Penn State news: Award watch lists,single-game ticket information
Penn State tailback Silas Redd has been named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award given to the nation's top running back.
Penn State news: Award watch lists,single-game ticket information
Joe Juliano
Penn State tailback Silas Redd has earned a spot on another watch list for a national award, this one being the Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s top running back, not just for his achievement on the field, but his accomplishments in the classroom and in the community.
Redd, a junior, also is on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the nation’s top football player by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia. He rushed for 1,241 yards last season.
Senior linebacker Gerald Hodges, of Paulsboro, N.J., can find his name on four watch lists – the Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player), the Butkus Award (top linebacker), the Rotary Lombardi Award (top lineman or linebacker) and the Bednarik Award (top defensive player).
Other Penn State players so honored in the pre-season are senior defensive tackle Jordan Hill (Outland Trophy for the top interior lineman, Rotary Lombardi Award) and senior linebacker Michael Mauti (Butkus Award).
Penn State also has released information regarding the purchase of single-game tickets for the 2012 football season. Those tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on July 27.
There are two ways to purchase tickets – by calling 1-800-648-8269 (1-800-NITTANY) or by going to www.GoPSUsports.com/tickets.
Single-game ticket prices range from $70 to $140.
--Joe Juliano
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
