Urschel has teamed up with Penn State graduate Jim Trexler, director of the Mathnasium of Roland Park, on a new scholarship program that will award six-month scholarships to area high school students in Baltimore.
The 16-time defending EIVA conference champion men's volleyball team opened the 2015 season on a sour note, dropping its first two matches of the season to No. 8 UC Irvine and No. 10 Hawaii for a last-place finish at the Outrigger Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Casey Bailey's hat trick helped Penn State erase a four-goal third period deficit, but Ohio State stole the first game at Pegula Arena in over two months, winning in overtime, 5-4.
The Lady Lions dropped yet another game in what's quickly becoming a season to forget, losing their fifth straight game to Wisconsin by 19 points, 65-46, on Tuesday night in Madison to remain winless in the Big Ten.
Junior tight end Jesse James will forgo his senior season to enter the 2015 NFL Draft, joining offensive tackle Donovan Smith and defensive end Deion Barnes as the other Nittany Lions to forfeit a final year of eligibility to enter the professional ranks.
Penn State men's basketball shot a nightmarish 28.8 percent from the field, including a paltry 5-for-27 from downtown, committed 12 turnovers, and sent Rutgers to the charity stripe 28 times, falling to the Scarlet Knights 50-46 on Saturday night in Piscataway.