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Two Penn State athletes receive Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

Two Penn State student-athletes were recognized by the Big Ten for their sportsmanship.

At the end of every season, the Big Ten comes out and honors those athletes who did well during the season and for any other things you do off the field.

On Wednesday, the Big Ten named their Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2020-21 academic year and two from Penn State who made the list. Kerry Abello (women’s soccer) and John Harrar (men’s basketball) were among those honored by the Big Ten with the recognition.

Kerry Abello has been a versatile student-athlete for Penn State and has been part of three Big Ten championship titles. Also, Abello is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree as well as a two-time United Soccer Coaches All-North Region honoree.

John Harrar earned his first career all-conference honor during his senior season, collecting All-Big Ten honorable mention accolades after leading the Nittany Lions with 8.8 rebounds per game and a 54.9 field goal percentage.

Harrar is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in management from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business. He also served as a member of the team’s leadership council and is a two-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award selection.

Harrar announced that he will return to Penn State for the 2021-22 season by utilizing the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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John Harrar will run it back with Micah Shrewsberry and Penn State basketball

Penn State will return a veteran leader for the new era of Nittany Lion basketball.

Another Penn State men’s basketball player has decided to withdraw his name from the transfer portal and stay with the Nittany Lions. John Harrar will remain with the program after taking some time to evaluate his future in the transfer portal this offseason.

Men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry seemingly confirmed this development with an image posted on his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon. Shrewberry’s official update followed a report from Jon Rothstein via Twitter earlier in the day.

Harrar’s return gives Penn State a returning leader as the new era of basketball gets underway with a new head coach. Harrar offers good size for the lineup.

Shrewsberry is also managing to find a way to convince a few players to stay put. Harrar is the third Nittany Lion to withdraw from the transfer portal and remain in Happy Valley moving forward. Izaiah Brockington and Seth Lundy previously decided to stay at Penn State rather than pursue a transfer.

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Michigan State basketball in touch with Penn State transfer John Harrar

Tom Izzo and the Spartans are reportedly in touch with Penn State transfer big man John Harrar.

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The exodus of Penn State players continues and Michigan State basketball has interest in at least one player transferring from the program. According to a report from Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers, the Spartans are in touch with former Penn State forward John Harrar.

Harrar averaged 8.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season. At 6 feet, 9 inches and 240 pounds, Harrar could provide Izzo some additional size to his front court next season, and Izzo loves veteran bigs.

Harrar was a two-star recruit out of high school, but he has been able to assert himself as a strong rotation player in a tough Big Ten Conference.

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