Feb. 27, 2017
ROSEMONT, Ill. - For the seventh-straight week a Penn State men's gymnastics freshman notched Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors as Sam Zakutney (Ottawa, Ontario) garnered the award for the third time in the 2017 season as announced by the conference office Monday, Feb. 27.
Zakutney earned his second parallel bars and high bar title of his young career for the Blue and White at Navy. The freshman scored a 14.200 on the parallel bars and a 13.950 on the high bar. Furthermore, Zakutney earned a podium finish on the floor with a 14.050 in the event.
The freshman all-arounder and the rest of the Penn State men's gymnastics team will head to Lincoln, Nebraska for a tri-meet with the Cornhuskers and the Hawkeyes of Iowa Friday, March 3 at 5 p.m.