Seniors David Goodwin and Abby Smucker earned Penn State’s prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor, on of the conference's most exclusive awards.
Nittany Lions in the Community
Approximately 80 Penn State coaches and staff volunteered more than 100 hours of community service in several engagement activities for yet another successful Penn State #GivingTuesday.
COMPETITIVE SUCCESS
making History
Football made its first appearance at the Big Ten Championship Game, with men's hockey also earning its first Big Ten Tournament title in program history.
Penn State engineered a thrilling 21-point comeback to defeat No. 6 Wisconsin, 38-31, to win the Big Ten Championship, leading up to its fourth Rose Bowl Game appearance in program history.
Men's hockey won three games in three days as freshman Liam Folkes' game-winner in double OT clinched a 2-1 win against Wisconsin for a Big Ten title, securing the first NCAA Tournament bid in program history.
LACROSSE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
Penn State men's and women's lacrosse both earned spots in the 2017 NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.
Women's lacrosse topped Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinals to advance to a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA national semifinals at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
historic giving
Ken Panzer, a 1982 Penn State graduate (former men's lacrosse co-captain), and his long-time business partner at Douglas Emmett, Jordan Kaplan, committed a gift of $3.55 million to transform the current lacrosse field into a world-class stadium.
ONE FOR THE AGES
FACILITIES MASTER PLAN
Penn State unveiled its 20-year Facilities Master Plan, a strategy designed as a road map to meeting needs that will deliver a combination of new and renovated venues.
Among highlights, the Facilities Master Plan identifies five priority projects during the initial five years - falling in the next five-year capital plan - the first four of which are new construction.
- Center of Excellence
- Indoor practice facility
- 10-lane, 50-meter Natatorium
- 10-court Indoor Tennis Facility
- Renovation and upgrades to Jeffrey Field (men's and women's soccer facility)
#PSURio
Penn State sent a school record contingent of 25 to Rio, which included 18 competitors (16 student-athletes), three coaches and four alternates, representing the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Japan and the U.S. Virgin Islands.