Dan Conlan Season 2023-24

AS A SENIOR – 2023-24
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Saw action in seven games during third season as a walk-on with the Nittany Lions... Scored first points as a Nittany Lion with a pair of free throws and added a rebound in win over Rider (12/29)...Had a rebound in road game at Michigan State (1/4)...Tallied a block in Big Ten Tournament First Round game vs. Michigan (3/13).

AS A JUNIOR – 2022-23
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Second season as a walk-on with the Nittany Lions...Saw action in six games…Tallied a steal against Lafayette (11/25)...Pulled down a rebound against Canisius (12/18).

AS A SOPHOMORE – 2021-22
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...NABC Honors Court.
 
Season: Joined Nittany Lions as a walk-on...Saw action in three games…Played a season-best three minutes in dominant victory over Minnesota (2/17).

BEFORE PENN STATE
Played one season at Dickinson College in 2019-20 before transferring to Penn State…Appeared in 21 games as a freshman at Dickinson, averaging 6.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per contest in 17.8 minutes per game…Was a two-time team captain of Quaker Valley High School who graduated as the fifth all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,252 career points…Led the Quakers to a pair of sectional championship and a 94-18 record throughout his career…Earned third-team all-state honors as a senior in addition to all-section honors in each of the final three years of his career.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Penn State alumni Shane and Caroline Conlan…Has three older siblings, Pat, Chris and Mary…Father, Shane Conlan, won two national championships as an All-American linebacker on the Penn State football team in 1982 and 1986 before going on to have an illustrious NFL career and being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014…Majoring in labor human resources at Penn State.