Opens in a new window Penn State Has Won 84 National Team Championships
National Championships
| Sport | Championships |
| Boxing | 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932 |
| Cross Country | 1942 (co), 1947, 1950 |
| Football | 1982, 1986 |
| Gymnastics | 1948, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2007 |
| Soccer | 1926 (co), 1929, 1933, 1936 (co), 1937 (co), 1938, 1939 (co), 1940 (co), 1949 (co), 1954, 1955 (co) |
| Volleyball | 1994, 2008 |
| Wrestling | 1921, 1953, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Sport | Championships |
| Bowling | 1979 |
| Fencing | 1980, 1981, 1983 |
| Field Hockey | 1980, 1981 |
| Gymnastics | 1978, 1980 |
| Lacrosse | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987,1989 |
| Soccer | 2015 |
| Volleyball | 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2024 |
| Sport | Championships |
| Fencing | 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014 |
Individual National Champions (178)
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1974 | Karen Schuckman | All-Around |
| 1975 | Karen Schuckman | Vault, Floor Exercise |
| 1977 | Ann Carr | All-Around |
| 1978 | Ann Carr | Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise, All-Around |
| 1979 | Marcy Levine | Floor Exercise |
| 1981 | Heidi Anderson | Floor Exercise |
| 1986 | Pam Loree | Vault |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1948 | Ray Sorensen | All-Around |
| 1953 | Jean Cronstedt | All-Around |
| 1954 | Jean Cronstedt | All-Around |
| 1955 | Karl Schwenzfeier | All-Around |
| 1957 | Armando Vega | All-Around |
| 1959 | Armando Vega | All-Around |
| 1960 | Jay Werner | All-Around |
| 1961 | Gregor Weiss | All-Around |
| 1965 | Mike Jacobson | All-Around |
| 1966 | Steve Cohen | All-Around |
| 1967 | Steve Cohen | All-Around |
| 1973 | Marshall Avener | All-Around |
| 2004 | Luis Vargas | All-Around |
| 2005 | Luis Vargas | All-Around |
| 2008 | Casey Sandy | All-Around |
| 1954 | Jean Cronstedt | Floor Exercise |
| 1963 | Tom Seward | Floor Exercise |
| 2013 | Trevor Howard | Floor Exercise |
| 2015 | Thad Lawson | Floor Exercise |
| 1991 | Adam Carton | Vault |
| 1959 | Dave Dulaney | Tumbling (discontinued) |
| 1948 | Steve Greene | Pommel Horse |
| 1954 | Robert Lawrence | Pommel Horse |
| 1988 | Mark Sohn | Pommel Horse |
| 1989 | Mark Sohn | Pommel Horse |
| 1990 | Mark Sohn | Pommel Horse |
| 1991 | Mark Sohn | Pommel Horse |
| 1999 | Brandon Stefniak | Pommel Horse |
| 2000 | Brandon Stefniak | Pommel Horse |
| 2005 | Luis Vargas | Pommel Horse |
| 2017 | Stephen Nedoroscik | Pommel Horse |
| 2018 | Stephen Nedoroscik | Pommel Horse |
| 2022 | Chase Clingman | Pommel Horse |
| 1959 | Armando Vegas | Still Rings |
| 1969 | Paul Vexlers | Still Rings |
| 1990 | Wayne Cowdens | Still Rings |
| 1991 | Adam Cartons | Still Rings |
| 2001 | Chris Lakemans | Still Rings |
| 2003 | Kevin Tan | Still Rings |
| 2004 | Kevin Tan | Still Rings |
| 1942 | Hal Zimmerman | Parallel Bars |
| 1948 | Ray Sorensen | Parallel Bars |
| 1953 | Jean Cronstedt | Parallel Bars |
| 1954 | Jean Cronstedt | Parallel Bars |
| 1956 | Armando Vega | Parallel Bars |
| 1957 | Armando Vega | Parallel Bars |
| 1959 | Armando Vega | Parallel Bars |
| 1971 | Tom Dunn | Parallel Bars |
| 1976 | Gene Whelan | Parallel Bars |
| 1954 | Jean Cronstedt | High Bar |
| 1965 | Mike Jacobson | High Bar |
| 1956 | Philip Mullen | Rope Climb (discontinued) |
| 1959 | Don Littlewood | Rope Climb (discontinued) |
| 1954 | Manuel Procopio | Flying Rings (discontinued) |
| 1959 | Jay Werner | Flying Rings (discontinued) |
| 1960 | Jay Werner | Flying Rings (discontinued) |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1975 | Mike Sands | 440 yards |
| 1990 | CJ Hunter | Shot Put |
| 2018 | David Lucas | Weight Throw |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 2019 | Danae Rivers | 800m |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1921 | John Romig | 2 mile |
| 1922 | Larry Shields | Mile |
| 1922 | Harold Barron | 120 HH |
| 1922 | Alan Helffrich | 880 yds |
| 1923 | Schuyler Enck | Mile |
| 1938 | Nick Vukmanic | Javelin |
| 1940 | Barney Ewell | 100 yds & 200 yds |
| 1947 | Gerald Karver | Mile |
| 1949 | Horace Ashenfelter III | 2 mile |
| 1966 | Jim Stevenson | Javelin |
| 1973 | Charlie Maguire | 6 mile |
| 1993 | Brian Milne | Discus |
| 2018 | Isaiah Harris | 800m |
| 2024 | Cheickna Traore | 200m |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1978 | Kathy Mills | 3,000m and 5,000m *Competed in AIAW. The first women's NCAA-sponsored Outdoor Championship was contested in 1982 |
| 2003 | Deshaya Williams | Discus |
| 2008 | Aleesha Barber, Dominique Blake, Shana Cox, Gayle Hunter | 4x400m |
| 2008 | Shana Cox | 400m |
| 2010 | Bridget Franek | 3,000m steeplechase |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 2008 | Pat Schirk | 200 Backstroke |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 2019 | Ally McHugh | 1650 Freestyle |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1986 | Adam Feldman | Foil |
| 1989 | Peter Cox | Sabre |
| 1989 | Ed Mufel | Foil |
| 1991 | Vitali Nazylmov | Sabre |
| 1992 | Thomas Strzalkowski | Sabre |
| 1993 | Thomas Strzalkowski | Sabre |
| 1994 | Thomas Strzalkowski | Sabre |
| 2000 | Daniel Landgreen | Epee |
| 2002 | Nonpatat Panchan | Foil |
| 2003 | Nonpatat Panchan | Foil |
| 2009 | Nick Chinman | Foil |
| 2009 | Aleksander Ochocki | Sabre |
| 2014 | Kaito Streets | Sabre |
| 2015 | Andrew Mackiewicz | Sabre |
| 2016 | Andrew Mackiewicz | Sabre |
| 2019 | Karol Metryka | Sabre |
| 2021 | Ryan Griffiths | Epee |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1983 | Jana Angelakis | Foil |
| 1992 | Olga Chernyak | Foil |
| 1993 | Olga Kalinovskaya | Foil |
| 1994 | Olga Kalinovskaya | Foil |
| 1995 | Olga Kalinovskaya | Foil |
| 1996 | Olga Kalinovskaya | foil |
| 1998 | Charlotte Walker | Epee |
| 2000 | Jessica Burke | Epee |
| 2003 | Katarzyna Trzopek | Epee |
| 2006 | Katarzyna Trzopek | Epee |
| 2007 | Doris Willete | Foil |
| 2009 | Doris Willete | Foil |
| 2009 | Anastasia Ferdman | Epee |
| 2016 | Jesse Gottesman-Radanovich | Epee |
| Year | Student-Athlete | Event |
| 1935 | Howard Johnston | 165 lbs. |
| 1952 | Joe Lemyre | 167 lbs. |
| 1953 | Hud Samson | 191 lbs. |
| 1955 | Larry Fornicola | 137 lbs. |
| 1955 | Bill Oberly | HWT |
| 1957 | John Johnston | 130 lbs. |
| 1971 | Andy Matter | 167 lbs. |
| 1972 | Andy Matter | 167 lbs. |
| 1975 | John Fritz | 126 lbs. |
| 1984 | Carl DeStefanis | 118 lbs. |
| 1984 | Scott Lynch | 134 lbs. |
| 1988 | Jim Martin | 126 lbs. |
| 1991 | Jeff Prescott | 118 lbs. |
| 1992 | Jeff Prescott | 118 lbs. |
| 1994 | Kerry McCoy | HWT |
| 1995 | John Hughes | 142 lbs. |
| 1996 | Sanshire Abe | 126 lbs. |
| 1997 | Kerry McCoy | HWT |
| 1999 | Glenn Pritzlaff | 174 lbs. |
| 2000 | Jeremy Hunter | 125 lbs. |
| 2008 | Phil Davis | 197 lbs. |
| 2011 | Quentin Wright | 184 lbs. |
| 2012 | Frank Molinaro | 149 lbs. |
| 2012 | David Taylor | 165 lbs. |
| 2012 | Ed Ruth | 174 lbs. |
| 2013 | Quentin Wright | 197 lbs. |
| 2013 | Ed Ruth | 184 lbs. |
| 2014 | Ed Ruth | 184 lbs. |
| 2014 | David Taylor | 165 lbs. |
| 2015 | Matt Brown | 174 lbs. |
| 2016 | Nico Megaludis | 125 lbs. |
| 2016 | Zain Retherford | 149 lbs. |
| 2017 | Zain Retherford | 149 lbs. |
| 2017 | Jason Nolf | 157 lbs. |
| 2017 | Vincenzo Joseph | 165 lbs. |
| 2017 | Mark Hall | 174 lbs. |
| 2017 | Bo Nickal | 184 lbs. |
| 2018 | Zain Retherford | 149 lbs. |
| 2018 | Jason Nolf | 157 lbs. |
| 2018 | Vincenzo Joseph | 165 lbs. |
| 2018 | Bo Nickal | 184 lbs. |
| 2019 | Jason Nolf | 157 lbs. |
| 2019 | Bo Nickal | 197 lbs. |
| 2019 | Anthony Cassar | HWT |
| 2021 | Roman Bravo-Young | 133 lbs. |
| 2021 | Nick Lee | 141 lbs. |
| 2021 | Carter Starocci | 174 lbs. |
| 2021 | Aaron Brooks | 184 lbs. |
| 2022 | Roman Bravo-Young | 133 lbs. |
| 2022 | Nick Lee | 141 lbs. |
| 2022 | Carter Starocci | 174 lbs. |
| 2022 | Aaron Brooks | 184 lbs. |
| 2022 | Max Dean | 197 lbs. |
| 2023 | Carter Starocci | 174 lbs. |
| 2023 | Aaron Brooks | 184 lbs. |
| 2024 | Levi Haines | 157 lbs. |
| 2024 | Carter Starocci | 174 lbs. |
| 2024 | Aaron Brooks | 184 lbs. |
| 2024 | Greg Kerkvliet | 285 lbs. |
| 2025 | Mitchell Mesenbrink | 165 lbs. |
| 2025 | Carter Starocci | 184 lbs. |