O’Brien, staff to lead football camps starting June 2

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Head coach Bill O’Brien and the Penn State football staff will welcome high school players from across the nation to the Nittany Lions’ 38th annual summer football camps, which get under way Saturday, June 2. Penn State will offer five football camp opportunities in June, including two advanced skills camps, in [...]

Penn State Behrend baseball team wins ECAC South Region title

A big sixth inning helped Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, win the ECAC South Region baseball tournament on Sunday. This is the team’s third ECAC title. Penn State Behrend’s batters scored seven runs in the sixth inning to beat Wesley College. The final score was 13-10. The Lions needed the late-inning lead. Wesley scored [...]

Big Ten announces 2015 and 2016 conference football schedules

Penn State will resume its rivalries with Michigan State and Iowa and continue to clash with Wisconsin in the regular season finale during the 2015 and 2016 football seasons, as the Big Ten Conference office today announced the conference schedules for both years. Michigan State, winner of the 2011 Big Ten Legends Division, will return [...]

Penn State Beaver Sports Scoreboard: May 7-16, 2012

Monday, May 7 Baseball – USCAA Small College World Series – Penn State Beaver 15, Robert Morris University-Springfield 13 Softball – PSUAC Championship – Penn State Beaver 2, Penn State Mont Alto 1 Tuesday, May 8 Baseball – USCAA Small College World Series – The Apprentice School 1, Penn State Beaver 0 Baseball – USCAA [...]

Student Stories: Biological Engineering grad a volleyball standout

Even though he often missed a few hours of volleyball practice a week due to academic class requirements — an unusual exception not granted to most players — Penn State outside hitter Joe Sunder was on top of his game both on and off the court. A Greensburg, Pa., native — who just graduated this [...]

Four wrestlers earn national All-Academic First Team honors

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The 2012 NCAA National Champion Penn State wrestling team continued to haul in national academic honors with the release of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic First Team listing as well as the top 30 team break-down. Fresh off notching 11 Academic All-Big Ten honorees, head coach Cael Sanderson’s two-time [...]

Six Lions earn All-CAA recognition

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Six members of the Penn State men’s lacrosse team earned All-CAA honors. Senior attackman Matthew Mackrides (Newtown Square) was tabbed to the All-CAA First Team for the third straight year, while senior defenseman Ryan McGarvey (Lower Gwynedd) and sophomore goalkeeper Austin Kaut (Morton) joined Mackrides as first-team selections. Senior attackman Jack [...]

Five men’s gymnasts qualify for 2012 Visa Championships

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Five Penn State men’s gymnasts who were key to the program’s success in 2012, Mackenzie Dow (Cranford, N.J.), Miguel Pineda (Galloway, Ohio), Scott Rosenthal (Clearfield, Pa.), Craig Hernandez (Libertyville, Ill.), and Matthew Felleman (Medway, Mass.), qualified for the 2012 Visa Championships based on their performances at the U.S. Men’s Qualifier the [...]

Sixteen Nittany Lions in NFL rookie mini-camps

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A total of 16 former Penn State football student-athletes are participating in National Football League rookie mini-camps this month. Three more former Nittany Lions signed free agent contracts last week: tackle Quinn Barham (Durham, N.C./Detroit Lions), tailback Stephfon Green (Bronx, N.Y./Detroit Lions) and cornerback/kick returner Chaz Powell (New Freedom/Oakland Raiders). In [...]

Penn State-Virginia clash set for noon kickoff on Sept. 8

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The renewal of the Penn State-Virginia series is set for a noon kick on Sept. 8 in Charlottesville, the Nittany Lions’ fourth announced start time for the 2012 season. ABC will televise the contest from Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers are among the 10 bowl teams from the 2011 season that Coach [...]

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