🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning, Nittany Lions! Introducing your 2025 Penn State football captains!

What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?

🏈 All-Americans
⚽️ MacBean makes the list
🦁 And much, much more!

🦁 BEHIND THE LION 
With Ben Liscum and Caroline Jurevicius

Behind The Lion host Ben Liscum sits down with Penn State women’s volleyball national champion Caroline Jurevicius!

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 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Best of the Best. Penn State football landed four Nittany Lions on the CBS Sports Preseason All-American team — Nicholas Singleton, Zane Durant and Olaivavega Ioane all earned First Team honors, while Nick Dawkins landed on the Second Team!

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Monday, August 18
🎡 Centre County Grange Fair

Tuesday, August 19
🍽 Chef’s Route 66 Dinner

Wednesday, August 20
🎶 Live After 5 on the Plaza

Thursday, August 21
⛳️ Donald Ross Day
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Stetson @ 5 p.m. | B1G+
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Saint Louis @ 8 p.m. | B1G+

🔺 Representing. Penn State football’s Olaivavega Ioane has been named to the Polynesian Player of the Year Award watch list!

🔺 Hall of Famer. We have 12 days until Penn State football is back on the field for its season opener at home against Nevada on August 30!

Kerry Collins, who wore No. 12 for the Nittany Lions from 1991-94, threw for more than 5,000 yards and 39 touchdowns for Penn State. Collins was the 1994 winner of the Maxwell Award as the National Player of the Year and was elected into the National Football Foundation’s College Hall of Fame in 2018.

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Premier Player. Penn State women’s soccer’s Kaitlyn MacBean has been named to the Hermann Trophy watch list, cementing herself as one the best players in the country!

⚽️ READ MORE: MacBean Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List

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