114 Student-Athletes Earn Fall Academic All-Big Ten Honors
Penn State surpasses 7,000 Academic All-Big Ten honorees since 1991-92 Penn State 2020 Academic All-Big 10 Penn State Fall 2020 Academic All-Big 10 UNIVERISTY PARK, Pa. – One hundred fourteen Penn State student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for Penn State’s fall programs. The 114 honorees are the second-most in Penn State’s fall history, behind the 117 selection in the fall of 2017. Among those on the list of fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees is senior Kerry Abello from the women’s soccer program. Abello is a...
read moreStudent-Athletes Deliver Record 92 Percent Graduation Success Rate
PSU posts fourth consecutive Graduation Success Rate of 90 percent or higher; Nine teams earn 100 percent Graduation Success Rate, 21 squads at or above overall Division I national average UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State student-athletes continue to register record-breaking graduation rates and perform well above their peers nationwide. The Nittany Lions recorded a fourth consecutive record academic performance with a 92 percent graduation success rate, according to data reported by the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
read more155 Student-Athletes Graduating in 2019-20
11 Nittany Lions intend to graduate Saturday UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Eleven Penn State student-athletes are scheduled to graduate Saturday, August 15 during the virtual commencement ceremony. The 11 student-athletes on the intent to graduate following the summer semester bring the 2019-20 academic year total to 155 graduates. Three hundred and fifty Nittany Lions earned Academic All-Big Ten honors during the 2019-20 year. Each student-athlete possessed a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Big Ten also honored a school-record 144 Penn State...
read moreStudent-Athletes Register Stellar Academic Performance in 2020 Spring Semester
All 31 teams record 3.0 GPA; Penn State student-athletes post 3.58 semester GPA UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State student-athletes turned in another outstanding performance in the classroom under unprecedented circumstances during the 2020 spring semester. All 31Nittany Lion teams recorded a 3.0 grade-point average and Penn State student-athletes had a 3.58 semester GPA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State utilized an alternative grading system. The Nittany Lions had 128 students with a 4.0 semester GPA, 694 students (89%) with a 3.0...
read moreSchool-Record 144 Student-Athletes Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Twenty-six post perfect 4.0 GPAs in 2019-20 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Led by 26 students who earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages, the Penn State student-athletes had 144 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars in the 2019-20 academic year, shattering the previous school record of 117 in 2018-19. The 144 Nittany Lions who were recognized were the third-highest total in the conference. The Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award is presented to student-athletes who have recorded a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher during the previous academic year. Penn...
read moreRiehl and Nedoroscik Claim Big Ten Medal of Honor
Women’s soccer and men’s gymnastics standouts earn the Big Ten’s most prestigious honor for 2019-20 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Seniors Kaleigh Riehl and Stephen Nedoroscik have been selected as Penn State’s 2019-20 recipients for the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor. The Big Ten, the nation’s oldest collegiate conference, commemorates the 106th anniversary of a very unique tradition – the Big Ten Medal of Honor. The conference’s most exclusive award was the first of its kind in intercollegiate athletics to recognize...
read more350 Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors in 2019-20
174 student-athletes among spring/at-large honorees UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – One hundred seventy-four Penn State student-athletes earned Spring/At-Large Academic All-Big Ten honors to boost the Nittany Lions yearly total to 350 for 2019-20. The 174 spring/at-large selections rank second in program history. The 2019-20 total follows a school-record mark of 368 during the 2018-19 academic year. The latest 174 honorees bring Penn State’s total academic honorees to 6,953 since 1991-92. Claire Swedberg (softball), Medora McCarthy...
read moreRowland and Nadeau Named Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa – Penn State senior student-athletes Jade Rowland (women’s fencing) and Mason Nadeau (baseball) have been awarded 2020 Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarships. Rowland and Nadeau were each awarded a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship by the Big Ten Conference. Nadeau, an outfielder from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, appeared in 108 games for the Nittany Lions, starting 77. In those contests, he batted .251, slugged five home runs, drove in 39 runs and stole 21 bases. Nadeau garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished...
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