With 52 years of fencing under his belt, Penn coach Dave Micahnik is more than just a fixture in the sport - he is an all-time great. And he is finally being recognized for this as the United States Fencing Association elected him for induction into the Hall of Fame earlier this summer.

Rudy Fuller isn't on the NCAA's rules committee. Too bad. This was the year for the men's soccer coach to push a rule change: Juniors only. Penn has 12, and Fuller could field a competitive team with them.

With 24 athletes on this year's squad, every men's soccer player will have to fight for a place on the field. But no one needs it more than Drew Healy. Like goalkeepers in many college sports, Healy - who's never played in a game before - is a victim of circumstance.

Reeling back her leg and sending ball after ball high into the air, Kylie Mitchell would watch it arc towards the target. But as the ball sailed over the crossbar, her teammates wouldn't grumble; they'd cheer. Many of Mitchell's exploits haven't come on the soccer field - she doubled as a varsity football kicker at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Michigan for three years.

Nick Cisler never thought his summer job would lead him to calling Bingo numbers at a senior citizen's home. And he never thought he'd be getting tips on how to properly call the Bingo numbers. But that's where his position as a marketing intern with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball took him.

Rudy Fuller can hardly believe how quick his 10 years at the helm of the Penn men's soccer program have gone. But Fuller takes some time out to speak about his quick turnaround from player to coach and also some of professional soccer's headline stories. Daily Pennsylvanian: You went on a vacation recently, what's your favorite vacation spot? Rudy Fuller: The shore.

Kinsey adds another All-Star honor to belt The Ivy League player of the year, Annie Kinsey, was recognized yet again last week, as she was named to the ECAC Division I Softball All-Star squad. Starting every game at second base, Kinsey was hitting .450 at the end of the Quaker's 2007 campaign, leading the Ivy League in that category.

David Beckham's high-profile move to Major League Soccer in July has seen media attention for America's young league skyrocket in recent weeks. But Penn soccer fans, at least, have had something else to cheer for this summer. Former Quakers goalkeeper Danny Cepero and his MLS team, the New York Red Bulls, are in the midst of an exciting season with playoff and championship aspirations.

While it's not strange for schools to hire within, often promoting assistants to head coaching jobs, it's a little more unusual for a current head coach to take on a second top position. But that could be how Penn will end up filling the men's golf coaching position, left vacant after Rob Powelson resigned in late June.

Good news, Quakers fans: the next Matt Valenti may be just around the corner. Zack Kemmerer has built a name for himself in his own right and will likely continue to do so. However, it is difficult not to compare him with Valenti, Penn's winningest wrestler of all-time and a two-time national champion at 133 pounds.

It's needless to say that the first meeting between Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers High Schools was a big game for the players on both sides - the schools were combined as one just a year before. And incoming freshmen football players and twins Nate and Josh Powers teamed up to leave their mark on the game.

Yale - the only league team to beat the Quakers last year - unrolled its difficult slate last week. It features a pair of trips to the Pac-10, with games at Stanford and UCLA, as well as a trip to Kansas's Allen Fieldhouse. Trips to UMass and Patriot League champion Holy Cross will also pose a steep challenge to last year's Ivy runners-up.

With 52 years of fencing under his belt, Penn coach Dave Micahnik is more than just a fixture in the sport - he is an all-time great. And he is finally being recognized for this as the United States Fencing Association recently elected him for induction into the Hall of Fame.

Coaching is in new Penn offensive coordinator Bill Schmitz' blood. Following in his father's footsteps, Schmitz has had over 20 years of experience, including coaching his own son in college. The Daily Pennsylvanian sits down to learn about one of Penn's newest hires - and where you'll always find him on Opening Day.

Teresa Leyden took batting practice. She fielded grounders and then caught some fly balls. But the former Penn softball player and recent graduate wasn't trying out for a professional team and looking to extend her playing career. Instead she found herself at Phillies ballgirl tryouts last fall.

The scales were about even for former men's tennis coach Mark Riley. While he had the opportunity to coach at his alma mater, Divison III Kalamazoo, he also could stay with an emerging powerhouse; Riley had just led Penn to two consecutive Ivy League titles.

Ibrahim Jaaber might be raising eyebrows for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League, but Harvard grad Brian Cusworth is having a much quieter week. The Crimson big man, who used his last semester of eligibility in fall 2006, has submitted solid, if unspectacular numbers for the Golden State squad, which also includes former Bradley center Patrick O'Bryant.