Behrend Lions Athletics

Athletics at Penn State Behrend continues to create
spirit and excitement on campus.

In the 2008-09 athletic year, the Behrend Lions earned numerous accolades including capturing the Presidents' Cup for the eighth time in nine years--honoring the program with the most successful teams in conference play. Behrend teams' won seven championships. In the previous season, Behrend captured ten of the fourteen league titles and sent five teams to the NCAA Tournament.

The blue and white also captured more than 90 All-Conference playing honors and 90 more Academic All-Conference Awards. The Behrend Lions compete in 14 league sponsored sports and had several "Player of the Year," "Newcomer of the Year" and "Coach of the Year" awards.

A founding member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), the Penn State Behrend Lions and the AMCC in 1997 celebrated a "Decade of Excellence." The Behrend Lions field twenty-one varsity teams in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). They also compete in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), and the Mason-Dixon Conference for track and field. 

Students benefit from a variety of outstanding facilities. The Junker Center, a $10.2 million athletics and recreation facility, provides the blue and white with a state-of-the-art indoor training space. In addition, new outdoor playing fields have been created for baseball, softball, soccer, and intramural activities. Students also benefit from outdoor tennis courts, and sand volleyball activities, and they can walk or hike at the nearby Wintergreen Gorge, part of the college's 725-acre campus.

Also, 20 intramural sports and a wide variety of recreational activities are available to students.

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Web site contact: behrendsid@psu.edu
Updated May 27, 2009
© 2009 The Pennsylvania State University

Read the latest
Behrend Lions News

 

Streeter Named to CWPA Board of Directors

Hartzler Captures 16th Place at NCAA Division III  Championships

Penn State Behrend Baseball Repeats as AMCC Champions

Softball's Kaschauer & Koman Earn All-Region Recognition

Baseball Players Earn ABCA-Rawlings All-Region Honors

Koman Earns ESPN Academic Honors

Miller Named to ESPN Academic All-America Team

Behrend Lions Earn Eighth Presidents'  Cup in Nine Years


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