Opposite hitter Caleb Fries was tabbed as the AMCC’s Offensive Player of the Week, while middle blocker Landen Fisher was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week.
Penn State Altoona swimming head coach Brad Brooks was selected the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s Coach of the Year, and eight Lions men’s swimmers officially earned All-Conference status.
Penn State Altoona student-athlete Gabriel Lopez, of Wilmette, Illinois, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in men’s tennis on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
The Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team picked up its fourth weekly award of the season from the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference on Monday, Feb. 24, when the league office announced that opposite hitter Caleb Fries was its Offensive Player of the Week.
Penn State Altoona infielder Corey Chamberlain, of Claysburg, was selected the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in baseball on Monday, Feb. 24.
Penn State Altoona setter Mason Grover, of Penfield, New York, was announced as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week in men’s volleyball on Feb. 10.
A pair of Penn State Altoona student-athletes swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s weekly men’s volleyball awards on Feb. 3 as outside hitter Jack McKenna, of Manahawkin, New Jersey, was named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week and libero Adam Chan, of Framingham, Massachusetts, was chosen as its Defensive Player of the Week.
Jumper posted a 2-2 head-to-head record while finishing in fifth place in the 207 weight class during Sunday’s PA Women’s Collegiate State Championships at East Stroudsburg University.
Penn State Altoona student-athlete Hunter McMullen, of Colver, was announced as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Jan. 27. McMullen helped to lead the Lions to a 3-0 week that consisted of wins over nonconference opponents Lebanon Valley College, Juniata College and Elizabethtown College.
Selected to the Penn State Altoona Athletics Hall of Fame were Frank "Junie" Moore (men's basketball, 1947–1949), Reese Piper (men's basketball, 1971–1972), the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 women's basketball teams, Tony Petulla (baseball, 2005–2008), Jimmy Baum (baseball, 2009–2012) and Cord Heine (baseball, 2009–2012). Moore enters the Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Achievement Inductee. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, in the Adler Athletic Complex.
