Von Walker Offered Scholarship
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA./GoPSUSports.com – Junior Von Walker (Mill Hall, Pa.) has made the most of his time as a run-on linebacker for the Penn State football team. That hard work has culminated in a scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year by head coach James Franklin this week. “Von Walker is the example of everything that represents Penn State football,” Franklin said. “He is blue collar, hard-nosed, works his butt off day in and day out and always has positive energy at practice. He has improved as much as anybody on our team since we arrived. Make no mistake about it,…
PSU at OSU in Prime Time
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; April 23, 2015 – For the fourth consecutive season, Penn State and Ohio State will meet under the lights on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. The teams will meet at Ohio Stadium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17. Previously announced, the Nittany Lions will host Rutgers in primetime on the Big Ten Network on Saturday, Sept. 19. The kick time is to be determined. In addition to airing on the ABC/ESPN family of networks, the game will also be available on the Penn State Sports Network and GoPSUsports.com. The Penn State-Ohio State clash annually is one of…
Blue-White Parking Info
2015 Blue-White Game Public Parking Map UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; April 14, 2015 – Penn State officials have announced traffic and parking information for Saturday’s Blue-White Football Game presented by AAA in Beaver Stadium. Coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions will culminate the 15 spring practices with the game kicking at 4:00 p.m. As in previous years, there will be no admission or game day parking fee for the Blue-White Game presented by AAA. The overnight RV lot off Park Avenue opens Friday, April 17 at 8 a.m. and is $60, cash only. Beaver Stadium parking lots will open on…
Brown Wins National Championship
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Penn State senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) added yet another wrestling national title to Penn State’s growing list of accomplishments with a thrilling 5-4 win over Pittsburgh’s Tyler Wilps in the NCAA finals. Brown, a three-time All-American, earned his first NCAA title with the victory after coming up short in the finals as a sophomore. Brown’s win was capped off by a lengthy delay as the match ended with each bench challenging a bout deciding call. In the end, Penn State’s challenge won the day and Brown walked away with a 5-4 win and…
Penn State Beats Iowa, next Purdue on Friday
Penn State, the 13th-seed in the Big Ten Tournament, won their third in a row 68-65 over 5th seeded Iowa. The Nittany Lions season continues Friday afternoon in the Big Ten quarterfinals against the 4th seed, Purdue. Airtime on WKOK is at 2 pm.
Chambers Reprimanded by Big Ten, University Fined $10K
Big Ten Release – The Big Ten office today issued a public reprimand of Penn State men’s basketball head coach Patrick Chambers for violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy following Penn State’s game against Maryland on Feb. 14. In addition, the conference announced that the institution has been fined $10,000 as a result of the violation. The Big Ten determined that Chambers’ post game comments regarding officials were in violation of Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01, which states in part that “The Big Ten Conference expects all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental…
Full Bowl Share in 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa./GoPSUSports.com – The Big Ten and the Council of Presidents/Chancellors issued a decision on Feb. 11 to restore Penn State’s share of the conference bowl revenues for the upcoming football season. In 2013 and 2014, as part of sanctions put in place by the Big Ten, Penn State’s share of the conference’s bowl revenues were divided equally among 12 Big Ten schools and were distributed to child-focused organizations in their local communities. Penn State also used bowl revenues from 2012 to support related causes. “We are grateful to the Big Ten and the Council of Presidents and Chancellors…
