WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Senior wrestler Garrett Wesneski (Canton, Pa./Canton Area) and senior women's lacrosse player Kelly McGinniss (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) were named the Lycoming College Male and Female Outstanding Athletes, respectively, at the college's Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, June 1, in Lamade Gym. Junior basketball and softball player Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) also picked up a top honor, earning the Sol "Woody" Wolf Award and Roger Crebs '87 was named the Robert Darrow Curry Coach of the Year for the third time.
 

A national title at 285 pounds to highlight a record-breaking career helped Wesneski earn the college's top male athletic honor. The MAC Wrestler of the Year, Wesneski finished 28-1 overall during his senior year, reeling off 25 wins in a row to finish the season, tied for the eighth-longest win streak in school history. He was a perfect 8-0 during the postseason, starting as the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Southeast Regional in the Keiper Recreation Center. After a technical fall and a pin on the first day of the tournament, he downed eighth-ranked Paul Triandafilou of Gettysburg, 3-0, in the semifinals to earn a bid to the national tournament. Then Wesneski provided one of the most dramatic wrestling wins ever in Williamsport, using two first-period takedowns to down defending national champion, Jake Evans, in the finals, 5-4. Evans entered the match with a 50-1 record, which included a 6-3 win over Wesneski in the season's opening tournament at Washington & Jefferson. In the NCAA Championships, Wesneski was seeded fifth and once again, he cruised through the first day of the tournament, posting a major decision and a pin to ensure All-American honors. On the second day, he beat Wartburg's Bowen Wileman, 4-3, in the semifinals and then took out Augustana's undefeated Adarios Jones, seeded second at the tournament, in sudden-victory, 9-7, to win Lycoming's 10th national title.
 
Wesneski finished his two-year career at Lycoming with a 66-5 overall record, his .930 winning percentage the best in program history. Along with Saturday night's national championship, Wesneski was also a two-time Southeast Region champion and the 2019 Southeast Region Most Outstanding wrestler.
 
The corporate communication major is the 19th wrestler to earn the award and the third in four years, joining Seth Lansberry (2017) and Nolan Barger (2016).
 

Earning her third straight First Team All-MAC Commonwealth honor, McGinniss set the NCAA's All-Divisions record for draw controls in a season with 239. One of the conference's most dynamic midfielders, McGinniss led the league in goals (80) for the third straight year, picked up 50 ground balls, third-most in the conference, and caused 25 turnovers, 10th in the league. McGinniss had five or more goals in 10 games, including a career-high nine against Arcadia. She won double-digit draw controls in every game but one and she set the single-game record of 21 against Susquehanna. As a senior, McGinniss notched 19 draw controls twice and 17 three times as well. One of three players in Division III history to win 600 draw controls in her career, McGinniss led the league in the category four times and she is the school's program-record holder with 623. She leaves Lycoming with her name painted across the record book, ranking first in points (319), goals (284), game-winning goals (11) and free-position goals (78). She also holds the single-season record for draw controls (239) and goals (80), both set in 2019. She also appeared in the IWLCA North-South All-Star game.
  
The business administration major is the sixth women's lacrosse player to earn the award and the first since Jordan Lazarich '18 in 2017.
 

Kline was honored as the Sol "Woody" Wolf Award winner, which is given to a junior who has shown the most improvement in the intercollegiate competition in his/her first three years at the college. After leading the MAC Commonwealth in batting average (.469) and slugging percentage (.708), Kline also earned third-team all-region accolades. Kline, a two-time First Team All-MAC Commonwealth shortstop, finished the season with 53-for-113 at the plate, posting the third-best average in program-history and a .512 on-base percentage (second in program-history). The Mifflinburg native produced the second 25 game hitting-streak of her career, tying her own program-record, while notching multiple hits in 17 games. Kline was named MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week twice, while leading the team in hits (53), doubles (seven), triples (four), homers (four), runs (26) and RBI (30).
 
In basketball, the 5-8 guard/forward was the lone player in the MAC Commonwealth in the top 10 in the league in points (14.5, fifth), rebounds (9.0, fifth) and assists (2.5, 10th). Her 102 free throws were third in school history, 243 rebounds sixth and 391 points are 12th. She also added 11 double-doubles, the third-most in program history and four 20-point efforts. Kline also earned D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors and MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week honors twice each.
 
Kline is the seventh women's basketball player in program history to earn the award and the third softball player.
 

Crebs received the Curry Coach of the Year award for the third time and the first since 2015. The award, given annually to a member of the Lycoming coaching staff, was established in memory of Robert (Robby) D. Curry '05, who was the son of Robert '69 and Susan Curry. Robb was Lycoming's football recruiting coordinator and associate athletic director for 36 years, and Susan was an educator in the Williamsport area for more than 33 years. Robby was also the brother of Jessica Curry '01.
 
For the fourth time in five years, the Lycoming wrestling team finished amongst the top 25 in the nation. The squad featured an All-American for the fifth straight year. It finished 14-4 in dual meets, and among those wins was the 400th of your career against King's, as you became the first Lycoming College coach to win 400 matches or games in one sport. The team went on to finish second at the NCAA Southeast Regional, the highest finish for the school since the NCAA returned to the format, and four Warriors qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships, the most Lycoming has sent since 2001. The Warriors also featured the 10th national champion in school history, as Garrett Wesneski upset an undefeated wrestler in overtime in the national championship. Four Warriors earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors, the most in program history.