"These past three years have been some of the most memorable years of my life," Whigan wrote online.
Copening ranks as a three-star prospect and the No. 14 overall Class of 2021 recruit from Connecticut, according to 247Sports.
Penn State is one of six Big Ten teams ranked in the season's first poll.
The organization will light luminary vigil bags, which are typically associated with other cancer-fighting efforts like Relay for Life, in commemoration of those gone too soon.
Hilling is set to graduate from Penn State in May with a bachelor’s degree in Russian
From January 31 to February 6, Penn State's Theatre Studies B.A. Society will present a new student-written play every day.