Gettysburg College Athletics

Congratulations to the Hall of Athletic Honor Class of 2026 Inductees! They will be formally inducted in the newly-renovated College Union Building Ballroom on Friday, October 16th as a part of the Homecoming Weekend festivities!

Seven selected for 2026 Hall of Honor Class

Seven selected for 2026 Hall of Honor Class - Gettysburg College Athletics The Gettysburg College Department of Athletics and the Orange and Blue Club are proud to announce the selection of five former student-athletes and two long-time coaches for enshrinement into the Hall of Athletic Honor this fall.

Four Gettysburg baseball players tabbed Academic All-District

Four Gettysburg baseball players tabbed Academic All-District - Gettysburg College Athletics Four members of the Gettysburg baseball team were named to the Division III Academic All-District baseball team.

NEWS: Robert Ortenzio has been inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame as a member of the 2026 Class!

🤼‍♂️ 3x NCAA Division III All-American
🤼‍♂️ 4x MAC Individual Champion
🤼‍♂️ Ortenzio was inducted into the Gettysburg College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.

Kolton Black has joined the Gettysburg College’s strength and conditioning staff as the first full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Black joins Reggie Overton’s staff after spending the last two years as a sports performance graduate assistant at Salisbury.

While with the Sea Gulls, Black led sports performance for men’s soccer, rookie football and both golf programs while assisting with football, lacrosse and tennis.

Prior to his time at Salisbury, he served as a strength and conditioning intern with the football program at University of North Carolina. While in Chapel Hill in 2024, he assisted with the set up and break down of every lift and running session. He collected five- and 10-yard acceleration times using Zybek timing gates and used force plates to collect CMJ height, propulsive power, eccentric braking forces and RSI.

During the 2023-24 academic year, he was a sports performance intern during his senior year at Juniata, assisting with football, women’s lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, track and field, tennis and swimming.

While at Salisbury, he earned his master of science in health and human performance, graduating in May.

Welcome to the team Kolton!

Gettysburg adds Black to strength and conditioning staff

Gettysburg adds Black to strength and conditioning staff - Gettysburg College Athletics Kolton Black has been joined the Gettysburg College's strength and conditioning staff as the first full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Five Gettysburg softball players tabbed Academic All-District

Five Gettysburg softball players tabbed Academic All-District - Gettysburg College Athletics Five members of the Gettysburg softball team were named to the Division III Academic All-District softball team.

Valeria Guevara has been named the first head coach of women’s acrobatics and tumbling at Gettysburg College, announced by Executive Director of Athletics and Recreation Troy Dell on Thursday.

Guevara is a graduate of Mary Hardin-Baylor, where she was part of four straight National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) Division III championship teams.

“We are excited to have Val join us to start our acrobatics and tumbling program,” Dell said. “She knows what it takes to build a championship program. Her experience will be invaluable as we build this program from the ground up.”

As part of the Cru’s national championship performance, Guevara was an NCATA Division III tournament event final champion in synchronized pyramid in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 2024, she was also champion in five element acro. As a junior, she recorded 11 heats of a 9.7 or higher, including a 9.9 in compulsory toss on Mar. 19 against Iona. She was also named to the NCATA Academic Honor in 2026.

In addition to her success on the mat, she also assisted the coaching staff this past spring with all aspects of the program, including travel logistics and recruiting, as part of the team’s fourth straight national championship run.

In 2019, she founded the youth acrobatics and tumbling program at Showcase Gymnastics, leading the program as head coach for the first three year and collecting two Youth Acro National Championships. She has also served as an assistant coach for five TeamGym national championships.

Prior to competing at the collegiate level, she competed in trampoline and tumbling at for Gymnast Factor and Showcase Gymnastics. She was a nine-time qualifier for nationals. She was a trampoline state champion, tumbling silver medalist and three-time TeamGym national champion. She also competed internationally for the USA TeamGym team and was a Junior Olympic Games TnT bronze medalist.

Guevara will spend the next year recruiting and preparing for the launch of the first season of intercollegiate competition in 2027-28.

Welcome to the team Valeria!

Gettysburg announces Guevara as inaugural acrobatics and tumbling head coach

Gettysburg announces Guevara as inaugural acrobatics and tumbling head coach - Gettysburg College Athletics Valeria Guevara has been named the first head coach of women's acrobatics and tumbling at Gettysburg College.

Gettysburg College Athletics is excited to announce our newest member to the team - Tate Landis the new Men’s Basketball Assistant!

Landis comes to Gettysburg after spending four seasons playing at York (Pa.), three of which were under current Bullets Head Coach Matt Hunter, where he was a part of York’s 2024-25 MAC Commonwealth championship team.

A three-year starter for the Spartans, Landis scored 962 career points in 107 career games. Over his four years, he made 151 3-pointers, while also adding 277 assists and 182 steals. Landis finished his career as an honorable mention all-conference player.

Welcome to the team Tate!