Taniya Denson made the most of her first season on the women’s track and field team at Division III Haverford.
The Gateway graduate ended her freshman season with the Fords by earning United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Metro Region honors in the pole vault for her performances throughout the season, including her second-place finish at the Centennial Conference Championships on May 1-3 in Lancaster.
Her top vault of the championships was 11 feet, 11.75 inches, a new school record.
Denson battled champion Clarissa Newman, a sophomore from Johns Hopkins, for the top spot at the conference meet among a field that included athletes from Gettysburg, Swarthmore, Ursinus, McDaniel, Dickinson, Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall.
Despite her strong outdoor season best, she was not able to qualify for the NCAA championships among an elite field of competitive vaulters.
Denson added a personal best 27.58 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the Ursinus Springfest in early April.
Dino Nadarevic
A multi-time WPIAL throwing champion, Gateway grad Dino Nadarevic continued to excel in his first season with the Duquesne men’s track and field team.
He earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team after leading all conference freshmen in both the shot put and discus.
Nadarevic captured a bronze medal in the discus and placed fourth in the shot at the Atlantic 10 championships May 2-3 in Fairfax, Va.
His season-best discus throw of 50.64 meters (166 feet, 1.7 inches) now ranks second in program history and is the best by a Duke since 2005.
Nadarevic also is fifth on the Duquesne all-time list in the shot put with a mark of 15.16 meters (49.7 feet). That distance was the best by a Dukes men’s shot putter in five seasons.
Adam Memije
Adam Memije, a former WPIAL tennis champion with the Gateway Gators, made an impact with the Gators of Allegheny College this academic year.
He set a program record for single-season singles victories (27) on his way to being named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
Memije, who received PAC Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week honors several times during the season, earned All-PAC first team laurels for both singles and doubles.
Within his 27-5 overall singles record, he was 17-4 at No. 1 in dual competitions.
He set the new singles win mark with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Penn State Behrend in Allegheny’s NCAA regional win.
Memije also was 11-11 in doubles matches but was undefeated in the five matches against PAC foes.
He and fellow Gateway grad Zidaan Hassan helped Allegheny capture its fourth consecutive conference championship.
Zidaan Hassan
Hassan, a multi-time WPIAL tennis champion, earned All-PAC second-team recognition for singles and also doubles with David Rodriguez, a native of Trinidad & Tobago.
A two-time PAC Newcomer of the Week selection, Hassan was strong in his first season with Allegheny with a 20-9 singles record. He picked up victories in the third through six positions in the singles lineup.
He secured a pair of three-set wins: 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 10-4 against Oberlin College’s Max Brose at the Allegheny Invitational in August during the fall portion of the season and a 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 10-0 win against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Chris Lian during a spring break trip in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Hassan and Rodriguez were 9-3 as a doubles tandem. Hassan was 11-12 overall in doubles matches.
Nate Demchak
Westminster College junior Nate Demchak, a 2023 Gateway grad, recently was selected to the PAC Sportsmanship Team which honors conference student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior.
It is an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all PAC teams.
On the field, Demchak batted .306 (30 for 98) with four doubles, 15 runs batted in and 17 runs scored.
He collected a season-high three hits and three runs scored against Saint Vincent on March 29 and drove in two runs in a game five times.
He swiped a season-best two bases against Bethany on April 17.
Westminster finished its 2026 season 28-12 overall and 17-5 in the PAC. The Titans fell to Chatham and Grove City in their two conference tournament games.
Nolan Boehm
Nolan Boehm, a Chatham junior and Gateway graduate, continues to excel in a Cougars uniform. He helped the team, as the No. 6 seed, record a victory in the program’s first ever postseason game.
He collected a single, drove in a run and also scored once in Chatham’s 9-0 victory over Westminster.
Boehm batted .274 (34 for 124) over 38 games. He tallied 11 doubles and homered once, driving in 25 runs and scoring 26 times.
He tallied 10 multi-hit games including three hits against La Roche on April 9 and Penn State Behrend on April 30.
Boehm drove in three runs in a game four times.
Deanna Gratton
Former Gateway standout Deanna Gratton capped a strong collegiate softball career this spring with 34 infield starts in 35 games for Washington & Jefferson.
She batted .244 (21 of 86) with seven doubles, five RBIs and eight runs scored.
Gratton recorded six two-hit games and knocked in a pair of runs in a win over Franciscan on March 28. She went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, a double, and a run scored in that weekend doubleheader.
Marina Grado
Gateway grad Marina Grado, a Washington & Jefferson multi-sport standout (basketball, track and field), tallied a personal best in the 400-meter dash at the PAC championships May 1 in Morgantown, W.Va.
She ran to a time of 1:01.32 in taking third in the second heat and eighth overall.
Grado’s speed and athleticism also showed through on the basketball court as she averaged 7.7 points and led the team with 97 assists. She also shot 85% from the free-throw line, made 51 steals and averaged four rebounds a contest.