College to welcome athletes for clinic after open house March 15

Smiling young man with short hair, wearing a collared black shirt.

By Tyler Daron

Knightly News Reporter

tyler.daron@mymail.centralpenn.edu

Central Penn College will be hosting sessions on March 15 to identify players to invite to join the men’s and women’s soccer teams. The sessions will occur after the college’s open house.

Group of five women with white-haired man. Central Penn women soccer players with coach Rudy Grubesky.
Central Penn women soccer players and coach.
Photo courtesy Central Penn Athletics

The sessions, called an ID (identification) clinic, will take place at the East Pennsboro Turf Field, near the East Pennsboro Middle School, in Enola, and will be split into two sessions for men and women.

The women’s team session will run from noon to 1:30 p.m., with registration starting at 11:30 a.m.

The men’s team session will run from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

The Central Penn men's soccer team and coaches on a green field, with part of the Pittsburgh skyline in the background.
The men’s soccer team, after playing in the 2024 USCAA Championship game. The team was runner-up. Photo courtesy Central Penn Athletics

At the event, coaches will assess incoming, current and prospective players’ skill level. After evaluating the players, the coaches then decide to reach out to prospects about joining one of the teams.

This ID clinic will be an hour and a half, with the Central Penn soccer coaches and players, and registration is required.

Open house

Central Penn’s spring open house will same day, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the college.

As with the ID clinic, registration is required for open house. Register at this site. for the open house.

“As for financial aid, we use the open house to educate students on the financial aid process, deadlines, and next steps,” Financial Planning Coordinator Kelly Fox said.

But that’s just one part of the open house. Campus tours, visiting the college merchandise store, The Knights’ Keep, and learning more about Central Penn in a presentation given by multiple faculty members are other open-house possibilities.

During open house, the admissions team will answer questions.

If you are interested in attending the women’s soccer ID clinic, contact coach Rudy Grubesky at RudyGrubesky@centralpenn.edu. For the men’s soccer ID clinic, contact coach Christopher Hartman at Christopherhartman@centralpenn.edu or coach Deegan MacLeod at Deegan.MacLeod@mymail.centralpenn.edu.


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Edited by Knightly News Media Club @ Central Penn College and this blog’s editor Professor Michael Lear-Olimpi.