Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Penn State York Athletics has appointed two new coaches to the coaching staff. Both coaches are already recruiting and planning for their upcoming season.
Penn State Abington finance major Michael Litz was honored for excellence in and out of classroom.
For just the second time in program history, the Penn State Harrisburg baseball team competed in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament, earning the No. 2 seed in the four-team regional and recording its first NCAA tournament win. During the season, the team won five games over nationally ranked teams.
In April, Scott Sada, who graduated from Penn State Behrend with a plastics engineering technology degree, hit his 82nd double against Medaille to become the NCAA Division III all-time leader in career doubles. He would add eight more before the season ended.
A total of six Penn Staters were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft this week, including three from the baseball team, two incoming signees and the first player ever drafted from Penn State Berks.
Toby Welk was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 21st round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Welk was the second Division III player to be taken in the 2019 draft.
Toby Welk put the finishing touches on an amazing Penn State Berks career by being named the D3baseball.com National Player of the Year and earning All-America First Team honors.
Penn State Hazleton women's basketball player McKenzie Prutsman has her jersey hanging in the Ring of Honor at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame for the next year.
Penn State Lehigh Valley women's basketball player Ebony Sanders received many accolades for her standout year on the court and in the classroom.
Penn State Harrisburg senior Cameron Yon became the first student-athlete in school history to win a national championship when he secured gold in the discus throw at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held Thursday, May 23, at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Penn State Berks students Jess Rozick and Brianna Smith received more honors for their phenomenal performances in the 2019 softball season by earning spots on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association teams. Rozick was selected to the second team and Smith was named to the third team.
Penn State Brandywine seniors James Cellucci and Maddie Malfara received the John S. Egli Scholar Athlete awards from the Penn State University Athletic Conference as the league's top male and female student-athletes during the 2018-19 academic year on May 19.
Penn State Behrend’s track and field teams competed in the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track and Field Championships at SUNY Cortland. The women’s team placed 10th; the men were 11th.
The North Eastern Athletic Conference has named a Penn State Abington student-athlete as its Pitcher of the Year, and several baseball players were included on all-conference teams.
Twenty-three student-athletes from Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus have received recognition for exemplary academic performance from the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC).