Penn State Sports Magazine
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W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 1 s t For the first time in program history, Penn State made the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament in consecutive seasons. A year ago, PSU topped Colgate in the first round to book its trip to An- napolis, Md., for a quarterfinal matchup against two-time defending national champion Notre Dame. And on May 9, this year's team advanced to the quarters with a 10-6 win over Army West Point. The victory over the Black Knights was only the fifth in 34 meetings between the two teams in a series that dates back to 1922. However, Nittany Lions coach Jeff Tambroni is 8-1 all time against Army, including a 2-0 mark at PSU. 3 : 3 7. 8 4 Allon Clay's win- ning time in the 1,500-meter run at the Larry Ellis Invita- tional on May 1 at Princeton. The gradu- ate middle-distance standout from Fu- jisawa, Japan, shaved nearly a second off the school record, which had belonged to Brannon Kidder since 2014. 5 t h Penn State's ranking among Big Ten teams in ESPN.com's survey of how every Power Four team has fared this offseason. Writers Eli Leder- man, Max Olson and Adam Rittenberg noted that "the aftershocks of [James] Franklin's firing impacted the staff," but added that Matt Campbell "brought the core of his Iowa State roster and staff to Penn State, giving the team a foundation for Year 1 and buying some time for the recruiting situation to settle down." The Lions trailed Indiana, Oregon, USC and Ohio State in the Big Ten rank- ings, with Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois rounding out the top 10. 8 Number of schools that have won at least 10 NCAA team champion- ships since 2015-16 while also posting a Graduation Success Rate of 90 percent or higher in the 2025 report. The others are Florida, North Carolina, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC and Virginia. Penn State had a record-tying 93 per- cent GSR in the most recent report, with 13 of its teams achieving a 100 percent rating. 61 RBI by freshman third baseman ALLISON ONEACRE, the highest single-season total in Penn State soft- ball history. During a record-breaking debut season at PSU, the Alpharetta, Ga., native had 18 home runs, the most ever by a first-year Nittany Lion and just two short of the program record. A first-team All-Big Ten selection, she tied for the team lead with a .367 bat- ting average and paced the Lions with her slugging (.797) and on-base (.492) percentages. 4 1 6 Points amassed by the Penn State women's lacrosse team during the 2026 season. In their first campaign under head coach Kayla Treanor, the Nittany Lions had 148 more points (goals and assists) than they did in 2025. One year after rank- ing seventh in the Big Ten with a shot percentage of 39.8, the Lions led the league in that category at 48.0 percent. 9 5 7 The Penn State football team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate score, as detailed in the 2024-25 report that was released by the NCAA in early May. The APR tracks team-wide academic performance, with players earning points for maintaining their eligibility, stay- ing enrolled and graduating. Penn State's score ranked 18th in the Big Ten. Ohio State led the confer- ence with a 1,000 APR score, followed by Michigan (996), Minnesota (995), Northwestern (993) and Iowa (992). Ten PSU teams had 1,000 APR scores in the 2024-25 Division I survey: men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis, men's ice hockey, men's volleyball, women's golf, wom- en's gymnastics, women's swimming, and wom- en's track and field. $ 8 8 .9 2 m i l l i o n Penn State's disbursement from the Big Ten's revenue-sharing plan for the 2024-25 athletic year. According to The Athletic and ESPN, the league took in $1.47 billion, primarily from its media- rights deals, of which $1.37 billion went to its 18 schools. Buoyed by the football team's ap- pearance in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Penn State received the Big Ten's second-largest payout, trailing only Ohio State, which banked $91.55 million. The average share was $76.1 million, and the league's two most re- cent entries — Oregon and Washington — received smaller cuts. By The Numbers J U N E / J U L Y 2 0 2 6 15 PHOTO BY MARK SELDERS/PENN STATE ATHLETICS