, tying the program record for wins in a season. honors as a senior. As a sophomore during the 1982-83 season, he helped Grove City advance to the NCAA Division The conference honored Lamie as its Coach of the Year after III Championship Tournament as the Wolverines set a school he guided Grove City to a 13-3 league record in the regular record with 21 victories. season, sewing up the conference’s regular season title. Lamie’s coaching career began as an assistant at Cedar Crest Lamie now has 306 career wins, No. 2 all-time in Grove City High School in Lebanon, Pa. After four seasons at Cedar Crest, men’s basketball history. Lamie spent two years as a graduate assistant at Kent State University, earning his master’s degree in biology in 1991. In 2018-19, Lamie guided Grove City to a conference runner- up fi nish, along with a trip to the Eastern College Athletic His wife Melissa is Grove City’s head women’s soccer coach. Conference Division III Championship Tournament semifi nals. The Lamies reside in Pine Township with their daughter, Grove City fi nished 18-12 overall. Melia, 20, and twins Caleb and Rayna, both 10. Assoc. Head Coach Sean Severson

Sean Severson enters his 17th and 2010. In 2018-19, the Wolverines went 18-12 overall and season at Grove City College. fi nished as conference runner-up during the regular season. The 2021 season will be his fi rst as the program’s associate head Severson also spent 15 seasons as head coach of Grove City’s coach. He spent 16 seasons as highly-successful men’s and women’s cross country teams. assistant men’s basketball coach. He directed the women’s team to 12 conference titles and the men’s program to seven league crowns. Severson helped Grove City capture the 2020 Presidents’ A native of Menomonee Falls, Wis., Severson earned a bach- Athletic Conference title as the elor of arts degree in athletic training from the University of Wolverines went 21-9 overall. Minnesota-Morris in May 2002. At Minnesota-Morris, Sev- erson captained the basketball team and earned Academic The 21 wins tied the single-season program record. Grove All-Conference recognition from the Northern Sun Confer- City advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tour- ence three times. Severson then earned his master’s degree nament and toppled Wooster in the fi rst round. in health and physical education in 2004 from Adams State.

Severson also helped Grove City to conference titles in 2007 He lives with his wife, Tara, and their six children.

6 Assistant Coach Brady Beech

Grove City native Brady Beech Grove City then advanced to the second round of the 2020 is in his second season as an as- NCAA Division III Championship Tournament after eliminat- sistant men’s basketball coach at ing host Wooster in the fi rst round of the tournament. Grove City College. The 2019-20 Wolverines led the conference in fi eld goal per- In his first season, the 2019- centage and scoring margin. Grove City also led the league 20 campaign, Beech helped in assists. Defensively, Grove City led the league in fi eld goal the Wolverines capture the percentage defense, scoring defense and blocked shots. Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular season and conference Beech lettered in both basketball and football at Geneva tournament titles. College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. About the Conference

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), built on the basic belief that an athletic program is an integral part of college life, but not an entity in itself, looks back on over 60 years of growth and ahead to years of continued academic and athletic excellence. The league’s name clearly refl ects its founding principle that operational control of all aspects of intercollegiate athletics is ultimately the responsibility of the presidents of each member institution, and thus active presidential leadership and oversight is paramount in conference administration.

Formally organized in 1955 by Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, Case Institute of Technology, and Wayne State University, the PAC was the result of a realization that college athletics, despite numerous virtues for the individual and the institution, were gradually becoming a fi nancial and academic burden.

If athletics were to be continued, action had to be taken to place the program on its proper level. This included the premise that benefi ts of participation should be provided to as many students as possible. The PAC and its membership continue its original, defi ning mission of promoting intercollegiate athletics and the pursuit of academic excellence.

Institutions involved understand that the key components to its progress lie in the foundation of faith in each member by each other member. It is the conviction of its membership that the PAC is the solution to the dilemma of intercollegiate athletic competition, and they have staked their athletic future on this premise.

Currently comprised of 10 select private institutions -- Bethany College, Chatham University, Franciscan University, Geneva College, Grove City College, Saint Vincent College, Thiel College, Washington & Jefferson College, Waynesburg University and Westminster College -- the PAC remains a unique organization in this day of high pressure intercollegiate athletics, with academics at the center of each member’s philosophy.

In 2012, the PAC Presidents’ Council voted to add Carnegie Mellon University and Case Western Reserve University as affi liate members in the sport of football beginning with the 2014 season. In April 2019, the PAC accepted Franciscan as its 10th full member. The 2020-21 academic year marks Franciscan’s fi rst as a full conference member.

The PAC crowns league champions and awards all-conference honors in its 23 championship sports (12 men, 11 women). Head coaches determine all-PAC squads for all team sports, while in individual sports, such as cross country and golf, all-PAC accolades are based upon performances at the conference championships.

The PAC, which celebrated its 60th anniversary during the 2014-15 academic year, annually awards its men’s and women’s All-Sports Trophies to the schools which perform best across the board in PAC competition.

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