The left-handed defenseman started the 2017-18 season with Merrimack, but will join Penn State next season after returning to the USHL.
The longtime Penn State employee will take over Tim Bream's former position in early March after he resigns.
Sturtz joined alumnus David Goodwin as the second player to score 100 points as a Nittany Lion.
Tony Carr averaged 21.3 points per game and shot 46 percent from the field on the way to his first Player Of The Week award as a Nittany Lion.
A strong week of play earned the NCAA Tournament hopefuls six votes in this week's AP Poll entering the final week of the regular season.
Tony Carr finished the game with 19 points, but the Nittany Lions didn't quite have enough to take down the sixth-ranked Boilermakers in West Lafayette.