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Penn State baseball player Michael Anderson collects Big Ten honor

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State baseball senior Michael Anderson was honored with an All-Big Ten first-team selection as a utility player on Tuesday. PSU redshirt senior Ben DeMell was Penn State’s Sportsmanship Award honoree. Anderson is Penn State’s 18th All-Big Ten first-team honoree. Joining Paxton Kling in 2025, Penn State has first-team All-Big Ten selections in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2011-12. Oneacre named Penn State softball freshman third baseman Allison Oneacre garnered additional national acclaim on Tuesday afternoon, with the rookie infielder ...

PSU Altoona athlete picks up more honors

More postseason softball honors rolled in on Friday when Penn State Altoona junior outfielder Riley Best was selected to the second team of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-Region VII team. Best, a Glendale graduate, becomes the fifth player in Penn State Altoona softball history to earn All-Region honors from the NFCA. Last week, the junior outfielder was announced as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection. Best played in all 40 games this season, her first with the Penn State Altoona ...

Robinson Fruchtl back with Lady Lions

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball program announced the hiring of former Lady Lion standout Susan Robinson Fruchtl as an assistant on coach Tanisha Wright’s staff for the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Robinson Fruchtl, who has worked at Penn State since 2021, will take on ...

Glendale graduate wins AMCC top honor in softball

A total of six Penn State Altoona softball student-athletes earned All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference recognition on Tuesday, when the league office released its postseason awards in the sport. Headlining the All-AMCC honors was junior outfielder Riley Best, a Glendale High School ...

Penn State basketball coach Mike Rhoades adds veteran assistant coach

UNIVERSITY PARK –– Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades announced the hiring of Dwayne “DJ” Stephens as assistant coach ahead of the 2026-27 season on Tuesday. Stephens spent the last four seasons as the head coach at Western Michigan and comes to Happy Valley with nearly 30 years of college coaching experience, including 19 years of Big Ten experience. Known as one of the nation’s top recruiters and player development coaches, Stephens played a key role in the development of numerous NBA players, including Draymond Green, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Miles Bridges ...

Mounties knock off Lady Lions in AMCC softball

DuBOIS –– The No. 2 seed Penn State Altoona softball team competed on day two of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship tournament, getting upset by No. 6 seed Mount Aloysius, 4-0, Thursday. The Lady Lions will play Pitt-Bradford at 2 p..m. while Mount Aloysius takes ...