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Penn State student-athletes set new academic record

From CDT staff reports
Penn State saw 299 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors in the 2015-16 school year, an all-time high for the school.
Penn State saw 299 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors in the 2015-16 school year, an all-time high for the school. Abby Drey Centre Daily Times, file
UNIVERSITY PARK

Penn State saw 299 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors in the 2015-16 school year.

The total is an all-time high for the school, and includes a record 140 for the spring at-large list of honorees. Penn State has had 5,576 academic all-conference award winners since the school joined the Big Ten in 1991-92, more than any other school during that time period.

This story was originally published June 28, 2016 at 10:44 PM with the headline "Penn State student-athletes set new academic record."

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