The Penn State Mont Alto physical therapist assistant program takes a proactive approach to athlete health with the new Functional Movement Screening initiative.
The PSUAC Executive Committee voted unanimously to cancel all intercollegiate athletics competition for fall and winter team sports during the 2020-21 academic year. The sports affected by this decision include men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball, at Penn State Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Hazleton, Greater Allegheny, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Scranton, Schuylkill, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York.
Penn State Commonwealth Campuses Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Scranton, Schuylkill, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York will follow national movement among small conferences and push basketball competition to the spring semester due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Mont Alto baseball team has announced that four student-athletes have been named to the USCAA Spring All-Academic Team. Junior pitcher Ethan Slusser received the John Fritz Sportsmanship Award.
As the tally of conference championships grows and more teams get bids for national playoffs, student-athletes at Penn State Mont Alto have their eyes on a bigger prize: academic success.
A new award named after Penn State Mont Alto's longtime Director of Athletics Robert "Marty" Ogle will be presented annually to two current student-athletes, one male and one female, who have distinguished themselves throughout their Penn State Mont Alto careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletic prowess and leadership.
