UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s and women’s fencing teams will compete in their last competition in 2025 at the Carla-Mae Richards Invitational at Brandeis University on Sunday, December 7. Competition for Penn State will begin at 9 a.m. against Haverford. Fencing saber on the ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State men’s volleyball head coach Mark Pavlik, the fourth-winningest coach in the history of collegiate men’s volleyball, has announced that the 2026 season will be the final season of his illustrious career. Pavlik, just the third head coach in the history of the Penn State men’s volleyball team, has compiled a career record of 694-241, winning over 74 percent of his matches. He leads all active National Collegiate Division (DI-II) head coaches with his win total and ranks fourth all time among all collegiate men's volleyball coaches. He led the ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Week 13 in the National Football League saw 48 Penn State Football alums populate the rosters of 26 National Football League organizations. Several standout performances by former Nittany Lions included a defensive lineman who posted multiple sacks once again, plus a tight end who helped his team move into first place in the AFC South. Green Bay defensive lineman Micah Parsons had a Thanksgiving to remember during the Packers’ win over Detroit. Parsons finished the game with 2.5 sacks on a season-high eight tackles, three of which went for a loss. This marked ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State wrestling team (1-0, 0-0 B1G) is set for a road-home split this weekend. The Nittany Lions visit Drexel (2-0) on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Philadelphia. Two days later, Penn State hosts Lehigh (3-2*) on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 1 p.m. in Rec Hall. *Lehigh hosts Pittsburgh on Friday night as well. All rankings listed are InterMat/InterMat Tournament Power Index (TPI). The Nittany Lions last wrestled on Nov. 23 in the Black Knight Invitational at Army West Point. Nine Penn Staters won titles at the event: Nate Desmond (125), Marcus Blaze (133), ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State football landed 11 All-Big Ten selections on Wednesday afternoon as the conference announced its defense and special teams honorees. Linebacker Amare Campbell, defensive end Dani Dennis-Sutton and punter Gabriel Nwosu all earned third-team honors. Dani Dennis-Sutton · Sr. · DE · 6-5 · 265 · Millsboro, Del. · McDonogh School (Md.) Third Team (Coaches & Media) Tabbed All-Big Ten honorable mention in 2024. Selected to the Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award Watch List in 2025 Has played in 54 career games and started in 28. Owns 123 ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State’s Gillian Grimes was named the Big Ten Libero of the Year and was one of three Nittany Lions to earn All-Big Ten recognition on Tuesday. She was joined on the first team by Kennedy Martin, while Maggie Mendelson made the second team. Additionally, Addie Lyon was selected as the team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award representative. Grimes is the first-ever recipient of the Big Ten Libero of the Year honor. The conference previously awarded a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award, which was last won by a Penn State player in back-to-back seasons by ...
