Record 241 Student-Athletes Earn Dean’s List with 3.5 GPA or higher in Fall semester March 24, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State student-athletes shattered school records during the 2014 fall semester, including a record 500 earning a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. Among the 500 Nittany Lion student-athletes earning at least a 3.0 GPA, a school record 241 garnered Dean’s List honors during the 2014 fall semester by...

Includes Grant and Hancock Women’s Volleyball Team Playing for NCAA Title Saturday UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Twenty-seven Penn State student-athletes are scheduled to graduate during Commencement exercises Saturday, Dec. 20 on the University Park campus. Student-athletes representing 11 Penn State squads are on the approved to graduate list, including 10 members of the football team, three members men’s soccer and men’s...

Cross country runner Katie Rodden leads Nittany Lion Fall Student-Athletes with a 4.0 GPA UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Seventy-two Penn State student-athletes have earned Fall Academic All-Big Ten honors as announced by the conference. Senior women’s cross country runner Katie Rodden (Ardmore) is among the fall student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Head coach James Franklin’s football team had 20 Academic All-Big...

Graduation Success Rate of 89 Percent Highlights Another Outstanding Academic Report UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.  Penn State student-athletes continue to graduate well above their peers nationwide, earning outstanding academic performances, according to statistical information released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA’s annual study of institutions across the nation revealed Penn State student-athletes at the...

Summer always requires its share of hard work for a football squad, and this year was no different for the Penn State football team. Summer workouts, including early morning lifting and conditioning, continued with a strong effort from the 2011 team. This, however, was not the only thing that members of the team were hard at work with over the summer months. Almost every member of the team either helped in running or competing in the 9th annual...