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Brahmer, Burkle picked for Mackey Award Watch List

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State senior tight end Benjamin Brahmer and redshirt senior tight end Gabe Burkle were tabbed to the John Mackey Award watch list on Wednesday. The John Mackey Award is presented annually to the top tight end in college football. Penn State’s Tyler Warren won the Mackey Award in 2024. The watch list highlights players who have demonstrated talent, leadership and potential heading into the 2026 season. Benjamin Brahmer · Sr. · TE · 6-7 · 250 · Pierce, Neb. · Pierce · Iowa State Voted second-team All-Big 12 in 2025. Tabbed a semifinalist for the ...

Becht named to Maxwell Award Watch List

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior quarterback Rocco Becht was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Monday, while redshirt senior long snapper Blaise Sokach-Minnick was selected to the Mannelly Award Watch List. The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert "Tiny" Maxwell who was a former standout at the Swarthmore College and a renowned sportswriter and football official. The Patrick Mannelly Award, created in 2019, benefits Bernie's Book Bank, a non-profit organization located in Lake ...

Green named PSU women’s gymnastics head coach

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft announced the selection of Jennifer Green as head coach for the Penn State Nittany Lion women’s gymnastics program. Green, the reigning Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year, heads to Penn State after one of the most dominant years in Air Force Gymnastics history and an NCAA Regional appearance, the first for the program since 2002. “We set out to find a coach who could lead at the highest level of college gymnastics, and Jennifer Green quickly distinguished herself as the right ...

Spikes drop contest to Aberdeen, 5-3

ABERDEEN, Md. – On a wet Sunday at IBEW Local 24 Union Field at Ripken Stadium, the State College Spikes rallied in the fifth inning but fell just short as the Aberdeen IronBirds were awarded a 5-3 decision in a game cut down to five innings by rain. Despite the result, the Spikes (12-8 2nd Half) maintained a half-game lead over the IronBirds (12-9 2nd Half) in the race for the MLB Draft League’s second-half title. After a 48-minute delay at the outset, Aberdeen took a 2-0 lead in the first on back-to-back RBI doubles from Dylan Winebrenner and former Spike Brylan West. The ...

Ayscue named United Soccer Coaches Defender to Watch

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State junior defender Bella Ayscue garnered national acclaim on Monday morning, with the third-year Nittany Lion appearing as a United Soccer Coaches Defender to Watch following that organization’s release. PSU’s stalwart center back picked up United Soccer Coaches Defender to Watch laurels for the second year in a row, picking that accolade up alongside now-senior teammate Kaelyn Wolfe in last year’s preseason awards cycle. The honor marks the first official preseason accolade received by a Nittany Lion in the 2026 preseason. Ayscue is fresh off a ...

NIttany Lion athletics moves toward jersey patches

UNIVERSITY PARK — One of college football’s most tradition-bound programs is preparing to make a change that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Penn State is now seriously considering adding a corporate sponsor’s patch to its football jerseys, a move that would break with ...