"For me, personally, as a Black African American on the team, it's incredible to know that history and to carry on that history in today's modern times."
Voting is now open and closes on Wednesday, November 29.
This is the Nittany Lions' 43rd straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Kern's dunk went over the head of 6'7" Texas A&M forward Andersson Garcia and began a momentum shift for the Nittany Lions' second half offensive push.
Erica Dambach clinched her seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen berth, which is tied for the longest active streak in Division I women's soccer.
Morett-Curtiss chatted about her experience as a two-sport student-athlete at Penn State, what it was like to play in the Olympics, and how she made Happy Valley her home.