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New sports coordinator to aid athletes with progress, schoolwork

New sports coordinator to aid athletes with progress, schoolwork

Madeleine Pederson, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC’s Athletics has approved a new position for a student athlete success coordinator, who will help student athletes.    According to Athletics Director Duane Herr, the coordinator will schedule...

Returning players help new freshman adjust

Madeleine Pederson, Reporter August 25, 2018

This season’s Men’s Soccer lineup will include three second-year players who will return to the field and lead the team to the regionals, the coach told Campus Current in August.  The “leaders...

Women’s Soccer preps for upcoming fall season

Madeleine Pederson, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC Women’s Soccer team is bringing back eight returning players for the fall 2018 season.  Women’s Soccer will play 18 games this season, including eight at Siegert Field.   Last season,...

AACC Softball gets nod for Division II upgrade

AACC Softball gets nod for Division II upgrade

Roxanne Ready, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC’s athletic department will upgrade Softball to Division II in spring.  Division II programs are able to offer scholarships and play against more competitive teams.  The move comes in part...

AACC's softball team—pictured here with its 2018 NJCAA Region 20 Championship trophy for District III—will become Division II starting in the spring.

Softball will upgrade to Division II next spring

Roxanne Ready, Editor-in-Chief May 4, 2018

AACC’s athletic department will upgrade Softball to Division II in spring. Division II programs are able to offer scholarships and play against more competitive teams. The move comes in part as a response...

Whether or not athletes engage in so-called “locker room talk,” Riverhawks say they have not been sexually harassed on campus.

Riverhawk athletes say no harassment at AACC

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor May 1, 2018

AACC athletes said they have not witnessed or experienced sexual harassment on campus. In a Campus Current survey of 338 AACC students, none of the 34 athletes who participated said they have been...

Defender Kara Steir (left), attack Caitlyn Shriver and goalie Deanna Valerien (right) prevent a Monroe player from scoring.

Women’s Lax ranks 2nd among NJCAA colleges

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor May 1, 2018

AACC Women’s Lacrosse will enter the playoffs as the No. 2 ranked team in the nation.  Women’s Lacrosse finished the season with an 11-3 record overall. The Riverhawks will play in the Region 20...

Concussions mean down time for student athletes.

Concussions total 19 in ’16-’18

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor May 1, 2018

Student athletes who get concussions must sit out of games and avoid critical thinking until they recover. According to athletic trainer Amber Kelso, eight AACC student athletes reported concussions...

AACC defender Justin Walsh defends against a Harford Community College player.

Men’s Lacrosse heads into postseason at 8-3

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor May 1, 2018

AACC Men’s Lacrosse is looking forward to making a run in the postseason this year.  The team finished the regular season April 13 on a three-game winning streak and with an 8-3 record overall. The...

Second-year basketball player Terry Kenner says  Lebron James is the sports icon he looks up to.

AACC athletes look up to famous sports icons

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor April 1, 2018

To Men’s Soccer right wing Isaiah Goodman, pro soccer player Paul Pogba, 24, of Manchester United is someone to look up to. “He’s very versatile, very hard working and dedicated to the sport,”...

Lacrosse players Payton Baronella-O’Toole and MacKenzie Schwartz practice for a game. Some athletes will be able to count developmental courses in their GPAs next fall.

New GPA calculation will take effect next fall

Vincent Moreland, Sports Editor April 1, 2018

Correction: A previous version of this article said AACC would be lowering the GPA requirement for first-semester student athletes. This was incorrect. In fact, the requirement of 1.75 is unchanged from...

Some groups claim the ingredients in artificial turf like that in AACC’s Siegert Stadium are unhealthy for athletes and the environment. Manufacturers disagree.

MD lawmakers debate turf field health risks

Raquel Hamner, Photography Editor April 1, 2018

State legislators may decide synthetic turf, like the kind on AACC’s Siegert Stadium field, is too dangerous to play on. Maryland lawmakers are debating whether the chemicals in synthetic turf make...

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