Mother’s Day is just around the corner! Check out our gift ideas to help make your Penn State Mother’s Day special. WE ARE…Thankful for our Penn State moms!

Penn State Jewelry
What better way to show mom you care than with a piece of Penn State jewelry? Lions Pride has jewelry to fit the taste of ALL Penn State moms. Celebrate Mother’s Day with a charm to fit your mom’s Pandora, Chamilia, and/or Troll bracelet. Take a look at our new line of blue and white Penn State costume jewelry. Maybe your mom would prefer a classic piece of silver or gold Penn State jewelry? We have that too. At Lions Pride you are guaranteed to find a piece of jewelry that fits your Mother’s Day budget.

Penn State Golf
May is the perfect time to buy the golfer in your life new gear for the golfing season. Your Penn State mom will be thrilled to received one of our stylish new Ping items. The ladies sleeveless carve polo, available in light pink, light blue and white is sure to keep mom cool when golfing during the warm summer months. Combine the carve polo with the PING ladies ranger zip crew for a relaxed layered look. Don’t forget to purchase all of the necessary accessories to help improve mom’s golf game. Lions Pride has the largest selection of Penn State golfing apparel and accessories in State College!

Game Day Needs
It is never too early to think about the perfect game day look for mom. Check out our fashionable Camp David line of apparel for your in-style Penn State mom. Hoodies, tees and pants are all available in a wide variety of colors. Does your mom prefer a more traditional look? Lions Pride has a plethora of classic items too. Top the game day look off with one of our affordable and stylish Legacy hats.

Penn State Summer Fun
Help kick off your mom’s summer with some of our Lions Pride summer essentials! Lions Pride has a wide variety of items to show your mom’s Penn State pride during vacation. Make sure you check out our new blue and white sunglasses. Perfect for a day at the beach or hiking with the family, these fashionable shades will be a sure hit! Lions Pride just received a large shipment of tote bags, perfect for vacation or a day at the pool. We also have a wide variety of party supplies for a summer Penn State cookout. Help jumpstart mom’s summer with a Penn State summer fun gift!

Other Gift Ideas for Mom
Have you not seen any items that spark your interest in our Mother’s Day gift guide? We also have a wide variety of Penn State mugs, blankets and picture frames. Our wide-view campus prints by photographer Tom Mairs make wonderful and affordable Mother’s Day gifts. Make sure you check out our Campus Crystal glasses and glass sets.

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13. Celebrate your mom the Penn State way with something from Lions Pride. We have everything Penn State, for EVERY Penn Stater!

What do you want to do?

Do you have an internship or job lined up?

Where will you go?

These are the questions every graduate gets asked.

They are the wrong questions.  Anyone can be anything.  Anyone can go anywhere.  And more importantly, many people change career paths multiple times.  So there is a bigger question that never gets asked.

WHO are you going to be?

It’s been said before many times, but now as our University (not to mention the whole Country) faces troubled times, it is time to think about who We Are.

Many students come to Penn State because of the respect they will garner with their degree in whatever field they chose to study.  They then receive the valuable document and go there own way.

I would like to ask this year’s graduates, as well as the incredible alumni base for more.  To go beyond intellectual prominence and economic influence.  To become the beacon of light that everyone else looks to in this country.  That on top of being educated by one of the finest institutions in the world, we become the country’s best people.

Everywhere I look in the national news I seem to see scandals.  From the Colombian prostitutes with the secret service, the wiretapping and cell hacking scandal of Rupert Murdoch.  In professional sports we have the New Orleans Saints Bounty Gate, and the NBPA’s Billy Hunter who’s accused of gross nepotism.  We have the tragic cases of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, an unarmed vet who was shot and killed by the Police as well as Trayvon Martin.  Then of course there is what happened here in State College.

Right now there is an opportunity though because of what happened here.

Right now all eyes are on US as Penn Staters.

Not in a few years.

Not in few months.

Not in weeks.

Not tomorrow.

NOW.

Every time someone asks where I’m from, or where I went to school, my answer is the same for me.  Penn State.  For the first time in my life, after the events of November, I began to hesitate answering that question.  Because for the first time, my answer was not met with respect, admiration, or envy.  For the first time my answer was treated with pity, condescension, and anger.

For so long, people would always ask what the best thing about Penn State is.  Without fail the spotlight would be cast on Joe Paterno.  For so long he held that mantle brilliantly.  Sadly, he can do that no more.

But WE can.

We will now be the examples of what Penn State is and will be.  It is in our hands as to whether Penn State remains a great institution, or goes into decline without any true direction.  It is now up to ALL of Penn State to represent themselves, and their University without fear, and with the values that have been taught to us since we’ve arrived here.

Pursue your ambitions to the fullest, and do it in earnest.  Do not take short-cuts, or lie or cheat to get ahead.  Be kind to those around you.  Be charitable and thoughtful.  Respect others.  Get back up after being knocked down.  Love as much as you can.

These are as much the qualities of outstanding members of society as much as any score on an exam, a grade in a class, or performance on the field.  These are the qualities that show up in people that are educated at Penn State.

If there was ever a time to show what the University and it’s alumni are capable of, it’s now.

If there was a time to show the rest of the world exactly what Penn State’s best looks like, it’s now.

Today is Graduation Day.   And I’m proud to be a Penn Stater.

When it comes to role models, we usually think of adults.  We think of perhaps presidents, musicians, athletes, and actors.

They are what we aspire to become.

Very rarely do we come across the individual who grew up alongside of you and wish to be like that person.

But in my case that is true.

One of my role models graduated high school the same year as I did.

He grew up in State College as I did.

He attended Penn State University just as I did

He was a walk-on to the Penn State Football team, just as I was.

My role model is Brandon Ream.

He is 28, he has cancer, and the qualities that have made him one of my role models have not changed.

My first memory of Brandon was in the fifth or sixth grade.  I was playing youth basketball in the Pioneer league.  I had no idea who he was at the time.  But I remember two very specific things.  I got my first technical foul, and Brandon was unstoppable.  Earlier in the year I had a game where I scored over twenty points.  I was beginning to blossom as an athlete and my confidence was sky high.  I bragged that at the time no one had ever scored more points in a game than me.  That I was the best and I was only going to get better.  In all likelihood, I was acting like a brat.

In this game though this kid who was similar in stature to me could not be stopped.  While I was playing Center for my team, this kid was playing Point Guard for his.  Handling the ball with ease and getting to the rim for layups, or pulling up for jump shots seemed as though it was natural.  He was fluid, and never seemed to be even sweating.  As a competitor this irritated me.  He got under my skin, not by talking trash or by playing dirty, but by just being good.  Sometime late in the game he drove again and this time I was able to rotate in time and swat the shot out of bounds.

“Get it out!”  I screamed

The whistle blew and I promptly turned in disbelief.  There was no way there was a foul.

“Technical Foul number 43″ said the ref.

I’m still upset over the technical, because it was an emotional play, and we were getting our butts kicked.  I didn’t curse and I didn’t say anything else.  But more over as I remember how Brandon didn’t react back.  He didn’t reply after he knocked down the two free throws.  He didn’t showboat or talk after they had won.  In short he stayed classy.

For the next two years, I would know Brandon mostly as another great athlete.  While I attended Park Forrest Middle School, Brandon would attend Mt. Nittany and our paths didn’t cross very often.

It wouldn’t be until the 9th grade that I truly began to get to know him.

Brandon was the son of Gary Ream, the owner and President of Woodward Skate Camp.  Which meant he was the son of one of the wealthiest families in State College.  However unlike general stereotypes about the rich, Brandon was the opposite of what wealthy kids are portrayed as.  He never flaunted or flashed his wealth in school.  He never put himself ahead of others.  He never acted entitled.  He was a good guy.  A selfless guy.  The kind of guy that I envied not for what he had, but for how he acted.

We became teammates that year for our freshman football squad.  He played quarterback, while I played Tight End.  Together we became a pretty formidable combination, particularly on deep pass plays.  When it came to our vote for MVP of that team it was between Brandon and myself.  Brandon won the award, and while it could have left me bitter or jilted, instead I just felt happy for Brandon.

After our senior year was over we talked about where we might go to school.  While I was surely going to go to Penn State, Brandon had actually received a few scholarship offers that he was considering.  While Penn State was not one of those schools offering financial support, he was recruited to be on the team as a ‘preferred’ walk-on’.  In the end he decided to stay close to home and attend Penn State.  A decision that that I and those in the Penn State community were thankful for.

After graduating high school, Brandon, myself, as well as two other State College kids were selected to play in a Centre Region All-Star game.  Brandon volunteered to drive us all down in his Woodward Denali.  He didn’t have to, and I being a relatively shy kid loved that he would take the initiative to do something for all of us from State College.  One of my favorite memories was during our lunch break we took to the local pizza shop blasting Coo Coo Cal’s ‘My Projects’.  Riding through a tiny town in rural Pennsylvania, blasting rap music from a tinted ‘Boss’ car as you go for a slice of pizza is a pretty amazing feeling.

When we got to Penn State, his friendship is the biggest thing that helped me get through the anxiety that can accompany making a huge transition into walking on to Penn State.  He didn’t have to, but it felt good to know someone who always seemed to have my back.  I didn’t know anyone on the team to the extent that I knew Brandon.  And his persistent smile and positive outlook always made me feel good about myself and where things were headed.

After I left the team, I would see Brandon sporadically at parties thrown at the ‘White House’ which was basically a house where 4 other State College kids lived.  I would ask him how he was doing and vice versa.  But he always greeted me with a smile, and never held it against me that I had left the football team.   And when he came to my 21st birthday party, I was both shocked and incredibly happy to see him.  It was great that he still thought of me and made the effort to get out to see me.

After we both had graduated, his thoughtfulness remained.  He invited me to play on his basketball team in the local adult league, and while I had not played basketball in probably more than six months, I felt honored that he still considered me to be a person that he wanted to play with.  The same would be true when I was asked to play for his flag football team.

My respect for Brandon is immense, because he does all of these kind things without even thinking about it.  I have never heard him speak ill of anyone.  I have never heard him insult someone.  All that he does is positive in nature.  He is competitive, intelligent, ethical, and quite literally the nicest person I believe I have ever met.  People tell me that I’m a nice guy, or a good guy.  And I believe they may be right.  But I’m that way in part because I met Brandon Ream.  He had always inspired me to be happy and to help make others feel that way too.

This past November, I missed a tradition in State College called the Turkey Bowl.  Essentially former State High football players get together at Holuba Hall and compete in a tournament for fun.  Brandon has been our classes captain for years.  After the game Brandon came home in tremendous pain.  He scheduled a doctors appointment, to have the leg looked at.  The results are something that I’m still coming to grips with.

Brandon has chondroblastic osteosarcoma.  An aggressive form of bone marrow cancer in his leg.  He would have to begin chemotherapy almost immediately and the amount of stress and pain he would be about to be under is something I cannot fathom.  Yet he endures it with smiles and confidence.  With the eternal optimism and determination that he’s exuded since I’ve known him.

He and his wife Sam have made a blog to help keep friends and family updated on his condition on his road to recovery.  I check it often, hoping to get a glimpse into his busy life whenever I can.  The latest one details a great thanksgiving inspired meal.  But the pictures do something that my words cannot.  They show the physical wear of chemotherapy on his body.  They show that his body is mortal.  That even a great athlete is subject to the tolls of cancer.

But they also show something else.  Something of more importance.

They show his smile, and his spirit unwavering.

They show the inner fire that has always been there since I battled him in basketball as a youngster

They show the kindness that he showed me when I joined the football team in 2002.

They show the best qualities of this town, of this University.

They show a role model.

The last time we checked in on the Penn State men’s lacrosse team in mid-February, hope was on the horizon as praised was lavished upon second-year head coach Jeff Tambroni. Well, it now appears well-deserved. On Saturday, State defeated Delaware by a 13-9 margin and improved its record to 8-5 overall for this 2012 season. With a league (Colonial Athletic Association) mark of 4-1, the Nittany Lions also captured the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament and will host one of the two semifinal games in nine days against the Drexel Dragons.

Steps were discussed here previously; it’s all about taking steps. The first and most important one occurred when Tambroni was hired to replace Glenn Thiel, who (thankfully and finally) retired two years ago. And now the time has come for the next step – gaining a berth in the NCAA championship tournament. For Penn State to move along the process of stepping onto the radar in the national collegiate lax scene, consistent appearances in the tourney must happen. It’s as simple as that. Really, you’re nobody if you don’t play meaningful games in May in this sport.

Because there are only 16 spots awarded annually and it’s a very short run to championship weekend, every tournament game is very intense from the very first faceoff. To get there, Penn State would receive an automatic bid with a CAA tournament victory, but an at-large bid is also possible. The previous sentence would have been laughable under the former coach of this program – that’s how far Tambroni has taken this group in only 24 months at the helm. The respect level inside the important circles (which are few and far between in this elitist sport) has improved significantly for PSU, which is now 13th-ranked   nationally in college lacrosse’s official RPI.

A close loss in the CAA final could do the trick, but it’d be a very tough call for the seeding committee. Working in the Lions’ favor would be an overtime win at Notre Dame, which currently holds the No. 3 spot in the nation. Conversely, though, the selectors will also frown a bit on a 14-6 home loss to the University of Denver.

The margin for error here is very slim. The top seed in the league playoffs will be Massachusetts, which topped the Nits in overtime on March 17. Meanwhile, the team set to visit University Park next week in the CAA semis, Drexel, lost to State by only one goal.

Senior attackmen Jack Forster and Matt Mackrides along with sophomore Shane Sturgis continue to be the strength of this squad offensively. In Saturday’s victory, Sturgis posted four goals and two assists while Mackrides netted a hat trick. Tom LaCrosse (yes, that’s his real last name) added three goals for State while netminder Austin Kaut looked shaky at times.

To date, Mackrides and Forster share the team lead in goals scored with 25 apiece; Sturgis has posted 15 goals and 24 points. At face value, State’s top-heavy goal scoring looks like it could be an issue when and if this team competes on the big stage because tournament games, as is the case in most playoffs in any sport, tend to be defensive, low-scoring battles. Nick Dolik and Gavin Ahern are the only two other Lions who’ve reached double-digits in goal scoring this season. But possessing five players with 10-plus goals is not at all a far cry from the same category among the elite teams in the nation; Virginia and Maryland have seven, Duke and Johns Hopkins both have six, while Syracuse is tied with State at five.

Even a loss in the first round of the NCAAs would be a win. At this point, it’s about getting there. The momentum shouldn’t stop, and with a head coach of Tambroni’s ilk and championship-level pedigree, it likely will not. He knows how to win; over the span of his last four seasons at Cornell prior to his arrival in Happy Valley, Tambroni guided his former squad to the Final Four three times, including one appearance in the national title game (2009).

But first things first – State must win one week from Wednesday night. A home loss to Drexel in the CAA tourney would end any hopes of reaching the real tournament. And after Massachusetts sends either Towson or Hofstra (the opponent will be determined after regular season play concludes this weekend) packing, the PSU-UMass game will be set with the winner automatically qualifying and the loser still holding a shot for an at-large bid.

It’s an annual event.

Many schools have them.

Many schools celebrate them.

But this school and this community have a unique and special opportunity.

It is no secret that the events occurring in November 2011 were tragic from almost every perspective.  There were no winners, and the community of Penn State was wounded to its core.  It was difficult to walk through the town and not see the sadness that existed behind everyone’s eyes.

It was difficult to be a proud Penn Stater.

There is no doubt that pain and trouble still lie ahead.  The case is not closed and the parties responsible for their transgressions have yet to taste true justice.

But there is hope in this Spring.

Penn State was the birthplace of what has been termed ‘The Grand Experiment’.   In short this experiment was to be related to the football team, where our incredible athletes would be held to incredible academic standards.  They would be asked to be at their absolute best both physically and mentally.  A failure of one or the other would not be tolerated.

This above all else, is the true source of Penn State pride.  While other schools may treat their athletes as commodities to sell tickets or jerseys, looking the other way or with indifference to their academic pursuits, Penn State would look at them as students first.   Penn State would look at them as people.

As athletics became a beacon for fund raising, the importance placed on winning at Universities cannot be understated.  Coaches are routinely hired and fired due to the performances by their teams on the field.  They are not held accountable for what their athletes do off of it.  In fact most of America EXPECTS that the athletes are treated differently, that they are not in fact true students.  They get in with their 40 times and an adjusted SAT score.  They go to class, but their work is done mostly by their tutors.

I believe that most Americans believe that collegiate athletes, specifically those in major revenue producing sports, are NOT real students.

Penn State was different.

Penn State IS different.

On April 21^st Penn State will gather again for their Spring Game.  The game being played is of little consequence.  But the message sent cannot be diluted by apathy.    The players are not just players, but STUDENTS who attend Penn State for BOTH its athletic and academic prestige.

They are more than just a football team; they represent the pursuit of excellence in EVERYTHING that we do.  Be it athletic, be it academic, be it moral.  Being at Penn State means the pursuit of greatness in all areas of life.  At times, perhaps they will fail.  But it is that pursuit that makes them Penn Staters, and it is that pursuit that makes us who WE ARE.

If you plan on attending the Spring Game, as a former player, as an alumnus, as a resident of State College, I ask that you keep the values of Penn State alive.  That you act with respect to fans and people around you.  That you cheer relentlessly, and passionately.  That you greet your neighbors with smiles and handshakes.  That you be your best.

Welcome Back To The Pride.

Welcome Back To Penn State.

Here is a list of the top Penn State items you will need to guarantee a successful and fun Blue/White weekend!

10. Penn State Ping Pong Balls

Add excitement to your Blue/White beer pong, ahem, ping pong game with Penn State logoed ping pong balls. Penn State…pong…need I say more?

9. Penn State Hats

The weather Blue/White weekend is always extremely iffy. I have tailgated for Blue/White when the weather has been 86 and sunny. The following year it was 50 with torrential downpours. Buy a Penn State hat. It is that simple. If it is sunny, it will protect your face from a painful and embarrassing sunburn. If it is rainy, your head will stay dry.

8. Nike Autograph Footballs

Blue/White weekend is a prime time to get autographs of Penn State greats like Silas Redd and Mike Mauti. You might even be lucky enough to score new head Coach Bill O’Brien’s John Hancock at the pre-game signing session. Display the signatures proudly on the official Nike autograph football.

7. Stand Up Joe

JoePa will always be in style. Your Blue/White weekend will not be complete without proudly displaying your stand up Joe Paterno cutout.

6. Penn State Football Jersey

Don’t be the only one of your friends NOT to have the traditional blue and/or white Nike jersey. Remember to have your jersey handy at the pre Blue/White game autograph session!

5. Camp David Caroline Hood

Available in four bright colors, the Camp David Caroline hooded sweatshirt is the perfect weight for mild spring afternoons. The soft cotton will appeal to all lady lions Blue/White weekend. Add a fun pop of color to your Penn State wardrobe for a reasonable price.

4. Tailgating Gear

I tried to pick and item or two to focus on when writing about Penn State tailgating “stuff” but there are just too many options. In short, you will need the following Penn State items; serving platters, spatulas, plates, cups, napkins, and don’t forget to wear your favorite logoed Nittany lion apron. Make sure you also remember to pack a Nike football to toss while enjoying the afternoon.

3. Penn State Pinnies

You probably hate to hear it but, the 80s are back. Plenty of students and nonstudents alike will be seen in their traditional and sometimes not-so-traditional Penn State pinnies. If you want to fit in, sport one of these uber popular looks.

2. Blue/White Shades

Right now the forecast for this weekend is not looking great but it could change. I mean, stranger things have happened, right? For those not sporting a Penn State hat, purchase a pair of blue/white Penn State sunglasses to provide eye protection. The neutral shades are not logoed and can be worn year-round.

1. Penn State 2012 Schedule Tee

Help celebrate Bill O’Brien’s inaugural year with the 2012 Penn State football schedule t-shirt. Available in adult sizes, the unique ticket design makes this new item a must have.

Penn State’s Blue/White weekend will start Friday, April 20 and will run through Sunday, April 22, 2012.  The annual Blue/White football game will take place Saturday, April 21, at 2pm.  Remember to stop by Lions Pride for all of your weekend needs and don’t forget, “GO STATE, BEAT STATE”!

Every defense in football obviously has the three-pronged structure: the front three/four, the linebackers and the secondary. At least for this upcoming season, it’s the last of the triad which brings about the biggest concern.

Let’s begin up front. Losing Devon Still will undoubtedly hurt, but his replacement – DaQuan Jones – should fit that piece of the puzzle nicely. Jones has been on the radar for two years now and the fact that he was not redshirted by a (former) coaching staff which loved to redshirt linemen on both sides of the ball tells you all you need to know. Jones is massive and has earned high praise in the early goings of the Bill O’Brien era. By the time the conference schedule starts to bloom in mid-October, Jones should be firmly implanted as a reliable run stuffer along with senior Jordan Hill.

On the outside, senior Sean Stanley, who made possibly the greatest defensive tip/pass breakup in program history in November (yes, seriously) is a tremendous athlete and proved in the second half of the last season that he is a force from the end. Stanley, who will absolutely make the all-conference team in 2012, could blossom into a Michael Haynes clone and work himself into the front tier of the NFL Draft one year from now. He truly has that athletic potential. If Pete Massaro can stay healthy in this his 19^th season as a Penn State football player, perhaps the piece of the university’s endowment that was tapped to keep his scholarship going will be repaid. Massaro is a tremendously tough football player, but the injury bug just can’t seem to stay out of his way. Redshirt freshman Deion Barnes from Philadelphia is a very exciting prospect who might beat Massaro outright for the starting job. Reports so far out of spring camp are that Barnes has both excelled and impressed.

Next, the linebackers. It’s hard to imagine that a football program which is aptly nicknamed for a specific position will fail to maintain that billing because a new coaching regime has taken over. That will of course remain to be seen in terms of how the recruiting pans out at the position over the next few years (read: Alex Anzalone and Zayd Issah are “must-gets” for O’Brien, particularly if he wants to make good on his goal to keep in-state prospects at home), but in the short term, Linebacker U isn’t going anywhere. The talent is still aplenty and with the return of Michael Mauti to play alongside Glenn Carson and Gerald Hodges, the football I.Q. contained in that trio is second to none in the Big Ten.

But here’s the rub.

Having a strong front seven is wonderful, but without a reliable and speedy secondary, the entire defense becomes extremely vulnerable. A weak line unit can be hidden by strong linebacking play which stuffs the run and blitzes for pressure. If a team has shoddy linebacker play, that can be mitigated with a front four that produces consistent quarterback pressure along with ball-hawk safeties and lock-down cornerbacks.

However, a questionable secondary has no lifeline. They are their own island, truly. If a talented quarterback has strong receivers – at any level of football – he will pick apart a weak secondary with ease. A fragile back four will simply kill a defense against good passing teams, unless said team has a Stanley and said Stanley makes that same play he made in Columbus on every single passing down of every single game (speaking facetiously of course). In reality, this is the major area of concern for Penn State heading into the Blue-White game.

The starting cornerbacks come September 1will probably be Stephon Morris and Curtis Drake. That’s not bad. Drake is certainly athletic enough to make that switch to defense and excel, while Morris, though small in stature, can provide the same solid, consistent play that Anwar Phillips produced in 2005. Morris won’t be a star, but he won’t hurt the unit either.

Safety is the key here. Forever and a day, Penn State has had terrible safeties; let’s not beat around the bush here. Sure, there was the occasional Kim Herring every now and again, but for the most part, the strong safety and the free safety (thank you so much Coach O’Brien for finally ridding this world of that ridiculous “Hero” term) have been too slow. For decades – literally decades – it has been so intolerably draining for Penn State fans that the one position in football at which the entire world knows any team absolutely must have the fastest players, their team did not follow suit. Lloyd Carr never saw a Penn State secondary he didn’t like. Michigan simply killed Penn State with that skinny post for a touchdown countless times.

So who might the lucky duo be in 2012? Well, Malcolm Willis will likely hold one spot. Although Willis had a few rough spots last season in the substantial action he saw, there were also bright spots. The redshirt junior should come into his own this season, and new strength coach Craig Fitzgerald will do wonders not only for Willis’ conditioning but his off-the-ball speed as well.

That leaves Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Jake Fagano and Josh Ham-and-Egger as possibles to fill the other safety spot. Unless Derrick Thomas finally becomes Derrick Thomas, a major position change occurs, or Trevor Williams shines as a true freshman…how about this weather by the way?

Speaking of spring cleaning, at Lions Pride we have been doing a little of our own. We have a wide variety of merchandise marked 30-50% off to make room for new apparel. Select items from brands including Nike, Under Armour, Gear, Ping, and Cutter and Buck have been marked down. By far the best deal in the store right now is the $10 short sleeve t-shirt from Nike. You will be hard-pressed to find a larger selection of dri-fit apparel at a more reasonable price. We also have a wide variety of golf shirts, hooded sweatshirts, crew neck sweatshirts and pants on sale.

If you are trying to expand and brighten up your wardrobe with some fresh spring colors, Lions Pride has exactly what you are looking for. The ever popular pinnie is available in several bright colors including lime green and neon pink. Perfect for the upcoming Dayglow concert and day-long season, your pinnie search ends here. Perhaps you need something to wear during the chilly spring evenings. Check out our fashion line of hoodies. Available in pink, light blue and pastel green, display your Penn State pride in a cheerful way. Don’t forget to stop by with the golfer in your life. Lions Pride carries the area’s largest selection of Penn State golfing apparel and accessories.

With April just around the corner, it is safe to say that we have mostly bid adieu to the cold weather of winter. Now is the perfect time to update your Penn State wardrobe. Whether you are searching for a colorful spring hood or you simply want a new affordable t-shirt, Lions Pride is your one-stop shop for everything Penn State.

Sophomore Maggie Lucas led the Lady Lions in scoring with 30 points followed by sophomore Ariel Edwards and junior Mia Nickson both with 15 points. Junior Alex Bentley and senior Zhaque Gray rounded out the top five in scoring, posting 10 each. In total, Penn State shot 45 percent while LSU finished with 37 percent.

The LSU Lady Tigers took the lead at several points throughout the game, heading into halftime 37-36 over the Lady Lions. With several minutes left in the game, the Lady Lions were able to pull ahead to secure the eventual win. Successful free throws from Lucas, Greene, and Gray helped clinch the 90-80 victory over the Lady Tigers.

While it was practically guaranteed early in the day that Penn State would claim its second NCAA title, in the end, Penn State outscored Minnesota by a jaw-dropping 25.5 points.  Minnesota finished the evening in second place with 117.5 points followed by Iowa in third with 107.5 points.

Four-time All-American, senior Frank Molinaro took on Minnesota’s Dylan Ness during the evenings events posting a 4-1 win over the No. 7 Gopher.  He leaves Penn State as one of the greatest wrestlers in school history and closes out his senior season with a perfect 33-0 record.

Sophomore David Taylor took on and defeated No. 11 Brandon Hatchett of Leigh.  In addition to his individual title and the team title, Taylor took home several individual awards including the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships Most Outstanding Wrestler.  Undefeated top-seed at 165, he was also named the 2012 NCAA Most Dominate Wrestler for the season.  He heads into his junior year as a two-time All-American with a 70-1 record and ends a perfect sophomore year at 32-0.

Top-seed at 174, sophomore Ed Ruth defeated unbeaten Nick Amuchastegui of Stanford Saturday, 13-2, becoming Penn State’s third national champion of the evening. Ending his perfect season as a two-time All-American with a 31-0 record, Ruth heads into his junior year with a 69-2 overall record.

The Nittany Lions broke several schools records at the 2012 NCAA Championship with five finalists and a 143.5 point total.  They leave St. Louis and the NCAA Championships with a final overall record of 33-9 and end the year as two-time reigning NCAA and Big Ten Champions.