Nittany Lions Continue to Impress in Latest Academic Progress Rate Report
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 a school-record 20 Penn State teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 during the 2018-19 academic year, an increase of seven from the previous year. Penn State’s all-sport APR average for 2018-19 was 990, which meets one of the academic achievement unit benchmarks for the...
read moreEighty-two Nittany Lion Earned Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honors
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Eighty-two Penn State student-athletes from the Nittany Lions’ winter programs have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition. The 82 Academic All-Big Ten honors follow a school record of 91 honorees in 2019. The women’s swimming and diving team led the Nittany Lions for the second consecutive year with 18 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. The men’s swimming and diving team totaled 12 recipients to give the program a combined 30 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Junior Jack Baldwin of men’s gymnastics...
read morePenn State Student-Athletes Honored During Virtual “The Nittanys” For Numerous Academic, Athletic and Community Achievements
Women’s Soccer earns highest team GPA UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) hosted the annual “The Nittanys” for the 33rd consecutive year on a virtual platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nittanys recognizes teams and individual for their academic, athletic and community achievements. “The Nittanys” were presented over one week virtually on GoPSUsports.com and on the GoPSUsports social media accounts. Awards were presented daily to honor the Penn State student-athletes and...
read moreTrio of Nittany Lions Honored by Penn State
Ament and Riehl garner McCoy Award; Gillikin earns Oswald Award UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior student-athletes Grant Ament (men’s lacrosse) and Kaleigh Riehl (women’s soccer) have been named the recipients of Penn State’s Ernest B. McCoy Memorial Award for 2019-20 and senior Blake Gillikin (football) was awarded the 2020 John W. Oswald Award. The McCoy Award has been presented annually since 1971 to one senior female and one senior male student-athlete who have combined successful athletic participation with academic...
read more125 Student-Athletes Scheduled to Graduate This Weekend
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 men’s hockey team leads the athletic department with 12 student-athletes on the intent to graduate...
read moreRecord 368 Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors in 2018-19
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 selections in 2018-19. The previous high among the spring/at-large sports was 166 and the previous...
read moreStudent-Athlete Trio Earn Academic All-District At-Large Honors
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 nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom....
read moreJones and Turner Garner Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarships
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 freshman against North Carolina State and beam and all-around titles at Arizona State. Jones competed in...
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