It was an up and down season that included low points such as the blowout road loss in Columbus and high points like upset victories over ranked opponents in Michigan and Wisconsin. In the end, the Nittany Lions finished 7-5 and posted another winning record under Bill O'Brien's leadership in the sanction era. Let's take a look back at the season and hand out five awards to some of the more outstanding players on the team in 2013.
Christian Hackenberg and Sam Ficken earned Big Ten Conference Player of the Week honors for their performances in the season opener Saturday against Syracuse at MetLife Stadium. Ficken was named the conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his three field goal game. Hackenberg is the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after a very strong first career game.
It it is pretty safe to say that MIT knows a little bit about engineering. So, our Engineering Leadership Development Minor being mentioned as an “example of good practice” in a recent MIT review on engineering leadership education is a pretty big deal. You can find a link to the article here, though I must […]
Penn State Athletics finished 19th nationally in the 2008-2009 Director’s Cup standings for Division I programs. The final results were released yesterday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The Director’s Cup is awarded to the school whose athletic program is successful in all NCAA acknowledged sports, with equal weight placed on all […]