Penn State Shenango recently hired Rakiesha Morrison, a former Farrell High School cheerleader and Gannon University competitive cheerleader and dancer, as its new head cheerleading coach. She currently coaches competitive cheer for Fire and Ice Hermitage and is employed at the Mercer County Courthouse in Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Penn State Lehigh Valley alumni, students and community are invited to campus to celebrate their Penn State pride during the third annual WE ARE Lehigh Valley Homecoming Week, beginning Sept. 23.
Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour has selected Alexandra Anghelescu as the 11th head coach of the women’s tennis program. A former professional on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour, Anghelescu spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions.
Penn State Athletics has announced its Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, with NCAA champions Ally McHugh (women's swimming and diving) and Bo Nickal (wrestling) earning the honors for the highly successful 2018-19 academic year.
Senior student-athletes Ally McHugh, the first swimmer in Penn State women's swimming and diving history to win an NCAA individual championship, and Jason Nolf, who earned a third consecutive individual NCAA wrestling championship in March, have been selected as Penn State's recipients for the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor for 2018-19.
In a survey of NCAA attendance figures for 17 sports during 2018-19, eight Penn State teams ranked in the top 10 in average home attendance, the most of any Division I institution nationally. Three Nittany Lion squads ranked No. 2 nationally in average home attendance.
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.
The Penn State Berks softball team took down Penn College, 3-2, on May 4 at Hintz Athletic Field to win its third straight North Eastern Athletic Conference title and sixth overall in the last seven years.
Penn State Brandywine completed another dominant performance in the Penn State University Athletic Conference Softball Tournament by defeating Penn State DuBois 7-1 on Monday afternoon to capture the team's fifth consecutive league championship.
The Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) held its 2019 Softball Championship Tournament this past weekend at Heindl Field. Penn State DuBois came into the tournament holding the No. 3 seed in the Western Division. DuBois first game would be against the No. 1 seed from the east, Penn State Hazleton.
Penn State women's soccer alums Ali Krieger and Alyssa Naeher have been named to the U.S. Women's National Team World Cup roster announced by USWNT head coach Jill Ellis. The two former Nittany Lions were selected as part of the 23 players who will represent the United States in France this summer.
The No. 25 Penn State women's lacrosse team battles No. 1 Maryland on Friday at 5 p.m. in the Big Ten semifinals. The Big Ten Tournament is being hosted by Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore.
Four Penn State teams have earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award for posting elite scores in this year's Academic Progress Rate compilation, including the Nittany Lions' most recent NCAA championship squad.
For the 14th consecutive year, Penn State Athletics has placed in the top five in the Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup final winter standings. Powered by the wrestling team’s eighth NCAA championship in the past nine years, the Nittany Lions are No. 3 in the final winter standings, maintaining their No. 3 ranking after the fall sports season.
