Nittany Lions from 30 teams listed on intent to graduate list UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – One hundred twenty-five Penn State student-athletes are scheduled to graduate Saturday, May 9 during the virtual commencement ceremony. Along with the 125 Nittany Lions on the intent to graduate list, 19 Penn State student-athletes participated in fall graduate to bring the 2019-20 total to 144 thus far. Additional graduates are set to come in August. The...

Fourth Consecutive Year with School Record (183) among Spring/At-Large Sports UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.– For the fourth consecutive year, Penn State student-athletes in the spring/at-large sports have broken their Academic All-Big Ten record total, boosting the Nittany Lions to an overall record high for 2018-19. A school record 183 Nittany Lion students from the spring/at-large sports lifted Penn State Athletics to a record 368 Academic All-Big Ten...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State student-athletes Chase Berger (men’s hockey), Noah Roberson (men’s gymnastics) and Kelsey Crow (women’s hockey) were each named to the 2018-19 NCAA Division I Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Teams as announced by CoSIDA on Thursday afternoon. The 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams, selected by CoSIDA, recognize the...

Senior Women’s Gymnast and Men’s Fencer Honored UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State senior student-athletes Jessica Jones (women’s gymnastics) and Gavin Turner (men’s fencing) have been awarded Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarships. Jones and Turner were each awarded a $7,500 scholarship by the Big Ten Conference. Jones competed in 13 meets during her Nittany Lion career.  She won three career event titles, earning a floor title as a...

Thirteen Nittany Lion Teams Deliver Perfect 1,000 Academic Progress Rate Scores in 2017-18 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.– Penn State student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom and surpass Division I national averages, according to Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA reported that 13 Penn State teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 during the 2017-18 academic year,...

Nittany Lions from 29 teams approved to graduate; 88 have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors during the past year UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.– A Penn State record 135 student-athletes have been approved to graduate this weekend in ceremonies on the University Park campus. Nittany Lion students representing 29 teams are listed among those approved to receive their undergraduate or master’s degrees following the spring semester. The 135 Nittany...