The modern name, however, is credited to a member of the 1904 Penn State's baseball ... the Nittany Lion has stuck in the hearts and minds of Penn State alums. The original mascot costume ...

Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the ... Penn State’s baseball team was playing a road game against Princeton. As Penn State’s players arrived ...

The final two options were projected onto a screen to a steady drum beat. Suddenly, the mascot of a lion emerged, a lion flag waved, as students cheered and streamers rained down. At Thursday’s ...