🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Penn State softball is getting ready to clock in for work!

What else is brewing in today’s Brew?

✏️ Academic success
🏈 Program trailblazer
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Classroom Cheer. Penn State student-athletes did more than dominate on the playing field this past fall, they also crushed it in the classroom!

The Nittany Lions had 581 students (70%) with a 3.0 semester GPA, 298 Dean’s List honorees (3.5 semester GPA), and an overall department GPA of 3.24.

📰 READ MORE: PSU Student-Athletes Post Another Outstanding Academic Performance In 2023 Fall Semester

🔺 Trailblazer. Wally Triplett, the first African-American starter in Penn State football history, is one of the most important figures in Penn State Athletics history.

🔺 It’s A Major Award. For the second week in a row, Penn State men’s volleyball has swept the weekly EIVA awards!

Michal Kowal was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week, and Ryan Merk was named Defensive Player of the Week.

🏐 READ MORE: Kowal, Merk Earn EIVA Weekly Awards

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Talk It Out. Penn State women’s gymnast Grace Harrell joined the Let’s Go State podcast to discuss her journey in the sport as a black student-athlete during Black History Month.

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Wednesday, February 7

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