Athletes are celebrities. Millions of fans, many of them children, look up to their favorite sports stars as role models for how they should act. 

According to Penn Athletics’ statement from Athletics Director M. Grace Calhoun, approximately 30 Black athletes from Penn met with the athletics administration to construct a concrete plan to move forward.

In July, the Ivy League canceled all athletics until at least Jan. 1, putting the status of the basketball season up in the air and leaving athletes scrambling for answers. 

For the first time in Penn history, the process of getting to know their new coaches and teammates would have to be done completely off the field, if it could be done at all. 

Originally from East Syracuse, N.Y., senior forward Jake Kohlbrenner burst onto the scene for Penn men's soccer in 2017 and 2018, his first two seasons with the team. 

The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with field hockey junior Gracyn Banks to ask her 15 questions. Here's what she had to say. 

Johnson has spent over 30 years on the Penn Relays staff and will continue to monitor the event next year, but in a reduced capacity from his current job.

In her freshman year with the Quakers, van Staden received second team All-Ivy recognition and led the team in both goals and points.

If Penn's athletic teams had been able to play this fall, football and both soccer squads would have had a shot at some special seasons. 

This fall, Aghayere will play for Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, the top flight of Spanish women’s basketball.

The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with cross country and track and field junior Ariana Gardizy to ask her 15 questions. Here's what she had to say. 

The cancellations of numerous fall sports in most of the nation’s main conferences have forced programs to implement new methods of keeping athletes trained and ready once competition begins again.

While these shared experiences will not be scoring goals or celebrating huge wins, there is still a focus on making sure the team is unified.

Penn women’s soccer is now in the same position as other teams in the Ivy League, who have known for a while that they wouldn’t be able to reconvene this fall.

While Penn teams won't see any competitive athletics until at least January 1, there are still many moments worth remembering from recent history.

Former Penn women's soccer star Emily Sands has signed a professional soccer contract to play with Boavista Futebol Clube in Portugal. 

Ivy League rules state that students who graduate can no longer participate in athletic competition, so current seniors would have to remain enrolled through next fall to stay on their teams.