🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! You could have five or six cups of coffee today, or you could watch this hype video that Coach Franklin posted over the weekend.

They would probably have the same affect!

What else did we launch into today’s Brew?

⚽ Gang’s all here
⚾️ Professional pitcher
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Rounding Out The Roster. Five different countries are represented between the 10 newest members of the Penn State men’s soccer freshman class, which was just announced by head coach Jeff Cook.

🇺🇸 Conrad Brady, Tyler Flynn, Caden Grabfelder, Ben Madore and Morgan Marshall

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Freddie Bell

🇨🇦 Mohamed Cisset

🇲🇽 Diego Diaz

🇸🇪 Fredrick Grundin

📰 Head Coach Jeff Cook Finalizes 2023 Men’s Soccer Class

🔺 Pen To Paper. Daniel Ouderkirk is the newest member of the Seattle Mariners organization!

Ouderkirk, drafted in the 18th round of this summer’s MLB Draft, signed with Seattle over the weekend to officially start his professional career.

The big 6-foot-9 righty struck out 57 hitters in just 39.2 innings this spring for the Nittany Lions.

🔺 Legendary Linebacker. We are Dan Connor days away from Penn State football kicking off its season against West Virginia!

Connor is one of the best linebackers in Penn State history, otherwise known as Linebacker University. He is the all-time leading tackler in Nittany Lion history, and a winner of the Bednarik Award.

40 more days until Penn State football!

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Top Of The List. We just told you Dan Connor is the leading tackler in Penn State history.

So, how many tackles did he record in the blue and white?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

Happy Valley Hoopers. The full TBT roster for the Penn State alumni team is in, and IT. IS. AWESOME.

To get ready for The Basketball Tournament, the Happy Valley Hoopers were in the gym recently getting some run with the current group of Nittany Lions.

And oh by the way, they start play today in the single-elimination, winner-take-all tournament - the Happy Valley Hoopers play The Nerd Team in Syracuse at 4 p.m.

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday, August 17

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. North Carolina @ 8 p.m. (Home Opener)

Thursday, August 24

⚽ Men’s Soccer at Pittsburgh @ 7 p.m. (Season Opener)

Friday, August 25

🏑 Field Hockey at Virginia @ 6 p.m.

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Florida @ 8 p.m.

Saturday, September 2

🏈 Football vs. West Virginia @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 419!

Connor is the only player in school history to cross the 400-tackle threshold.

🦁 Have a good start to your week, y’all.