Celebrating Walk-Ons Is A Penn State Tradition

In the years prior to my matriculation, they were known as the F-Troop.  But in reality PSU has a long history of walk-ons making a big splash for the team.  Maybe some of you can give our Interns some stories about walk-on successes.

No coach could have been more accepting of walk-ons than Coach Groves himself.  He literally was willing to coach anyone willing to put in the work, regardless of ability.  Probably half of our membership are in this class, and it does nothing but make our Group and the Program better.

With the advent of Title IX restrictions, monetary constraints, legal constraints etc., there are fewer and fewer walk-ons and F-Troop members on the rolls.  The Club Program at PSU is also very strong and filled to the brim with talent.

And I was alerted to this in a comment on the last post...

PSU's third finisher Andrew Sell was unfamiliar to me. I checked the PSU XC roster and he is not listed. A web search indicates that he was a member of PSU's club XC team. Pretty impressive to step up from the club team to the varsity and finish third for the team and 39th overall. I'm surprised that Andrew's performance hasn't received any coverage. Perhaps someone from the PSU XC staff would like to comment.

I tip my PSU XC cap (given to me by our esteemed Golden Putter Attendant!) to Andrew and hope to learn more about this in the coming weeks.