Trio of Nittany Lions to play in Senior Bowl
Three Penn State standouts have accepted invitations to play in the 58th Senior Bowl on Saturday, January 27.
Tackle Levi Brown, tailback Tony Hunt and linebacker Paul Posluszny will represent the Nittany Lions in the Mobile, Ala. contest. The game will kick at 4 p.m. EST and air on NFL Network (Comcast Ch. 177, Centre Region).
The NFL Network also will have daily coverage of Senior Bowl practices from Jan. 22-25 and a pre-game show at 3 p.m. EST on Jan. 27.
A total of six Penn State football players will compete in 2007 all-star games. Defensive tackle Jay Alford, tackle Ed Johnson and end Tim Shaw played in Sunday's Hula Bowl.
Brown nominated for Lowe's CLASS Award
Senior post player Amanda Brown, fresh off her first career Big Ten Player of the Week award, is one of 30 Division I women's basketball players nominated for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. The award is presented annually to the NCAA Division I male and female senior basketball player who excels both on and off the court.
Brown joins Ohio State's Jessica Davenport and Purdue's Katie Gearlds as candidates from the Big Ten Conference.
Brown is the team's leading scorer at a 14.0 per game clip, which is also 10th in the Big Ten. She is second in the conference in rebounding (9.8) and fifth in field goal percentage (.553) and blocked shots (1.8).
The Montreal native recently became the 29th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points and is just the 16th player in Lady Lion history to have 1,000 points and 600 rebounds. In the classroom, Brown was a 2005-06 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten choice.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award launched during the 2001-02 season to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who remain committed to their university and pursue the many rewards a senior season can bring.
Assistant AD selected to local Hall of Fame
Assistant athletic director Jan Bortner has been selected for induction into the York Area Sports Hall of Fame.
The former Nittany Lions tennis player and coach graduated from York High in 1971 after winning the PIAA singles title in the same year.
In the summer of 1973 he returned to York to capture the York City/County singles title.
Bortner's induction will take place Jan. 24, at the 43rd annual York Sports Night.
While playing for Penn State until graduating in 1975, Bortner participated in the NCAA singles championships all four years and took the Eastern Collegiate singles title in 1973 and 1975.
As a coach for both the men's and women's tennis teams, Bortner amassed a 324-204 combined record in 24 years. Serving as the women's coach from 1982 until 1990, Bortner led the Lions to seven Atlantic 10 titles and one regional championship.
Bortner coached the men's team for 16 season's and helped the Lions earn their first-ever NCAA tournament berth.
During his tenure as a coach for Penn State, he earned the Eastern Region Intercollegiate Tennis Association Coach of the Year twice, in 1989 and again in 1996.
In 2005 Bortner was named assistant athletic director for non-revenue sports.
