What gift do you get for that Penn State fan who has everything?

Consider a floorboard.

Feeding the ravenous demand for school merchandise, Penn State is now selling slices of the old Rec Hall basketball floor.

"My understanding is that they're being sold very well," said John Greene, associate director of development for athletics.

Plaques featuring pieces of the old floor — which was replaced this summer — are now available in three sizes. Prices range from $35 to $119, and the profits will support athletic scholarships, Greene said.

The plaques read "Historic Oak Floor," a claim that will win no award for accuracy.

Both the old floor and the replacement floor are maple, not oak, said Office of Physical Plant spokesperson Paul Ruskin.

"As long as they know it came from Rec Hall, I think that's enough," said Jim Vivian, president of the Laminating Company of Indiana, known as LamCo for short, which manufactured the plaques.

Vivian was reluctant to point fingers, but indicated that the oak mistake wasn't the fault of his company.

Whatever the plaques say, the old floor does have a bit of history behind it.

It was installed during a Rec Hall renovation in 1964. For decades, Penn State athletes competed in basketball, volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics and other events on the floor.

"A lot of people have a lot of memories from that building," Greene said.

Last summer, when the old floor was due to be replaced, Penn State contacted LamCo about mounting and selling the pieces of floor.

Vivian rented a Ryder rental truck to haul the floor from State College to his company's headquarters in Indianapolis.

LamCo has also preserved gymnasium floors for about a dozen other schools, Vivian said.

Vivian said a typical floor can produce about 8,000 to 10,000 plaques. He said there will be an ample supply to last through the holiday season. Orders are being taken through a Web site (www.historicfloor. com).