WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – For the second straight year, the Lycoming College football team had two players earn Academic All-District 4 honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America, as senior offensive lineman
Kyle Pierce (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) and sophomore tight end
Aaron Wolcott (Woodbine, Md./Century) were honored, the organization announced on Thursday, June 10.
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Pierce and Wolcott both earn the award for the first time, as they are the 25
th and 26
th Warriors to earn a spot on the all-district team. Pierce's selection marks the fourth straight year that a Warrior offensive lineman was honored and Wolcott is the team's first tight end to earn selection.
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Pierce started 21 games in a row and appeared in 31 in his career while splitting time as an offensive and defensive lineman. The engineering physics major moved to his spot as a permanent offensive lineman in the last seven weeks of 2020, earning Honorable Mention All-MAC honors as the team's center. As a sophomore, he played both ways in the last 10 games of the year and finished with 32 tackles before starting his junior year with 11 tackles, a sack and forced fumble in just three games. As a freshman, he had 22 tackles, 3.5 for loss and a sack as he played exclusively on the defensive side of the ball. He has been honored as a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll three times and is a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Athletics honor society.
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Wolcott took over the team's starting tight end position as a freshman, starting seven of the nine games he appeared in 2019, making nine receptions for 71 yards. He posted three catches for 35 yards against King's.
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The Warriors' regular season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The team played one spring game, posting a 31-7 win over Misericordia. They open the fall 2021 season on Saturday, Sept. 4, with a 1 p.m. game at Susquehanna.
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