The men's basketball team continues to get even bigger. No, they didn't sign a seven-footer, the team is just gaining players. Last Monday, men's basketball head coach Glen Miller officially announced the five incoming freshmen who will make up his latest recruiting class.

Last year's award may have been somewhat more prestigious, but women's lacrosse head coach was honored yet again by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association. On July 1, Brower was named the IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year, honoring her achievements with the Quakers this season.

A casual passerby may have been confused if he witnessed the baseball game at Meiklejohn Stadium on Friday. Both teams wore jerseys identifying themselves as Penn and none of the athletes looked quite old enough to go to the school. And that's beside the fact that the only colleges still playing NCAA baseball at the time were the national tournament semifinalists.

It may not be the national championship she coveted, but women's lacrosse goalie Sarah Waxman will take this award just the same. For the second consecutive season, Waxman was named the C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.

Only a few months after winning its first Ivy League title in 20 years, the Cornell men's basketball coaches are not standing pat. They're working to insure that the team stays stronger for longer and, having added Univeristy of Massachusetts transfer Max Groebe according to The Cornell Basketball Blog, the staff just took a big leap in the right direction.

Jesse Carlin's career as a Penn athlete may be over, but the awards keep piling on. Yesterday, the outgoing senior was named to the ESPN the Magazine track and field Academic All-America team. She earned Indoor All-America honors twice in March, butfell just short of achieving that status in the Outdoor Championships two weeks ago.

Anne Phillips, the 2007 Division III Coach of the Year, will take charge of the women's lacrosse program at Yale, the school announced Monday. Phillips led Franklin & Marshall to an undefeated season and a Division III national championship last year. Yale finished the season ranked No.

For most of the competitors at the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials, last weekend's events at the Wachovia Center were the culmination of years of preparation and hard work. For the biggest participant there, though, the Trials were just a baby step toward a goal much more global and grandiose.

Late May might be the time for students to rest and relax at an exotic vacation spot before they start their summer jobs or internships. For the field hockey team, late May was the time to go away as well. But its trip was anything but R&R.; The Quakers traveled to Argentina to train with the country's national team and to play club teams.

Penn's track and field teams battled through a season filled with record-breaking performances as well as setbacks. In the end, though there was to be no miraculous endings. The three Penn representatives at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake University were all unable to achieve their ultimate goals, with none earning All-America status.

According to women's basketball coach Pat Knapp, the two key ingredients to having a successful season are pride in the program and a desire to win. It should be no surprise, then, that when a position opened up on his staff, he chose former Penn player and two-year American University assistant coach Amanda Kammes to fill it.

Cornell triple-jumper Muhammad Halim won the NCAA Championships this weekend at Drake University. It is the second victory in as many years in the triple jump for a Big Red athlete, as '07 graduate Rayon Taylor won the title last year. Taylor competed as a graduate student for Florida State this year, but he lost to Halim's 54.

Former Quaker Mark DeRosa sits in second-place among second baseman in all-star balloting for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game as of Tuesday. DeRosa, whose Chicago Cubs currently are in possession of the best record in baseball, has put together one of the best seasons of his career.

It's about that time of year when the eight public faces of the Ivy League universities - no, not their basketball or football coaches, but their presidents - get together for their annual sit-down. That means that for everyone outside those doors, it's about time to start the annual guessing game.

The NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships are already underway, and the three Quakers representatives are doing their best to make an impact. While graduated senior Jesse Carlin will continue on to the semis in her event - the 800-meter run - tomorrow, her fellow Quakers struggled today at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Softball co-captain Christina Khosravi had already been named co-Ivy Player of the Year and was a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy First Team. But she hadn't had enough. On Monday, the graduated senior was named a Second-team Easton All-American. Khosravi was a standout for the Quakers all season, hitting .

Outgoing Penn seniors Jesse Carlin and Mike Hall of the track and field teams were honored Monday as Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America. They are two of the Ivy League's 15 honorees this spring, bringing the school year's total to 81.