Penn State announced Friday (June 14) that the no bag policy instituted at the Blue-White Football Game in April will remain in effect for all athletic events during the 2013 fall semester.

Penn State student-athletes continue to make better progress toward graduation in comparison with the nation's Division I institutions, according to data released Tuesday (June 11) by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Headlined by wrestler Matt Brown's (West Valley City, Utah) first-team laurels, a trio of Nittany Lions earned 2013 Capital One Academic All-America At-Large selections from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). In addition to Brown's honor, field hockey standout Kelsey Amy (Sweet Valley, Pa.) earned second-team recognition, while women's lacrosse midfielder Tatum Coffey (Toms River, N.J.) garnered third-team accolades.

Special Olympics Pennsylvania will host the 44th Annual Summer Games this Thursday through Saturday, June 6-8 on the Penn State campus for the 26th straight year. Sponsored by Sheetz, Inc., the event brings together more than 2,000 athletes, 750 coaches and 2,500 volunteers from across the commonwealth.

Standout student-athletes Petra Januskova (women’s tennis; Ottawa, Canada) and John Urschel (football; Williamsville, N.Y.) have been selected Penn State’s 2012-13 recipients of the Big Ten Medal of Honor.

Traveling a record number of competitors, the Nittany Lions will be poised for outstanding finishes against the nation's best competition, this week at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.

The Big Ten Conference formally announced the establishment of men's and women's lacrosse as conference sports on Monday (June 3) morning. The official announcement, which took place at Johns Hopkins University, adds lacrosse with corresponding championships for the 2015 spring season.

Following an intense weekend of evaluation at the 2013 Women's National Championship selection tournament, Penn State field hockey's Laura Gebhart has been named to the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Squad by head coach Craig Parnham. Gebhart joins a team featuring 12 Olympians, beginning a new chapter with the country's top field hockey athletes after countless hours of training and competition.

Senior outfielder Cassidy Bell was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America first team after a record-breaking season that left her name etched in Penn State softball history. She is the first Penn State player to earn first-team honors.

The 2013-14 Nittany Lion women's hockey schedule was announced by head coach Josh Brandwene on Tuesday (May 28). Penn State will move into its new $90 million home, Pegula Ice Arena, and host 17 games at the state-of-the-art facility, while playing 17 road games. Once again, the Lions will take part in a 20-game round-robin schedule in College Hockey America.

Paced by tremendous performances across all event areas, the Nittany Lion track and field squads qualified another dozen athletes for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday (May 25), wrapping up a sensational three days of competition at the NCAA First Round at North Carolina A&T University. In total, the Nittany Lions will travel 20 athletes - in 15 different events - to the NCAA Finals, set for June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore.