UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State redshirt linebacker Tony Rojas was named to the Hispanic College Football Player of the Year award watch list, announced by the Hispanic Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The Hispanic College Football Player of the Year Award was established in 2025. Tony ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State Athletics has announced game day themes for the 2026 football season presented by PSECU. This year’s Penn State White Out, against USC on October 10, will be the 19th full-stadium edition. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on NBC’s Big Ten Saturday Night with broadcasts on NBC and Peacock. Penn State will also play its 11th annual Stripe Out game, against Marshall, and fifth Helmet Stripe game. Kickoff time and television network are to be determined for the homecoming and helmet stripe clash against Wisconsin. Kickoff will be no later than 5 p.m. ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State junior running back James Peoples and redshirt senior wide receiver Chase Sowell were named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list on Tuesday. The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity. The nominee must meet one or more of the following criteria: Played at and graduated from a Texas High School and/or currently playing at a Texas Division I ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State swimming and diving head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added assistant diving coach Omar Ojeda to her staff. Ojeda recently served on the diving staff at Liberty University in 2025-26, first as a volunteer diving coach in 2025 and as a graduate assistant diving coach in 2026. He helped three divers to compete at NCAA Zone Championships and coached the school’s first diver to compete at NCAA Championships. He served as the head diving coach and program manager for COM Aquatics from 2018-24, directing a program of more than 100 athletes. During his ...
GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Despite the second 16-strikeout performance from their pitching staff in a week, the State College Spikes dropped a 5-3 decision to the West Virginia Black Bears on Monday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark to remain 1 ½ games back of the Aberdeen IronBirds in the race for the second-half berth in the MLB Draft League Championship Game. With Aberdeen’s loss to the Williamsport Crosscutters on Monday, the Spikes (21-18 2nd Half) kept pace in the race to oppose the Crosscutters in the title tilt on Wednesday, September 2 at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman ...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Penn State freshman wrestler Jayden James impressed at the United World Wrestling U20 World Championships this Saturday and Sunday, taking the silver medal in the men’s freestyle 74-kilogram weight class at Sportova Hala Mladost in Bratislava, Slovakia. A native of Westwood, New Jersey, James booked his second career age-group world medal this weekend, pairing his silver medal finish at the 2026 U20 event with a gold medal result at the U17 World Championships a year ago at 71kg. Over the course of the 2026 freestyle campaign, James additionally boasts a ...
