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Hard work with Simone Sawyer
Simone Sawyer holds a basketball on her shoulder.

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Hard work with Simone Sawyer

The fourth-year guard on the women’s basketball team discusses playing basketball with her best friends, the responsibilities of a team captain, her most memorable game, and supporting well-being.

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Fran McCaffery, TJ Power, and the Penn Quakers are now the coolest story in Philly hoops

Fran McCaffery, TJ Power, and the Penn Quakers are now the coolest story in Philly hoops

“This was Fran McCaffery in the aftermath of Penn’s 88-84 overtime victory in the Ivy League tournament championship Sunday at Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y.: bespectacled and placid and content to be heading back to the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time with five programs. He was nothing like he often is on the sideline, where he can rage and yell and practically vibrate with intensity, and he was betraying little about what this game and its outcome had to mean to him.”

Hoop dreams with Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts holding a basketball at the entrance to the Palestra.

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Hoop dreams with Ethan Roberts

The fourth-year guard discusses how basketball is a microcosm for life, transferring to Penn, playing for Coach Fran McCaffery, and the pride he has in donning the Red & Blue.

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Hurrah for the Red and the Blue
From left, Coach Mike McLaughlin, Mataya Gayle, and President J. Larry Jameson.

Image: Don Felice/Penn Athletics

Hurrah for the Red and the Blue

On Saturday at the Palestra, President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. acknowledged Penn student-athletes for their remarkable achievements.

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Two Penn athletes earn Player of the Week accolades

Two Penn athletes earn Player of the Week accolades

Fourth-year men’s basketball guard Ethan Roberts was named Player of the Week by both the Ivy League and the Philadelphia Big 5, and fourth-year men’s football punter Santiago Sturla was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.

Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

Penn guard guard Michael Zanoni has been named the city series Player of the Week, his first Big 5 weekly honor as a member of the Quakers.

A hardcourt homecoming for Fran McCaffery
Fran McCaffery speaks with players during practice.

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A hardcourt homecoming for Fran McCaffery

Ahead of his debut as Quakers head coach on Nov. 7, the 1982 Wharton alumnus talks about returning to campus, the upcoming season, and how Wharton prepared him for success.

From Wharton Magazine

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