2007-08 Points of Pride
Three teams have earned Landmark Conference Championships in the league's inaugural season of competition: women's cross country, field hockey, and women's volleyball.
Women's soccer finished among the top four in conference round-robin play, earning a slot in the Landmark Conference tournament - the first post-season berth in program history. The Eagles went 9-6-3 overall in 2007, their second-straight winning season.
Seven Juniata teams advanced to NCAA or ECAC post-season competition in 2007-08: field hockey (NCAA), women's volleyball (NCAA), women's cross country (NCAA), men's cross country (NCAA), women's basketball (NCAA), men's basketball (ECAC) and women's soccer (ECAC). The field hockey team reached the regional final round ("elite eight"), beating defending-national champion Ursinus College in the regional semifinals. Women's volleyball reached the NCAA national semifinals for the 22nd time in program history.
A total of 64 Juniata student-athletes have earned All-Conference honors in either the Centennial Conference (football), EIVA (men's volleyball) or Landmark Conference during 2007-08:
| Football (Centennial Conf.) |
Lance Tippett (WR) | First Team Offense |
| Tyler Templeton (P) | Second Team Defense | |
| Josh Roy (LB) | Hon. Mention Defense | |
| Andy Miller (DB) | Hon. Mention Defense | |
| Field Hockey | Kim Wagner | First Team |
| Michelle Campbell | First Team | |
| Leslie Stern | First Team | |
| Heather Hassinger | First Team | |
| Paula Price | Second Team | |
| Amanda Wimer | Second Team | |
| Abby Funk | Second Team | |
| Women's Cross Country | Laura Rupprecht | First Team |
| Aubrey Cyphert | Second Team | |
| Meghan Jones | Second Team | |
| Men's Cross Country | Matt Bailey | First Team |
| Eric Hoover | First Team | |
| Sam Williams | Second Team | |
| Men's Soccer | Bryan Hess | First Team |
| Women's Soccer | Sarah Ruggiero | Second Team |
| Laura Goodlander | Second Team | |
| Women's Volleyball | Amber Thomas | First Team |
| Paige Johnston | First Team | |
| Erin Albert | First Team | |
| Beth Kozak | First Team | |
| Megan Sollenberger | First Team | |
| Megan Lamens | Second Team | |
| Women's Indoor Track & Field | Megan Lamens | First Team (Shot Put) |
| Kelsey Buffenmyer | First Team (High Jump & Long Jump) | |
| Amy Reynolds | Second Team (4x200m & 4x400m Relay) | |
| Melissa Johnson | Second Team (4x200m & 4x400m Relay) | |
| Caitlin Hinson | Second Team (4x200m & 4x400m Relay) | |
| Courtney DeGemmis | Second Team (4x200m Relay) | |
| Cassie Majocha | Second Team (4x400m Relay) | |
| Men's Indoor Track & Field | Jason Hoover | First Team (4x800m Relay) |
| Eric Hoover | First Team (4x800m Relay, Mile run, & DMR) | |
| Shawn Rumery | First Team (4x800m Relay) | |
| Tripp Rudolph | First Team (4x800m Relay, DMR & 800m Run) | |
| Matt Bailey | First Team (DMR & 5000m run) | |
| Sam Williams | First Team (DMR) | |
| Matt Booth | Second Team (Long Jump & Triple Jump) | |
| Women's Basketball | Kelly Ashcraft | First Team |
| Claudia McDowell | First Team | |
| Jen Hnatuck | Second Team | |
| Men's Basketball | Brian Cannon | First Team |
| Kyle Opitz | Second Team | |
| Men's Volleyball (EIVA) |
Matt Werle | Second Team, All-EIVA EIVA Division III All-Star |
| Dan Powers | EIVA Division III All-Star | |
| Zach Wanner | EIVA Division III All-Star | |
| Women's Tennis | Maggie Wolenter | First Team |
| Men's Tennis | Ryan Navarro | Second Team |
| Baseball | Jay Enoch | First Team (SP) |
| Dan Kauffman | First Team (1B) | |
| Steve Wilk | First Team (3B) | |
| Adam Spadafora | First Team (OF) | |
| Andrew Snyder | Second Team (SP) | |
| Greg Hoffman | Second Team (C) | |
| Kevin Small | Second Team (2B) | |
| Andrew Kriss | Second Team (SS) | |
| Softball | Rachel Nagy | First Team (1B) |
| Alyssa Erb | Second Team (SP) | |
| Tara Carl | Second Team (3B) | |
| Sarah Eckard | Second Team (OF) | |
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Men's Outdoor |
Matt Booth | First Team (Triple Jump) Second Team (Long Jump) Second Team (4 x 100m) |
| Eric Hoover | Second Team (1,500m) | |
| Sam Williams | Second Team (10,000m) | |
| Jason Hoover | Second Team (3,000 Steeplechase) | |
| Patrick Filamor | Second Team (4 x 100m) | |
| TJ Breya | Second Team (4 x 100m) | |
| Tripp Rudolph | Second Team (4 x 100m) | |
| Women's Outdoor Track & Field |
Kelsey Buffenmyer | First Team (High Jump) |
| Courtney DeGemmis | Second Team (400m) Second Team (4 x 400m) |
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| Melissa Johnson | Second Team (400m Hurdles) Second Team (4 x 400m) |
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| Caitlin Hinson | Second Team (4 x 400m) | |
| Amy Reynolds | Second Team (4 x 400m) |
A total of nine Juniata student-athletes have been named Landmark Conference Players of the Year in 2007-08:
| Field Hockey | Kim Wagner | Offensive Player of the Year |
| Heather Hassinger | Co-Defensive Player of the Year | |
| Paula Price | Rookie of the Year | |
| Women's Volleyball | Amber Thomas | Player of the Year |
| Megan Sollenberger | Specialist of the Year | |
| Women's Indoor Track and Field | Kelsey Buffenmyer | Field Performer of the Year |
| Men's Outdoor Track and Field | Matt Booth | Co-Field Performer of the Year |
| Baseball | Dan Kauffman | Player of the Year |
| Jay Enoch | Pitcher of the Year |
The Women's Cross Country coaching staff, led by Head Coach Jon Cutright, was named 2007 Landmark Conference Women's Cross Country Coaching Staff of the Year.
The Baseball's Coaching Staff, led by Head Coach Tom Gibboney, was named 2008 Landmark Conference Baseball's Coaching Staff of the Year.
A total of seven Juniata student-athletes have earned All-America honors in 2007-08:
| Field Hockey | Kim Wagner | NFHCA (Third Team) |
| Womensfieldhockey.com (Second Team) | ||
| Heather Hassinger | Womensfieldhockey.com (Third Team) | |
| Women's Volleyball | Amber Thomas | AVCA (First Team) |
| Beth Kozak | AVCA (Second Team) | |
| Megan Sollenberger | AVCA (Third Team) | |
| Men's Volleyball | Matt Werle | AVCA (First Team) |
| Dan Powers | AVCA (Second Team) |
Four of the seven - Hassinger, Kozak, Sollenberger, and Powers- were first-time All-Americans, bringing Juniata's total to 108 All-Americans over the school's athletic history.
Field hockey's Paula Price was named to Womensfieldhockey.com's All-Rookie Team.
A total of 11 Juniata student-athletes earned All-Region or All-District distinction in 2007-08:
| Field Hockey | Kim Wagner | NFHCA (First Team) |
| Michelle Campbell | NFHCA (First Team) | |
| Heather Hassinger | NFHCA (Second Team) | |
| Women's Volleyball | Amber Thomas | AVCA |
| Beth Kozak | AVCA | |
| Megan Sollenberger | AVCA | |
| Erin Albert | AVCA | |
| Baseball | Jay Enoch | ABCA (First team) |
| Dan Kauffman | ABCA (First team) | |
| Adam Spadafora | ABCA (Second team) | |
| Steve Wilk | ABCA (Third team) |
Amber Thomas was named the AVCA's Division III Player of the Year, becoming the third Eagle women's volleyball player to earn the award.
Beth Kozak earned a slot on the ESPN The Magazine/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Third team in women's volleyball. Kozak is the first Juniata player to earn a spot on an Academic All-District squad since 2004 (Carli Dale and Erin Wisor), and the only Landmark Conference student-athlete on the list.
Women's soccer senior goalkeeper Lisa Russo was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) / adidas Scholar All-America East Region team as an Honorable Mention selection.
Women's cross country's Laura Rupprecht was named to the NCAA All-Mideast Regional team, after finishing 24th overall out of 267 runners in the 6000m event with a time of 22:44.
Three Juniata College cross country runners - Aubrey Cyphert, Matt Bailey, and Sam Williams - were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams, for carrying a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA while finishing in the top 25 percent of the field at the NCAA regional cross country meet. In addition, both the men's and women's cross country teams received the team All-Academic honor for having a minimum team GPA of 3.10 while posting a team score at the NCAA regional.
Named to the 2007-08 Landmark Conference All-Academic Teams were: Matt Bailey (men's cross country), Bryan Hess (men's soccer), Beth Kozak (women's volleyball), Amanda Wimer (field hockey), Kelly Ashcraft (women's basketball), Matt Booth (indoor track and field), Kelsey Buffenmyer (indoor track and field), Kyle Opitz (men's basketball), Tara Carl (softball), Pam Mansell (softball), Andrew Snyder (baseball), and Aaron Rhodes (men's tennis).
Field hockey's Michelle Campbell was honored as one of the inaugural Landmark Conference Senior Scholar-Athletes. Senior Scholar-Athlete Award winners are chosen by a committee of Landmark Conference officers, athletics directors, and sports information directors, based upon their accomplishments in all areas of college life includings athletics, academics, and other extracurricular activities.
A total of 86 Juniata College student-athletes have been named to Landmark Conference Academic Honor Rolls in 2007-08, and four members of the Juniata football team were named to the Centennial Conference Fall 2007 Academic Honor Roll.
Juniata field hockey set a pair of program records in 2007, winning 21 games - most in program history, and shattering the old mark of 16 - with a 13-game winning streak, eclipsing the former record of nine. Both previous records were set during the 2006 season.
Women's tennis notched a 7-2 victory over St. Francis University, a Division I program.
Baseball matched the longest winning streak in program history by winning 11 straight games after returning from its spring break trip.