Team News - Golden Rams Picked To Finish Fourth in 2026

The West Chester University Golden Rams were picked to finish fourth in the eastern division by the conference coaches at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Virtual Media Day. Prior to last season, the Golden Rams were predicted to finish third and actually finished sixth. Lock Haven, which finished fourth in the east last season, was moved to the west this year to accomodate the addition of Lackawanna to the conference.

Predicted order with first place votes in parentheses:

Eastern Division
1. Kutztown (6)
2. East Stroudsburg
3. Shepherd (1)
4. West Chester
5. Bloomsburg
6. Shippensburg
7. Millersville

Check out what head coach Duke Greco had to say about the start of the 2026 season as the Golden Rams prepare to open fall camp next week in West Chester! pic.twitter.com/unnHAQCXD4

— West Chester Golden Rams (@WCUAthletics) August 6, 2026

PSAC Site - Kutztown claims No. 1 spot in 2026 PSAC Football Eastern Division Preseason Poll

West Chester Athletic Site - Golden Rams Selected Fourth in PSAC Eastern Division Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Team News - 31 Golden Rams Named PSAC Scholar-Athletes

Thirty-one players that were on the Golden Ram football roster last season have been named PSAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2025-2026 academic year. In order to qualify for the honor, athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better. There were 4,135 athletes from all 17 PSAC institutions of which 322 represented West Chester University.

Representing the football team are:

• freshman linebacker Josh Colonia
• junior receiver Troy Corson %
• freshman receiver Brody Deiter
• junior defensive tackle Anthony Delle Donne
• junior defensive lineman Jack Fry %$
• sophomore defensive back Andrew Garwo
• senior receiver Zack Gillen %$*
• freshman defensive tackle Lorenzo Gordon
• freshman tight end Joseph Grasso
• freshman tight end Ryan Johnston
• senior offensive lineman Donovan Jones
• senior quarterback Ethan Kohler %$*
• sophomore offensive lineman Cole Kozlowski
• junior tight end Thatcher Miller %$*^
• freshman fullback Sean Moskowitz %
• freshman linebacker Colin Obser
• freshman offensive lineman Drew O'Connor
• freshman defensive lineman Aidan Oldfield
• freshman kicker Tommy Pajic %
• sophomore quarterback Jack Pellicciotti
• freshman offensive lineman Tommy Pajic
• freshman defensive back Jamir Reyes %
• freshman defensive back Peaky Roseborough
• freshman linebacker Brenn Scott %
• junior punter Dylan Shank
• junior receiver Will Silverman
• freshman linebacker Jayden Trace %
• freshman offensive lineman Tucker Valoczki %
• senior long snapper Luke Vereb %$*^
• freshman defensive back Dan Vogelsong %
• freshman linebacker Jim Wade

% Student-athletes who were also recognized as a PSAC Scholar-Athlete for the 2024-2025 academic year

$ Student-athletes who were also recognized as a PSAC Scholar-Athlete for the 2023-2024 academic year

* Student-athletes who were also recognized as a PSAC Scholar-Athlete for the 2022-2023 academic year

^ Student-athletes who were also recognized as a PSAC Scholar-Athlete for the 2021-2022 academic year

PSAC Site - PSAC honors 4,135 as Scholar-Athletes for 2025-26 academic year

West Chester Athletic Site - West Chester Lands 322 on PSAC Academic Honor Roll

Event News - 2026 Phil Simms NJ All-Star Football Classic

A pair of future Golden Rams will be participating in the Phil Simms New Jersey North/South All-Star Football Classic to be held at 7:00pm on Saturday June 20 in Lions Stadium on the campus of The College of New Jersey.

Receiver Kyree Barksdale of Atlantic City and linebacker Julien Jones of Colonia will suit up for the South squad which will be coached by James Melody of Cedar Creek.

Current Golden Rams who have participated in this annual event include linebacker Jayden Trace, defensive back Peaky Roseborough, tight end Joe Grasso, linebacker Blaise Boland, offensive lineman Aiden Stewart, defensive tackle Aidan Oldfield, defensive back Bryan Anderson, and offensive lineman Charles Kyle Williams.

2026 South Roster

Event News - 2026 Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic

A pair of future Golden Rams will be participating in the 2026 Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic to be held at 7:30 pm on June 11 in Nazareth's Andrew Leh Stadium. Selected to play for the St. Luke's Children's Hospital squad, which will be coached by Joe Henrich of Catasauqua High School, will be offensive lineman Brody McHugh of Emmaus High School. Selected to play for team Ronald McDonald House, which will be coached by Vinnie Andrews, will be quarterback Cole Ordway of Easton High School.

Several former Golden Rams have particiapted in this contest including wide receiver Zack Gillen, defensive end Zach Liggitt, offensive lineman Pat Ferry, and running back Eddie Elliott.

UPDATE - PA Football News - Team Ronald McDonald House Wins Storm Shortened 55th Annual Lehigh Valley All Star Football Classic 34-16

UPDATE - The Morning Call - McDonald’s LV All-Star Football Classic: Lots of lightning on the field before the storm arrived

UPDATE - Lehigh Valley Live - Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic: Easton’s Ordway, Northampton’s Kline storm into end zone

Event News - Future Golden Rams Participate in 48th Delaware County Hero Bowl

Two future Golden Rams recently participated in the 48th Delaware County Hero Bowl played at Cardinal O'Hara High School. Offensive lineman Josiah Bynum-Smokes of Chester played for the East-Blue squad while outside linebacker Tanner Coll of Springfield was on the West-Red team. The game was not played to a conclusion.

Delaware County Daily Times - Paul Graham, Delco stars shine before suspension

CBS Broadcasting - Hero Bowl, a charity football game in Delaware County, canceled midgame after brawl erupts at Cardinal O'Hara

Event News - 2026 D2 Sports Network South Jersey Senior Bowl

A pair of future Golden Rams will be participating in the D2 Sports Network South Jersey Senior Bowl to be held at 5:00pm on Sunday May 31 in Coach Richard Wackar Stadium on the campus of Rowan University.

Running back Kyree Barksdale of Atlantic City and defensive lineman Jaleel Williams of Oakcrest will suit up for Team Destroy which will be coached by Golden Ram alumnus Tyler Drob of Cherry Hill East.

Team News - 2026 WCU Football Schedule

Here are some comment's on this season's schedule:

• West Chester has been playing football since 1920, and Lincoln shows results as far back as 1894, but this is the first time that the two schools located less than 25 miles apart will face each other on the gridiron.
• Also for the first time ever, West Chester will play the Lackawanna Falcons. Lackawanna fills the void in the conference after Mercyhurst transitioned to Division I two years ago. For geographic purposes, Lock Haven will move back to the PSAC West (where they were prior to 2013) and Lackawanna will compete in the East division. Lackawanna is transitioning from a junior college to a four-year institution. The game will count in the PSAC standings, however it will not be considered a Division II game as Lackawanna has not officially applied to transition to Division II.
• The Golden Rams will face two teams that qualified for the Division II playoffs last season: PSAC champion Kutztown which advanced to the national semifinals, and Indiana.
• West Chester is scheduled to make two long treks to the northwest corner of the state when they face Edinboro in week 3 and then Gannon on the last week of the season. The Golden Rams can avoid that trip to Erie in the middle of November by winning the PSAC East, in which case they will travel to the PSAC West winner for the PSAC championship game.
• West Chester will host three evening games against Indiana, Shepherd and Lackawanna.
• Including their own, the Golden Rams will participate in three homecoming games and three senior days.

Day	Date	Opponent	Time	Notes
Saturday	September 5	at Lincoln	1:00 pm
Saturday	September 12	vs Indiana	6:00 pm
Saturday	September 19	at Edinboro	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 26	vs Millersville	2:00 pm	West Chester's Homecoming
Saturday	October 3	at East Stroudsburg	1:00 pm	East Stroudsburg's Homecoming
Saturday	October 10	vs Shepherd	6:00 pm
Saturday	October 17	vs Lackawanna	6:00 pm
Saturday	October 24	at Kutztown	12:00 pm	Kutztown's Homecoming
Saturday	October 31	at Bloomsburg	2:00 pm	Bloomsburg's Senior Day
Saturday	November 7	vs Shippensburg	2:00 pm	West Chester's Senior Day
Saturday	November 14	at Gannon	12:00 pm	Gannon's Senior Day

West Chester Athletic Site - West Chester Releases 2026 Football Schedule

Event News - Future Golden Rams Participate in 2026 City All-Star Game

Three future Golden Rams recently participated in the Philadelphia City All-Star Football Game played at Northeast High School. Receiver Yeboa Cobbold Jr, tight end Danny Celins, and defensive back James Webb all played for Non-Public which captured a 21-13 win over Public.

PA Football News - Eyan Stead 2 tds leads Non Pub to Philadelphia City All-Star game win

2026 Spring Game Report

Several observation from this year's spring game:

• The format pitted the Purple Squad as the offense versus the Gold Squad as the defense. This allowed for the first team offense to face the first team defense, but also required a modified scoring system in which the defense was awarded six points for a turnover and three points for a three-and-out.
• All transfer members of the 2026 Unofficial Recruiting Class were in uniform with the exception of Robert Ford II. So a dozen incoming players already have a semester with their new team under their belts.
• All incoming freshmen members of the 2026 Unofficial Recruiting Class were introduced at halftime with the exception of quarterback Cole Ordway. Ordway plays shortstop for the Easton Rovers and they were in Cooperstown, NY to take on West Chester East on historic Doubleday Field.
• In a flashback from last season, the offense had a first-and-goal from the four-yard line. Three running plays later, they were attempting a field goal. The defensive line and linebackers made their point early in the evening.

Jayden Trace and Luke Trunell close the hole on Future Robertson
(Photo Chuck Greco)

• Incumbent quarterback Colin O'Sullivan looked comfortable and confident. Getting second team reps was Towson transfer Jack Pellicciotti.
• The offensive line was a Scrabble player's dream and an announcer's nightmare with the likes of Richard Pohorilenko, Tucker Valoczki, Joe Anzalone,and Cole Kozlowski. Too bad Nick Micewski wasn't dressed.
• The newcomer making the biggest impact was receiver Blake Thomas who caught touchdown passes from both O'Sullivan and Pellicciotti.

Blake Thomas hauls in one of his two touchdown catches (Photo Chuck Greco)

• Redshirt freshman Blaise Boland had a nice sack and will be pushing for playing time in his second year.
• Shippensburg transfer punter Domenic Nardini had great hang time and distance on his punts, but since they were uncontested kicks, he was able to take as much time as he wanted. That's likely not going to work for a team that had four punts blocked last season, ranking 152 out of 157 teams.
• A day after the game, redshirt freshman receiver Jayden Johnson and redshirt freshman defensive tackle Zephaniah Bradley-Brown entered the transfer portal.

Jim Wade takes down Brody Deiter after a nice gain (Photo Chuck Greco)

• Team captains for 2026 are receiver Dylan McKenzie and defensive tackle Jack Fry.
• The team also announced spring award winners:
  • Defensive MVP - Luke Trunell
  • Offensive MVP - Cole Kozlowski
  • Special Teams MVP - Rondell Bradley
  • Defensive Most Improved - Nick Rogers
  • Offensive Most Improved - Tucker Valoczki

West Chester Athletic Site - West Chester Purple and Gold Game Gives Fans a Look at 2026 Gridiron Gang

Daily Local News - West Chester unveils new players, coaches at Purple-Gold Scrimmage

Golden Rams Review - Photo Album - 2026 Spring Game

Player News - Zack Gillen Receives Academic Recognition

The National Football Foundation (NFF) has recognized senior wide receiver Zack Gillen as a member of the 2026 Hampshire Honor Society. Membership is granted to senior or graduate student football players that have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability, and demonstrate strong leadership and citizenship.

Among the 34 student-athletes from PSAC schools, California had 2 representatives, East Stroudsburg 1, Indiana 6, Kutztown 7, Shepherd 10, Slippery Rock 7 and West Chester 1.

National Football Foundation Site - NFF Marks 20 Years of Academic Excellence in College Football