Penn State Sports Magazine
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A P R I L 2 0 2 4 15 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M PENN STATE'S TOP PERFORMERS JOE KRENTZMAN & SON, INC. • Buyers and Brokers of Steel, Iron and Nonferrous Metals • Industrial Scrap Buyers • Container Service Available • Large Service Territory Since 1903 Lewistown, PA • Hollidaysburg, PA • DuBois, PA (800) 543-2000 • www.krentzman.net F irst i n S cra p Ace Baldwin Jr. — Men's Basketball Following a regular season in which he led the Big Ten and ranked fourth nationally with 8 4 s te a l s , B a l d w i n c l a i m e d t h e co n fe r- ence's Defensive Player of the Year honor and was also named a semifinalist for the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year Award. His average of 2.71 steals per game was the most by a Big Ten player since Northwestern's Pat Baldwin averaged 2.96 in 1993. The senior from Baltimore, who transferred to PSU from Virginia Com- monwealth last summer, became the third Nittany Lion to take home the league's top defensive honor, joining Josh Reaves (2019) and Calvin Booth (1998). Aiden Fink — Men's Ice Hockey F i n k b e c a m e t h e first Penn State player since 2017 to make the Big Ten All-Freshman team. The forward from Calgary, Alberta, was a unanimous selection, as well as an honorable mention all-conference choice after a debut season in which he led the Nit- tany Lions in points (34) and goals (15) and was tied for second in assists (19). Fink's points were the most this season by any Big Ten freshman, and his goals ranked second among first-year confer- ence players. He set a Penn State single-season re- cord with 8 power-play goals and was only the third freshman in program his- tory to surpass 30 points, joining De- nis Smirnov and Nate Sucese, both of whom did so in 2017. Tessa Janecke — Women's Ice Hockey J a n e c k e c o l l e c te d a trophy case full of awards after leading Penn State to the College Hockey America regu- lar-season and tourna- ment titles and a spot in the NCAA tourney. The sophomore forward from Orangeville, Ill., was saluted as CHA Player of the Year and Forward of the Year, was a first- team all-conference choice and was named one of 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which goes to the top player in Division I women's ice hockey. Janecke led the CHA in both points (53) and assists (36) and was tied for fifth in goals (17). She was invited to the U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp, which will take place March 27-30 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Ashley Owusu — Women's Basketball Despite playing in only 14 regular- season games for the Lady Lions, Owusu re- c e ive d s e c o n d - tea m All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches, along with an honorable mention nod from the media. Owusu, a Vir- ginia Tech transfer whose PSU debut was delayed until mid-January by an injury, averaged 18 points during the regular season, reaching double figures in all but one game. The graduate guard from Woodbridge, Va., went into the Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament ranked first on the Lady Lions in scoring and second in rebounding with an average of 5.9 boards per game. In addition, her 62 assists placed her third on the team even though she didn't play her first game until the Lady Lions visited Rutgers on Jan. 14. — Matt Herb Facebook: @BlueWhiteIllustrated Instagram: @bluewhiteillustrated X (Twitter): @PennStateOn3 YouTube: @bluewhiteillustratedvideo FOLLOW US: