In May 2020, a complaint had also been filed by a female fencing coach after Glon allegedly failed to report sexual misconduct allegations against his assistant coach, George Abashidze after an investigation by SafeSport into the same matter, he was ultimately required to serve a six-month term of probation for such failure. In April 2022, a former Penn State fencer had filed a complaint against Glon and the university alleging physical, verbal, and psychological abuse by Glon. In September 2022, Penn State placed head fencing coach Wes Glon on paid leave pending more information about restrictions imposed on him by USA Fencing. The woman who was the object of the misconduct sued Penn State in 2020, charging that it had tried to cover up the incident. A Penn State investigation into the matter confirmed the woman’s claims against Abashidze, but found that the assistant coach had not violated any university policies. Abashidze, after a United States Center for SafeSport investigation found he had committed sexual misconduct in 2017, was banned by USA Fencing for three years, prompting Penn State to terminate him in 2019. Penn State Nittany Lions assistant fencing coach George G.
The team recruits both nationally and throughout the world. The women's fencing team won national AIAW titles in 19, followed by an NCAA championship in 1983. Kaidanov was the coach of the fencing squads during most of that period. The program won six consecutive NCAA Championships from 1995 to 2000. The team finished as champion or runner-up in 21 of the first 25 years of the combined tournament. Penn State has been a fencing powerhouse, having won a record 13 national championships in the sport since the NCAA began awarding titles in combined men's and women's fencing in 1990.
PSU men also won ICAAAA team titles in 1950, 1951, 19, as well as individual crowns in 1938, 1946, 19. Penn State runners won the individual ICAAAA titles in 1920 (John Romig), 19 (William Cox, consecutively). The team won ICAAAA championships in 1926, 1927, 19. Before the NCAA began sponsoring the cross country championship in 1938, and unlike today, the annual ICAAAA meet was a premier national championship event for track and field and cross country. The men's cross country team won NCAA titles in 1942, 1947, and 1950. Carolyn Kieger was in her second season as head coach of the Lady Lions in 2020–21. The most recent postseason championship won by Penn State was the 1998 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The Lady Lions have won 8 Big Ten Regular Season Championships and 2 Big Ten tournament Championships. The Lady Lions have reached the NCAA tournament more than any other Big Ten team with 25 appearances as of 2014. The Lady Lions, the Penn State women's basketball team and the only athletic team not known as "Nittany Lions," have had more success than their male counterparts, often gaining berths into the women's NCAA tournament, reaching the Final Four once in 2000. Main article: Penn State Lady Lions basketball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.īasketball Men's basketball PSU finished in 5th place in the 2013–14 standings it was the fifth time the program finished in the top 5 and the tenth time the program finished in the top 10.
Penn State's highest finish came in the 1998–99 standings when the Nittany Lions finished 3rd. The NACDA Director's Cup is a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. Penn State has finished in the top 25 in every NACDA Director's Cup final poll, a feat only matched by nine other institutions: Stanford, UCLA, USC, Florida, Ohio State, Texas, North Carolina, and Michigan. The fencing teams operate as independents. Two sports participate in different conferences because they are not sponsored by the Big Ten: men's volleyball in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) and women's ice hockey in College Hockey America (CHA). It is one of only 15 universities in the nation that plays Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. Penn State participates as a member institution of the Big Ten Conference at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level for most sports. The intercollegiate athletics logo was commissioned in 1983. The school colors are navy blue and white. The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions.
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