All-America gymnast to captain Team USA

Penn State men's gymnastics assistant coach Kevin Tan has been selected to captain the U.S. National Team when it participates in the 2006 World Championships from Oct. 14-22 at NRGi Arena in Aarhus, Denmark. Tan was chosen to lead the team from among a roster of 15 athletes who will represent the United States in the international competition.

Competing as a member of Team Chevron, Tan qualified for the U.S. National Team by capturing first place in the still rings at the 2006 Visa Championships held in St. Paul, Minn. in mid-August.

A member of Penn State's 2004 NCAA championship team, Tan was the Nittany Lions' first back-to-back NCAA champion on the still rings, earning titles in 2003 and 2004. A six-time All-American, Tan is entering his second season as an assistant at Penn State.

During his senior year in 2004, Tan was one of the premier collegiate gymnasts in the nation, qualifying as a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award. He was an all-conference selection, winning both the still rings and parallel bars crowns at the 2004 Big Ten Championships. His still rings title was his third-consecutive conference championship in the event. During his collegiate career, Tan never finished lower than third place on the rings at a Big Ten Championship.

Also selected to compete for the United States at the World Championships were Guillermo Alvarez, Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, David Durante, Jason Gatson, Sean Golden, Joseph Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Tim McNeill, David Sender, Justin Spring, Clay Strother, Yewki Tomita, and Sean Townsend.

Honors keep coming for freshman Glass

On the same day when she earned her first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week award, Penn State women's volleyball freshman setter Alisha Glass also picked up national honors as the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week.

Glass becomes the first Penn State freshman and only the third player ever in the history of the Nittany Lion women's volleyball program to earn the national honor. AVCA All-American Syndie Nadeau earned the award on Nov. 8, 2004, and three-time AVCA All-American Sam Tortorello picked up the accolade on Oct. 3, 2005.