Lycoming College 2020 President's Report/Magazine

5 % for a fourth consecutive year in The Princeton Review’s Best 386 Colleges — one of just 14 percent of America’s 2,800 four-year colleges profiled “ BEST COLLEGE ” Praised as a Recognized as a Member School by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium LYCOMING COLLEGE ACCOLADES Lycoming College continues to be recognized annually as one of the best liberal arts and sciences institutions in the country. It has built its reputation as a top-tier liberal arts college to provide one of the most valuable degrees one can earn, launching graduates into lives of meaning and careers of distinction through its ongoing commitment to offering an unparalleled 21st-century education that challenges its students to by 2021 U.S. News & World Report , landing in the No. 120 position, and ranked No. 29 in Social Mobility, placing Lycoming in the top 12 percent of all schools evaluated Named one of the BEST TIER 1 NATIONAL LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES INSTITUTIONS the best liberal arts colleges in the country Continued to be ranked among by Washington Monthly , rising 39 spots to take No. 61 in 2020 Acknowledged by the Wall Street Journal - Times Higher Education 2021 U.S. College Rankings for STRONG FINANCIAL RESOURCES “Gender Diversity” Ranked in the top “Best Value” nationwide in 2020 by CollegeFactual.com for A SUCCESSFUL ATHLETICS SEASON The Lycoming department of athletics enjoyed another successful season in 2019-20. The men’s basketball team, buoyed by a school- record group of 11 freshmen, won the MAC Commonwealth title for the third time in five years, finishing 20-9 overall. The men’s soccer team reached the MAC Commonwealth Championship game for the sixth time in seven years. The Warriors finished the season 13-7 and seventh-year head coach Nate Gibboney became the fastest in program history to reach 100 career wins. The volleyball team posted a 5.5-match improvement to finish 18-13, winning their first postseason game in five years in the first round of the MAC Commonwealth Championship. The women’s basketball team advanced to the postseason for the fifth straight year and reveled in its school-record breaking seventh straight winning season. The women’s soccer team posted an 8.5-game improvement, the third-best in Division III, while posting a 10-8-1 overall record. Lycoming’s wrestlers enjoyed another strong season, finishing third at the MAC Championships. Hadyn Swartwood ’20 won his third MAC title at 174 pounds and qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career, although the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the pandemic-shortened spring season, Hannah Summerson ’20 set program records in career combined (93) and doubles (44) wins in women’s tennis. Kayla Kline ’20 finished her career with the program-best .457 batting average and 193 total bases in softball. On top of all that, the Warriors produced 152 MAC Academic Honor Roll selections, and the department collectively raised $800 for charity. 8 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2020 PRESIDENT’S REPORT/FALL MAGAZINE