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Blue & White Brew 4/2: Kelly Mazzante Is Back!
The Lady Lions' all-time leading scorer is back in Happy Valley!
Penn State Brew Crew
April 02, 2026
🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics
Good morning, Nittany Lions! Penn State baseball’s Wednesday game against UCF was washed away by inclement weather.
What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?
🤸♀️ Ready for Regionals
🥎 Super shortstop
🦁 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Regional Ready! No. 20 Penn State women’s gymnastics competes at the Arizona State Regional of the NCAA Championships today, with competition set to begin at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+!
🤸♀️ PREVIEW: No. 20 Penn State Earns NCAA Tournament Berth
🔺 Mazzante Is Back! Penn State women’s basketball head coach Tanisha Wright has announced the addition of Lady Lion legend Kelly Mazzante as an assistant coach on her staff!
Mazzante and Wright played together for three seasons (2001-04) for the Lady Lions. She returns to Penn State with 12 years of collegiate coaching experience, including her most recent three-year stint at Georgetown.
🔺 Fantastic First Year! Penn State men’s gymnast Shaun Smith is the Big Ten Freshman of the Year!
He becomes the fifth Penn State gymnast to earn Freshman of the Year honors, and the first since Sam Zakutney was recognized in the 2017 season. In addition to Smith’s recognition, junior Landon Simpson was the Penn State representative on the Sportsmanship Award team.
🤸♀️ READ MORE: Men’s Gymnastics’ Smith Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year
🔺 B1G Performance! Penn State men’s lacrosse’s Jack Iannantuono has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after registering two goals and two assists in the Nittany Lions’ win over No. 8 Ohio State last weekend!
🥍 READ MORE: Iannantuono Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week
🔺 Double Dip! Penn State track and field collected a pair of weekly awards on Wednesday from the Big Ten — Ajani Dwyer is the men’s Track Athlete of the Week and Marie-Eloise LeClair is the women’s Track Athlete of the Week!
👟 READ MORE: LeClair, Dwyer Earn B1G Weekly Awards
🔺 Weekly Winner! Penn State men’s tennis’ Kyle Chesman is the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after picking up singles wins last week against Northwestern and Illinois!
🦁 ONE BIG THING
🔺 Super Shortstop! Penn State freshman infielder Allison Oneacre has been tabbed the No. 5 shortstop in the country by Softball America!
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🦁 Have a great Thursday, everyone!