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33-inch vertical leap. "It was a mediocre day," he said. "I'm my hardest critic, so I feel like I could have done a lot of things bet- ter than what I did today. Looking back, I just felt like I could have done more. I don't know what I could have done. I just felt like I could have done more." Green said he plans to stick around State College for individual workouts. He said he's drawn inter- est from the Canadian Football League and will likely head north if he isn't able to claim a spot on an NFL roster. "Nothing is guaranteed," he said. "If it doesn't work out here, I'll be up in Canada playing ball." Wide receiver Derek Moye, tight end Andrew Szczerba, fullback Joe Suhey, cornerback D'Anton Lynn, safeties Drew Astorino and Nick Sukay, offensive linemen Chima Okoli and Quinn Barham, line- backer Nate Stupar and cornerback Chaz Powell were also among the seniors who worked out at Pro Day. Former players who participated in Pro Day included quarterback Daryll Clark, running back Tony Hunt and defensive end Maurice Evans. Clark only threw passes, but was said to have looked good in his workout and is hoping to get invited to a camp. – NATE BAUER FOOTBALL Trustees address Paterno's ouster More than four months after the dismissal of Joe Paterno, Penn State's board of trustees issued a statement March 12 to reiterate its reasons for firing the 85-year-old head coach. The board cited requests from members of the Penn State community "to state clearly its reasons for the difficult decisions that were made unanimously on the evening of Nov. 9, 2011." In the report, which was made public through the Penn State Openness website, the board said the "most important reason" to part ways with Paterno was due to the Grand Jury presentment and Paterno's sworn testimony within it. Although Paterno fulfilled his legal obligations to tell his superiors about potential sexual misconduct between a young boy and Jerry Sandusky, the board "determined that his decision to do his mini- mum legal duty and not to do more to follow up constituted a failure of leadership by Coach Paterno." In response, the Paterno family released a statement of their own in which they said they were "sur- prised and saddened that the Board of Trustees believes it is necessary and appropriate to explain - for the fourth or fifth time - why they fired Joe Paterno so suddenly and unjus- tifiably." The Paternos' statement, written by attorney Wick Sollers, continued: "The latest statement is yet another attempt by the board to deflect criti- cism of their leadership by trying to focus the blame on Joe Paterno. This is not fair to Joe's legacy; it is not consistent with the facts; and it does not serve the best interests of the university." The board's release included an apology for the method in which Paterno was fired. The longtime Nittany Lions coach was informed of his dismissal over the telephone because there was "no better alter- native." "Because Coach Paterno's home was surrounded by media represen- tatives, photographers and others, we did not believe there was a dig- nified, private and secure way to send Board representatives to meet with him there," the statement read. During the phone call, the board also anticipated telling Paterno that "his employment contract would continue, including all financial benefits and his continued status as a tenured faculty member," but Paterno hung up the before that message was conveyed. In their rebuttal, the family said the board's message contradicted its previous statements and that no further blame lies with Paterno, but rather with the members of the board. "They have simultaneously accused him of moral and leader- ship failures, and praised him for the high standards he set for the university," the Paterno family's W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L Harter eulogized as great teacher Dick Harter, the defensive mas- termind who spent five seasons at Penn State as part of a long and successful coaching career, died of cancer March 12 at his home in Hilton Head, S.C. He was 81 years old. Harter led the Nittany Lions to a 79-61 record in five sea- sons and guided the team to the 1980 NIT, its first postsea- son appearance in 14 years. He was known in Happy Valley for sparking a resurgence on the hardwood. During his tenure, he coached Nittany Lion stand- outs Frank Brickowski, Mike Lang, Tom Wilkinson, Dwight Gibson, Mike Edelman and Steve Kuhn. Overall, Harter compiled a 295-196 record in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach, with stops at Rider, Penn and Oregon in addition to Penn State. He coached the Quakers to two Ivy League titles during his tenure. After finding success in the college game, Harter moved on to the NBA. He served as an assistant coach in Detroit, Indiana, New York, Portland, Boston and Philadelphia. He was also the Charlotte Hornets' inau- gural head coach. His former players and col- leagues eulogized him as a mar- velous teacher and a strategic wiz. "He was a great coach, real- ly a defensive-minded coach, and he taught us a lot," Pacers forward Danny Granger said in a statement from the team. "He was a tough coach, but a great guy to be around." Born Oct. 14, 1930, in Pottstown, Pa., Harter was a for- mer U.S. Marine Corps lieu- tenant and a reserve guard at Penn before he graduated in 1953. He was inducted into three halls of fame: the Big Five Hall of Fame in Philadelphia, the University of Oregon Hall of Fame and the State of Pennsylvania (Pottstown Chapter) Hall of Fame. Monnie Brown dies, was PSU standout Former Penn State basketball player Monroe "Monnie" Brown died March 9 at age 41. The cause of his death has not offi- cially been released by police. According to a report in The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News, Brown's friends described him as distraught in the days leading up to his death and said he had been battling drugs. Brown was the leader of a Penn State team that won the Atlantic-10 title in 1991 and then upset UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament. "This whole thing just illus- trates that it doesn't matter what background you have," for- mer PSU coach Bruce Parkhill told The Patriot-News. "He had the greatest family support and he was a great kid. But if you make a wrong turn, you can end up in a really dark place." Frazier garners postseason acclaim Penn State junior guard Tim Frazier has been named to the All-District 7 second team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. His selec- tion marks the fourth consecu- tive season in which a Nittany Lion player has made the NABC All-District team. A first-team All-Big Ten selec- tion by the conference media, Frazier led the Big Ten with an average of 6.2 assists per game and finished second in scoring (18.8) and steals (2.4) in the conference while leading the Big Ten with 17 20-point games. A P R I L 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 5

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