
Vince Celtnieks
Major: | CAS/BA '65 |
Team: | Men's Soccer, Men's Cross Country, Men's Track and Field, Crew, Wrestling |
Vidvuds “Vince” Celtnieks came to American as a somewhat local product. After his family immigrated to the United States in 1951, Celtnieks attended Woodrow Wilson High School, only a few miles from the campus of AU.
When he enrolled at AU, he joined the men’s soccer team. Celtnieks earned a double major in Health and Physical Education and Elementary Education. Upon graduation, he taught in Arlington, Va. prior to becoming the soccer coach at IUP in 1969.