Gough was selected by her teammates and head coach Jeff Kampersal, per a team press release.
Things less common than a country music artist hitting Happy Valley? Failing a test at the Pollock Testing Center.
Penn State is ranked as the fourth-best Big Ten team in the poll
"We're going to ask these guys to do a lot more. We're going to ask them to be better than they were a year before."
Curtis Jacobs and Abdul Carter were named to the Butkus Award watch list, while Kalen King was tabbed for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award watch list.
Mercury announced a new "NIL-driven content network" focused on Penn State along with an annual six-figure funding pledge to Happy Valley United.