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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State junior quarterback Drew Allar was named to the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List on Thursday.
The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award.
Warren on Mackey list
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State senior tight end Tyler Warren was tabbed to the Mackey Award Watch List on Thursday.
The John Mackey Award is presented annually to the top tight end in college football.
Gavin Bartholomew Named to John Mackey Award Watch List
Pitt TE recognized
PITTSBURGH -- Pitt senior tight end Gavin Bartholomew was named to the John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List, it was announced Friday. The prestigious honor is presented annually to the most outstanding tight end in college football.
A native of Schuylkill Haven and graduate of Blue Mountain High School, Bartholomew has now been named to the John Mackey award Preseason Watch List for the third consecutive season.
The 6-5, 250-pound tight end was also named to the Shrine Bowl 1000 watch list as a top candidate for the all-star game.
PSAC rankings
LOCK HAVEN -- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference released the 2024 Preseason Football Coaches' polls today (Aug. 8), and the Lock Haven football team was picked fifth in the PSAC Eastern Division.
The preseason ranking is the highest for Lock Haven in the last 20 years.
Kutztown received six of eight first-place votes and was tabbed by the coaches as the preseason favorite in the Eastern Division. Shepherd and East Stroudsburg each grabbed one first-place vote to rank second overall and third, respectively.
Rounding out the Eastern Division rankings was: West Chester, Lock Haven, Millersville, Shippensburg and Bloomsburg.
In the Western Division, Slippery Rock earned six of seven first-place votes and was selected as the preseason favorite. California (Pa.) was slated No. 2, while Indiana (1) and Gannon rounded out the top-four in the West. Seton Hill, Edinboro and Clarion round out the final seven spots in the Western Division.
The 2024 season will mark the third for the Bald Eagles under head coach Dan Mulrooney.
In his second season -- last season (2023) -- at The Haven, Coach Mulrooney led the Bald Eagles to a remarkable turnaround, as Lock Haven finished the 2023 season with five wins, marking the first five-win season since 1982.
Lock Haven ended the 2023 season with a 5-6 overall record and finished PSAC Eastern Division play with a 3-4 record with wins over Millersville, Bloomsburg and Shippensburg.
The Haven entered this season coming off back-to-back one-win seasons, and the Bald Eagles had won a combined four games in the previous three seasons prior to last fall (2023).