We received this today:
Happy Spring Ball!! As the weather turns, it’s time for the Nittany Lions return to the gridiron for spring ball! Thank you once again for your continued commitment to Penn State Athletics by converting your 2020 football season ticket (ticket and seat contribution) and parking payment to a charitable gift. Your contribution has presented our student-athletes with scholarship opportunities and the resources needed to provide conditions for success. We could not prepare our student-athletes for a lifetime of impact without you playing this important role.
The excitement around campus is building as the football team has kicked off spring practice. We have three new faces on the coaching staff heading into the spring: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Yurcich, tight ends coach Ty Howle and co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Anthony Poindexter. The team had great winter workouts and is motivated to get back to work and begin preparation for the 2021 season after a strong finish to the 2020 season with four-straight wins.
As you know, spring practice typically culminates with a final practice as part of Blue-White Weekend. As much as we would love to have our first family reunion in more than a year, we are focused on the fall and continuing to keep our community safe, so we can come together on Sept. 11 when we take on Ball State in Beaver Stadium. With that in mind, we have decided to limit our final spring practice to University Park freshmen students, and the families and guests of our student-athletes, coaches and staff. We will not have general public in attendance. You will all still play a huge role in our virtual spring practice celebration! We will share details in the coming weeks of how the greatest student section and fan base in the country will be a part of the spring practice event, albeit virtually.
Since they have not been able to experience Nittanyville nor take their spot in the best student section in the country, we are thrilled to have our freshman class experience Beaver Stadium for the first time since becoming Penn State students. We will create many of our favorite traditions at our final practice, including the team entering the field, the Blue Band playing, cheer and dance squads performing, and the team singing our beloved Alma Mater. We are hopeful to provide the freshmen an opportunity they missed out on this fall, so they will be prepared to come back to join the best student section in the country on Sept. 11.
We are sure many of you are wondering about our ability to host fans in Beaver Stadium in the fall and how that might affect season ticket renewals. We are optimistic and planning for a full stadium experience this fall, yet we understand there may be prevailing health and safety guidelines that could affect crowd sizes. With the rollout of vaccines projected to increase significantly by the summer, we are planning for a multitude of scenarios to welcome fans to Beaver Stadium with our goal being a full capacity plan. As always, our decision to host fans in our venues will be made with the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, staff and community as the top priority.
To give you a glimpse into our planning process, we have met with our Nittany Lion Fan Council and Nittany Lion Club Development Council for their feedback and have worked with industry leaders including sports architectural firm Populous, led by football letterman Scott Radecic, and Ticketmaster on a variety of fan seating plans to create maximum flexibility for our fans to attend games based on capacity guidance. In the event we would not be able to have 100% capacity in 2021, we are working to create scenarios for our season ticket holders to attend as many games as possible.
We will continue to touch base with you, our loyal season ticket holders and Nittany Lion Club members, throughout the next several weeks to keep you posted on our timeline and any decisions made regarding our ability to bring our family back together in Beaver Stadium in 2021. You can expect to hear from us next following spring practice in April.
We Are!
Sandy Barbour
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics
Happy Spring Ball!! As the weather turns, it’s time for the Nittany Lions return to the gridiron for spring ball! Thank you once again for your continued commitment to Penn State Athletics by converting your 2020 football season ticket (ticket and seat contribution) and parking payment to a charitable gift. Your contribution has presented our student-athletes with scholarship opportunities and the resources needed to provide conditions for success. We could not prepare our student-athletes for a lifetime of impact without you playing this important role.
The excitement around campus is building as the football team has kicked off spring practice. We have three new faces on the coaching staff heading into the spring: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Yurcich, tight ends coach Ty Howle and co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Anthony Poindexter. The team had great winter workouts and is motivated to get back to work and begin preparation for the 2021 season after a strong finish to the 2020 season with four-straight wins.
As you know, spring practice typically culminates with a final practice as part of Blue-White Weekend. As much as we would love to have our first family reunion in more than a year, we are focused on the fall and continuing to keep our community safe, so we can come together on Sept. 11 when we take on Ball State in Beaver Stadium. With that in mind, we have decided to limit our final spring practice to University Park freshmen students, and the families and guests of our student-athletes, coaches and staff. We will not have general public in attendance. You will all still play a huge role in our virtual spring practice celebration! We will share details in the coming weeks of how the greatest student section and fan base in the country will be a part of the spring practice event, albeit virtually.
Since they have not been able to experience Nittanyville nor take their spot in the best student section in the country, we are thrilled to have our freshman class experience Beaver Stadium for the first time since becoming Penn State students. We will create many of our favorite traditions at our final practice, including the team entering the field, the Blue Band playing, cheer and dance squads performing, and the team singing our beloved Alma Mater. We are hopeful to provide the freshmen an opportunity they missed out on this fall, so they will be prepared to come back to join the best student section in the country on Sept. 11.
We are sure many of you are wondering about our ability to host fans in Beaver Stadium in the fall and how that might affect season ticket renewals. We are optimistic and planning for a full stadium experience this fall, yet we understand there may be prevailing health and safety guidelines that could affect crowd sizes. With the rollout of vaccines projected to increase significantly by the summer, we are planning for a multitude of scenarios to welcome fans to Beaver Stadium with our goal being a full capacity plan. As always, our decision to host fans in our venues will be made with the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, staff and community as the top priority.
To give you a glimpse into our planning process, we have met with our Nittany Lion Fan Council and Nittany Lion Club Development Council for their feedback and have worked with industry leaders including sports architectural firm Populous, led by football letterman Scott Radecic, and Ticketmaster on a variety of fan seating plans to create maximum flexibility for our fans to attend games based on capacity guidance. In the event we would not be able to have 100% capacity in 2021, we are working to create scenarios for our season ticket holders to attend as many games as possible.
We will continue to touch base with you, our loyal season ticket holders and Nittany Lion Club members, throughout the next several weeks to keep you posted on our timeline and any decisions made regarding our ability to bring our family back together in Beaver Stadium in 2021. You can expect to hear from us next following spring practice in April.
We Are!
Sandy Barbour
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics
