Thirty Penn State student-athletes graduating this weekend

Thirty Penn State student-athletes are scheduled to graduate during fall commencement exercises Dec. 19 on the University Park campus. Among the student-athletes approved to graduate are three members of the women’s volleyball team — Megan Courtney, Kendall Pierce and Aiyana Whitney — who helped Penn State capture NCAA championships in 2013 and ’14. Also set to graduate is women’s soccer goalkeeper Britt Eckerstrom, who did not allow a goal in six NCAA tournament matches to lead the Nittany Lions to their first national championship earlier this month.