UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State sophomore Aiden Fink was named a Top-10 Finalist for the 2025 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as announced on the NHL Network Wednesday.

The award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey and Fink becomes the first Nittany Lion to be recognized as a finalist.

Earlier this week, Fink became the seventh Nittany Lion to earn First-Team All-Conference recognition and the first since 2020 while becoming the first unanimous selection Penn State has ever had.

Fink’s 52 points this season are a new Penn State single-season record and are tops in the Big Ten and are good for second nationally while his 1.41 points per game pace the nation. Fink’s 29 assists also rank atop the Big Ten and are tied for sixth nationally while his 23 goals are second in the conference and also tied for sixth in the nation. His assist total is the most in a single-season in Penn State history with his 23 goals tying for the top spot.

The Calgary, Alberta native is just the third Nittany Lion all time to reach 40 points and 20 goals in the same season.

He is also the only Nittany Lion icer to ever begin his career with back-to-back 30+-point seasons as well.

Pennington milestone

MIAMI — Altoona native Bobby Pennington coached his 700th career collegiate tennis match on Tuesday.

Pennington has been the men’s and women’s coach at Colgate University since 2006 after two previous years as the Juniata College men’s and women’s coach.

The Colgate men’s team fell to No. 34-ranked Miami on Tuesday afternoon, 7-0, and dropped to 8-6 this season.

Pennington has won 330 matches while at Colgate.

“Great experience for the men today to play a top 35 team in a gorgeous facility on a spectacular campus,” Pennington said. “Overall, Miami, by far, is the best team on our schedule and elite. Hopefully, it was a good prep for Bucknell Sunday.”

Pennington is a 1997 AAHS graduate and 2001 grad of Kalamazoo College in Michigan.

Local golf winners

The team of Jeromie Yeoman, Ryan Magill and Cory Despot won the championship of the TGL Simulator Golf League held at the Park Hills Country Club.

The trio won the title on the 15th and final hole.

Finishing second was the team of Travis Baker, Travis Funcheon and Nick Lytle, followed by the team of Alan Mackey, Tobe Mentzer and Brady Naylor.