Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Pennsylvania College of Technology students and staff are part of the legion of volunteers and paid staff taking part in supporting 20 teams and around 300,000 fans from around the globe at this year’s Little League Baseball World Series.
Baking and culinary students will join staff from the college’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant to prepare meals for the competing teams, while paramedic students will help provide for the emergency medical needs of spectators.
Andrea N. Breon and Patrick E. Hufnagle, staff members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, serve lunch to players at the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series. Students and staff from Penn College's hospitality majors will serve meals to teams throughout the 2026 series, and paramedic students will serve under the guidance of Susquehanna Regional Emergency Medical Services staff to provide for the needs of spectators. Breon is now a dining services manager at the college. (Photo courtesy of Little League Baseball and Softball)
For the sixth year, Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, a live-learning lab for the college’s baking and culinary program, is providing three meals a day in the Dr. Creighton J. Hale International Grove at the Little League International complex, where teams are housed during the series. Their work began with breakfast on Aug. 14 and will continue through the end of the series. When all teams are present, they serve 400 people per meal period: 1,200 meals per day, including about 1,500 ice cream sandwiches.
The Penn College team will do most breakfast and lunch preparation at the Grove, with dinner being prepped at Le Jeune Chef and transported to the complex. The culinary crew consists of the restaurant’s professional staff, baking and culinary faculty, and students helping out on campus as part of their hands-on classwork.
Thirteen of the 18 students in the college’s paramedic program will be part of the healthcare team.
The paramedic students work under the guidance of certified paramedics from Susquehanna Regional Emergency Medical Services and UPMC Emergency Medicine physicians, who are on hand in the stadiums to provide for the emergency health needs of spectators.
Three Penn College paramedic students pause for a photo during one of their shifts at the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series. From left: Alicia R. Freeman, Logan Deats, and Colleen Haas. All three graduated in December.
The international event exposes the students to diversity in healthcare and to the time, preparation and interagency cooperation required to provide care at a large-scale event.
Helping to cover the series is an optional field-service learning exercise for the students as part of their Cardiology & Medicine course. In total, the 13 students are scheduled for 219 hours at the Little League World Series.
The paramedic students and their hometowns are Noelle Burley, of Muncy; Terry Derr, of Milton; Jamelyn Ditty, of Milton; Chloe Kustenborder, of Loganton; Emily Larson, of Bloomsburg; Michael McKinney, of Sunbury; Katelyn Myer, of Manheim; Douglas Nicholas, of Cogan Station; Sean Ruch, of Selinsgrove; Noah Shreck, of Watsontown; Sara Steich, of Milton; Douglas Stewart, of Williamsport; and Nicholas Zeigler, of Catawissa.
When they are not at the World Series, the paramedic students gain additional hands-on experience providing care on various local advanced life support ambulances.
Penn College offers a 12-month paramedic certificate through its Workforce Development department. To learn more, call 570-327-4775.
The college’s School of Business, Arts & Sciences offers associate degrees and certificates in baking, pastry and culinary arts. To learn more, call 570-327-4505.
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