Penn State women's volleyball's Anjelina Starck signs with Arenal Emeve
After becoming an NCAA and Big Ten women's volleyball champion, Anjelina Starck signed with Spanish volleyball club Arenal Emeve.
She played all four years in college at Penn State as an outside hitter. As a senior in 2024-25, she was a captain and started in 24 of 29 games. Starck had 146 digs, 24 kills, six blocks, and seven aces in the season.
Starck now joins fellow outside hitter Jess Mruzik as Penn State alumni in pursuing their sport off the Nittany Lion court. Mruzik plays for League One Volleyball's Houston team.
Penn State men's basketball players in the NBA summer leagues
Former Nittany Lion sharpshooter Andrew Funk signed with the Philadelphia 76ers to play in their summer league games. In his single season with Penn State in 2022-23 as a graduate student, he started all 37 games and averaged 12.5 points. He was the team's third-leading scorer and led both his team and the Big Ten in three-pointers with 112 and shooting average from deep at 41.2 percent. Funk helped lead the Nittany Lions to their first NCAA Tournament win since 2010-11.
Former guard Ace Baldwin Jr. signed with the Memphis Grizzlies' summer league. Baldwin Jr. had 1,716 career points, 831 career assists, and 342 career steals. He was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and All-Big Ten selection two times each in 2024 and 2025. As a graduate student in 2024-25, Baldwin Jr. averaged 14 points per game, 7.1 assists per game, and 2.37 steals per game.
Former forward Zach Hicks signed with the Boston Celtics' summer league. Hicks started in all 31 games as a senior in 2024-25 for the Nittany Lions. He averaged 11.6 points per game, 5 rebounds per game, and a 41.3 three-point shooting percentage. He also had a 47.1 field goal percentage.
Sasa Ciani signs with Penn State men's basketball
Penn State men's basketball continues to advance a practically whole new roster for 2025-26. Joining international players Ivan Juric and Melih Tunca, head coach Mike Rhoades signed Sasa Ciani from Slovenia to his roster.
Ciani recently played for UIC as a sophomore and Xavier as a freshman. At UIC, he made 21 starts and averaged 9.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. He had a 53.3 shooting percentage from the field.
Penn State women's volleyball's Maggie Mendelson signs with women's basketball team
Middle blocker Maggie Mendelson signed with the Nittany Lions' women's basketball team to jon on the court after her senior season with the volleyball team. Mendelson, as a freshman at Nebraska, played for both teams and is tapping back into her two-sport athlete days to end her collegiate career.
As a freshman with the Cornhuskers, she played in 22 games and had 41 points, 39 rebounds, and 13 blocks in total.