Penn State women's soccer rising senior and 2015 team captain Raquel Rodriguez (San Jose, Costa Rica) has been named to the Costa Rican Women's National Team roster for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup this summer in Canada.
Two more Nittany Lions were chosen to represent their country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with Carmelina Moscato and Erin McLeod chosen to the Canadian squad, competing at the international tournament in Canada from June 6 to July 5.
Penn State women's soccer alumni Ali Krieger and Alyssa Naeher were named to the final roster representing the United States at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, head coach Jill Ellis announced Tuesday.
Penn State York’s honored its student athletes and coaches at the 44th annual Athletic Awards Banquet Thursday, April 9, at Heritage Hills Golf Resort & Conference Center, York, Pennsylvania. The 2014-15 athletic teams had successful seasons with most of them making it to the playoffs.
Highlights of the season included the Penn State York men’s basketball team again capturing the Penn State Athletic Conference (PSUAC) championship title, a three-peat, and Parrish Petry, Red Lion, Pennsylvania, head men’s basketball coach, being named Coach of the Year in his sport for the second year in a row. Three men’s basketball players passed the 1,000 points scored in their college careers – Joshua Jamison, of Cockeysville, Maryland; Logan Steckel, of York, Pennsylvania; and Tyler Martin, of York, Pennsylvania. All three players were a part of the three championship teams.
Penn State women’s soccer head coach Erica Walsh has announced the signing of eight Nittany Lions for the 2015 season, which includes two of the top-10 overall recruits in the 2015 class and several members of the U.S. Women’s National Teams.
The Penn State men’s soccer team will be adding a familiar face to its 2015 squad as head coach Bob Warming announced the signing of Austin Maloney, Wednesday, who is the younger brother of current sophomore forward Connor Maloney.
Penn State women's soccer centerback Whitney Church (Ashburn, Va.) has been selected as the 30th overall pick in the 2015 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Draft at the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention Jan. 16 in Philadelphia. Church was selected by the Washington Spirit, marking the third-consecutive year a Nittany Lion was chosen in a women's soccer professional league draft.
Penn State men’s soccer goalie Andrew Wolverton (Atlanta, Ga.) will be heading west this spring as the Los Angeles Galaxy have selected the four-year starter with the 82nd overall pick in the annual MLS SuperDraft.
The Penn State men's soccer team will for the third straight year be hosting its widely popular Mack Brady Memorial Clinic in honor of one of the team's biggest fans. The event will be held, Sunday, Jan. 18, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Holuba Hall on the University Park campus and is free of charge, but all participants will be required to fill out and bring with them a release form in advance of the clinic.
Penn State men's soccer player Brett Gravatt is recovering after a serious snowboarding accident, which has left him without the use of his lower body. The accident occurred on Dec. 26 in his home state of Virginia when Gravatt, a sophomore defender, fractured a vertebrae in his spinal cord.
Penn State women's soccer head coach Erica Walsh was tabbed the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Women's Soccer Coach of the Year and Whitney Church (Ashburn, Va.) earned Defensive Player of the Year honors, the conference announced today. Raquel Rodriguez (San Jose, Costa Rica) was also named to the ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Star first team alongside Church.
Seventy-two Penn State student-athletes have earned Fall Academic All-Big Ten honors as announced by the conference. Senior women’s cross-country runner Katie Rodden (Ardmore) is among the fall student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
Penn State women's soccer junior Raquel Rodriguez (San Jose, Costa Rica) has been nominated as the 2014 of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Female Player of the Year after the Costa Rican Women's National Team made history by becoming the first Central American country to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup.
The honors keep pouring in for Penn State senior Whitney Church (Ashburn, Va.), who was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America first team on Dec. 5.
Penn State men's soccer players Owen Griffith (Lewisburg, Pa.), Connor Maloney (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Andrew Wolverton (Atlanta, Ga.) have been awarded spots on the NCAA Division I All-Midwest Region Team, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced Wednesday (Dec. 10).
