Jan. 18, 2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - This week, Phil Davis of the wrestling team and Casey Rohrbaugh of the women's gymnastics team have all been named Penn State Student-Athletes of the Week.
Davis, a senior wrestler weighing in at 197, went a perfect 5-0 for the #1 Penn State at the National Duals. Davis's win on Sunday against Ohio State was the 100th of his illustrious career. He is now 100-19 overall with 26 pins, 19 majors and 217 dual match points. During his outstanding run this weekend, Davis downed the No. 4, No. 13 and No. 17 ranked wrestlers. Two of his victories this weekend were pins and two were majors.
Sophomore Casey Rohrbaugh captured her first career all-around title as she competed in all four collegiate events for the first time. She recorded a meet-high 38.525 in the all-around to take home the crown and scored a 9.575 on vault, a 9.675 on bars, a 9.575 on beam and a 9.700 on floor to help the No. 13 Nittany Lions defeat Pittsburgh and Kent State in the opening meet of the season.
2007-08 Penn State Student-Athletes of the Week
January 15- Phil Davis (wrestling), Casey Rohrbaugh (women's gymnastics)
January 7 - Matt Anderson (men's volleyball), Mashea Williams (women's basketball)
December 17 - Geary Claxton (men's basketball), Megan Hodge (women's volleyball)
December 10 - Phil Davis (wrestling), Arielle Wilson (women's volleyball)
December 3 - Pat Schirk (men's swimming), Brianne O'Rourke (men's basketball)
November 26 - David Erwin (wrestling), Christa Harmotto (women's volleyball)
November 19 - Geary Claxton (men's basketball), Alisha Glass (women's volleyball)
November 12 - Dan Connor (football), Britney Long (field hockey)
November 5 - Sean Lee (football), Alyssa Naeher (women's soccer)
October 29 - Michael James (men's tennis), Carly Bedesem (women's soccer)
October 22 - Maurice Evans (football), Christa Harmotto (women's volleyball)
October 15 - Sean Lee (football), Zoe Bouchelle (women's soccer)
October 8 - Kevin Foley (men's golf), Mallory Weisen (field hockey)
October 1- Vincent Salvatico (men's soccer), Katie Schoepfer (women's soccer)
September 24- T.J. Howe (men's golf), Alyssa Naeher (women's soccer)
September 17- Brendan Lynch (men's tennis), Katie Schoepfer (women's soccer)
September 10 - Dan Connor (football), Megan Hodge (women's volleyball)
September 3 - Anthony Morelli (football), Bridget Franek (cross country)
August 27 - Kiersten Wood (field hockey)