2024 - GRADUATE SEASON
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/13): Notched one goal...Added one draw control...Colorado (2/16): Had one draw control...Pitt (2/20): Recorded two caused turnovers...at Loyola (3/2): Notched first start of the season and two caused turnovers...at Rutgers (3/9): Recorded one caused turnover...at Cornell (3/16): Earned one caused turnover...at Maryland (4/13): Notched one caused turnover.
2023 - SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Played in all 18 games and started in four... Totaled three goals, two assists, six ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Scooped up one ground ball. Duquesne (2/21): Scored first goal of the season. vs. Rutgers (3/11): Caused season high two turnovers and picked up season high three ground balls...Scored a goal. Towson (3/14): Tallied first assists of season with her second assist being to her twin sister Kara for the game winning goal. at Princeton (3/18): Tallied a ground ball. Maryland (4/13): Snagged a ground ball... vs. Stony Brook (5/12): Scored one goal and added one caused turnover in first NCAA Tournament appearance.
2022 - JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Appeared in all 15 games…Recorded three goals, eight assists, eight ground balls, three caused turnovers and two draw controls.
Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Notched one goal...Collected one ground ball and one caused turnover. at Duquesne (2/23): Scooped up a career-high three ground balls...Caused a career-high three turnovers...Won a draw control. at Cornell (2/26): Scored one goal on free position. James Madison (3/9): Tallied one assist...Collected one ground ball. Saint Joseph's (3/12): Made a career-high three points on one goal and two assists...won one draw control. at Towson (3/15): Had an assist. Princeton (3/19): Scooped up one ground ball. at Maryland (4/7): Made an assist. Michigan (4/16): Tallied two assists...collected one ground ball. at Rutgers (4/23): Tallied one assist...recorded one ground ball.
2021 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Appeared in 13 games, making one start…Tallied five goals, one assist, seven ground balls, one draw control and four caused turnovers…Had two multi-point games.
Game-By-Game: Rutgers (2/14): Recorded one draw control. Maryland (2/21): Picked up a ground ball. at Northwestern (3/11): Collected a ground ball and a caused turnover. at Northwestern (3/13): Found the net once. Michigan (3/19): Caused one turnover. Michigan (3/21): Tallied one goal. at Ohio State (3/26): Scored a career-high two goals…Collected one ground ball…Caused one turnover. at Ohio State (3/28): Picked up one ground ball…Added a caused turnover. at Johns Hopkins (4/7): Recorded a ground ball. Maryland (4/11): Scooped up a ground ball. at Rutgers (4/15): Notched a goal and an assist. vs. Johns Hopkins (4/29): Picked up a ground ball.
2020 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in six games…Registered one goal, two assists, three draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover…The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game-By-Game: Lehigh (2/15): Collected a ground ball and a caused turnover. Duquesne (2/19): Assisted on a goal by Maria Auth in the second half. at James Madison (3/4): Won a draw control. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Tallied first career goal in the second half…Won two draw controls.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Garnet Valley High School for head coach Jenny Purvis…Served two years as a team captain...Helped Garnet Valley to a 21-4 record in 2019...Led the Jaguars to a 22-3 record, District and Conference titles and an appearance in PIAA 3A Semifinals in 2018…During her time at Garnet Valley, the Jaguars reached four state semifinals...Tallied 69 goals and 34 assists as a senior...Collected 188 goals and 96 assists in her prep career...Garnered two All-America honors...Was a two-time first-team all-conference and a two-time first-team All-Delco selection...Earned conference MVP honors in 2019...Rated a four-star prospect by Inside Lacrosse...Was a three-year starter in soccer, serving as a team captain as a senior...Was a two-time All-Delco honoree and garnered an All-Conference honor...Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Regan Nealon...Daughter of Denny and Lynn Nealon...Has two brothers, Denny and Ryan, and a twin sister, Kara...Sister, Kara, is also a member of the Penn State roster...Grandfather, Tom, played football at Navy...Father, Denny, played lacrosse at Navy...Brother, Denny, currently plays lacrosse at Lehigh...Hobbies include art, theatre, playing piano and ukelele and traveling...Planning to major in sports management.
Why Penn State:
“I chose Penn State because it’s the full package between the campus, the education, the athletics and the coaches. It is everything I could hope for in a college.”
Doherty on Nealon:
“Regan is a quick attacker with a great stick and nose for the cage. She has been an impact player on both her club and high school team. It is going to be great to have her and her sister work together in Happy Valley!”