In light of the tragic loss of Penn State sophomore Vitalya "Tally" Sepot after a THON canning trip in September, family and close friends established the Tally Sepot Memorial Award. The award will be given to a student "who demonstrates outstanding service to THON and Penn State."
The Tewaaraton award recognizes the top performing men's and women's lacrosse player of the year. This year, Penn State's junior attacker Nick Aponte and senior midfielder Madison Cyr were both nominated.
Women's lacrosse's Madison Cyr was recently named National Player of the week by Epoch/Lacrosse magazine after an outstanding performance against Northwestern.
Men's lacrosse suffered another overtime loss, this time at the hands of Johns Hopkins 12-11 in front of a record setting crowd Sunday night.
With Daniel Wilcko and Katrina Helcoski placing first in NIRCA's Half Marathon race, Penn State Club Cross Country can add another impressive accolade to it's already successful and dynamic program.
Former Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg is set to be featured on ESPN's Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL and Gruden's QB Camp later on this month prior to the 2016 NFL Draft.