🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning, Nittany Lions! Football came in at No. 3 in the Preseason Coaches Poll!

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

🏈 Happy Valley Heaven
🏀 Cleante signs with Lady Lions
🦁 And much, much more!

🦁 QUITE FRANKLIN: EPISODE 1

Coach Franklin talks transfer portal, locker room trust, and why building men > building hype. The first episode of Quite Franklin is live.

 📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Lions On Watch. A trio of Penn State football standouts found themselves on award watch lists on Monday — quarterback Drew Allar and running back Nicholas Singleton were tabbed to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watch list, while long snapper Tyler Duzansky was named to the Mannelly Award watch list.

🏈 READ MORE: Allar, Duzansky, Singleton Land On Watch Lists

🔺 Heaven On Earth. There’s nothing quite like Happy Valley as football season approaches!

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We’re looking back on this year’s Top Performances in Performance of the Year brought to you by Thompson Creek Window Company! For the next 12 weeks, you’ll decide who wins the Performance of the Year by voting for your favorite performance in our 16 best performances bracket!

Last week, the Penn State women’s volleyball team was voted onto the next round over Penn State wrestling’s Greg Kerkvliet in the Week 8 head-to-head matchup, concluding the first-round matchups.

ELITE EIGHT MATCHUP #1:

• Penn State wrestling’s Carter Starocci: Starocci became a five-time NCAA champion this year in Philadelphia, and was named the 2025 NCAA Most Outstanding Wrester.

• Penn State men’s hockey’s Arsenii Sergeev: Sergeev set the Penn State single-season record for shutouts with his fourth against No. 19/20 Wisconsin, helping to lead the Nittany Lions to a sweep of the Badgers.

🔺 Return Man. We have 25 days until Penn State football is back on the field for its season opener at home against Nevada on August 30!

Daequan Hardy, who wore No. 25 at Penn State from 2019-23, earned second-team All-American honors at punt returner following his senior season after returning two punts for touchdowns and averaging 14.6 yards per return.

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Hoops Hype. Penn State women’s basketball coach Carolyn Kieger has announced the addition of Tea Cleante to the 2025-26 roster!

🏀 READ MORE: Tea Cleante Signs With Lady Lions

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🦁 Have a great Tuesday, everyone!