Athletics
Pitt-Johnstown, known athletically as the Mountain Cats, is a Division II member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), as well as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). In 2013, following the breakup of the WVIAC, UPJ will join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), becoming that conference's first member from the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, alongside with Seton Hill University, who's also from the WVIAC who plans to join the PSAC. Twelve varsity men's and women's sports are offered including women's volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and baseball.
Perhaps the most prominent sport at UPJ is wrestling, which has had several top national finishes and won the Division II National Championships in 1996 and 1999. The wrestling program also includes several highly decorated wrestlers among its former athletes, including the most decorated wrestler in NCAA history, Carlton Haselrig, who went undefeated during his career and won three Division I and three Division II individual national championships.
Men's Basketball is also successful and has advanced to four NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments, including appearances in the tournament in 2008 and 2009. The men's basketball team has appeared in the Division II national rankings several times, and finished as high as fifth in the nation in 1999. Women's basketball at UPJ has appeared in 13 Division II and 3 Division III NCAA tournaments, including the 1987 Division II Final Four.
The baseball team plays some of its home games at Point Stadium. The baseball program participated in the NCAA North Atlantic Regional Tournament in the 2006, and 2008 seasons.
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