Penn State York will honor its student athletes at the annual Sports Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18. The banquet will take place on the stage at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) on campus.
Penn State York men's basketball, the No. 2 seed in the East, took down No. 1 seed Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 57-56, in overtime to win its fourth Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) championship at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park on Feb. 24.
For 25 years, Dave Niland has coached the Penn State Behrend men's basketball team and has produced 24 consecutive winning seasons. A big reason for his recent success has been his son Andy Niland, who has been the Lions’ starting point guard since joining the team in the fall of 2015.
Members of the Penn State York women's basketball team put their artistic skills to work and created cards for children who are hospitalized for the holidays. They sent the cards out through the Cards for Hospitalized Kids organization in Chicago.
The holiday season is here and the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots organization in Centre County is partnering with the Penn State basketball teams to make it a special one for area children. In exchange for a new toy donation, fans can purchase a $5 baseline ticket for either the men's basketball game on Dec. 8 or the women's basketball game on Dec. 9.
Author, social justice advocate, and former NBA player Etan Thomas will give a free public lecture from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 15 in 233A HUB-Robeson Center at University Park. Thomas will discuss his latest book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” which includes dozens of interviews — with people like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Cuban, and Soledad O’Brien — on the subject of race in America.
Penn State York’s men’s and women’s basketball teams closed out their seasons with trips to the playoffs. The women’s team made the playoffs for the first time in four years but were knocked out by Penn State Schuylkill, 69-44. The Lady Lions improved their conference record to 9-5 from 4-10 just a year ago. The Penn State York men’s team made it to the semifinals but lost to Penn State Brandywine, 80-68. Their conference record was 12-4.
New Kensington basketball players receive post-season awards from PSUAC.
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High school and transfer student-athletes invited to come learn more about Penn State Lehigh Valley's athletic programs on Oct. 9.
Becky Hammon, the NBA's first full-time female coach, will discuss her career journey Sept. 13 when she visits Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, as part of its Speaker Series. Her presentation — “ASSIST: The Keys To Successful Leadership & Teamwork” — begins at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Junker Center.
Penn State men’s basketball fans who cheer on the Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center on Jan. 18 will be treated to a bonus after the game: the second annual “Battle of the Badges,” a showdown between Penn State Police and State College’s Alpha Fire Company. Immediately following the basketball game against Indiana, police officers and firefighters will take to the court for a 30-minute game of their own.
The Penn State Abington cross country teams closed out their season at the conference regionals as the basketball teams prepare to play their first games.
A decade of No Place for Hate programming leads Penn State Abington students to expand their fight for tolerance beyond racial and ethnic bias to include challenges such as eating disorders, hunger and homelessness.
Penn State is among eight teams in the 2015 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic to be held December 22 and 23 at the Orleans Arena. The 2015 field also includes: Colorado, SMU, Kent State, Canisius, Louisiana Monroe, Nicholls State and Hampton.
