Sports

Donahue named Ivy Coach of the Year

The Ivy League has announced its 2017-18 All-Ivy teams, and Penn was well-represented as Head Coach Steve Donahue was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year while three players received All-Ivy recognition.

Coach Dolan, Dobson earn mid-Atlantic regional awards

The awards keep coming for the Penn women’s track and field program after an historic indoor season, as Director of Track and Field Steve Dolan and Assistant Coach Porscha Dobson both earned Mid-Atlantic Regional awards.

By the Numbers: Student athletes

Student-athletes come to Penn not just to be members of the University’s NCAA Division I athletic programs, but also to receive one of the finest undergraduate educations in the world.



In the News


Philadelphia Inquirer

These Penn Relays will have more prestige in the track world, and more prize money for stars

This year’s Penn Relays again will have a set of races with big international stars on Saturday, and though exact numbers weren’t provided, the increase in prize money more than doubles what it was before.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

She graduated from Penn in 2023. Now, she’s the Quakers’ director of football operations

Jordyn Hall is Penn’s director of football operations, a role she’s had since last spring when she was a fourth-year student.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

After a back injury, this Penn senior’s record-breaking track success is ‘a long time coming’

Penn fourth-year Isabella Whittaker has set multiple program and Ivy League records this season and has Olympic hopes.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

For Penn’s wrestling team, an ‘innovative’ succession plan from one program legend to another

Matt Valenti will take over the Penn wrestling program in 2025-26, when longtime coach Roger Reina will move into an emeritus role for one season before retiring from coaching.

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Marketplace (NPR)

The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark

Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged.

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