PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s head volleyball coach, Meredith Schamun, has announced her resignation from the position.
 
Schamun will be moving to the University of Illinois, where she will be Associate Head Coach for the Fighting Illini.

“I was not actively searching for a new coaching position; I was excited for the upcoming season and especially the direction the program is heading,” said Schamun. “However, an opportunity has come my way that I believe is the right choice for me at this point in my career. I am grateful to for the opportunity I have coming up, to coach in the Big Ten at the University of Illinois.

 

“I am so grateful for the support of Penn Athletics throughout my time in University City, especially the support these last few years from (director of athletics) Alanna Wren and (volleyball sport administrator) Rachel Kuperinsky,” she continued. “I am especially proud of the women in this incredible program and what we have worked so hard to build together. This program has made great strides the last few seasons, and I know that the best is still ahead for this group of women.”

 

“Meredith has set the foundation for the future success of Penn volleyball,” said Wren, the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation. “This past fall was the best season in more than a decade thanks to Meredith’s commitment to building culture, success in recruiting, and coaching acumen. We are sad to see her leave Penn but wish her the best of luck at Illinois. We are focused on finding the next leader to continue the positive momentum within Penn volleyball.”

 

Penn enters the 2025 season with all seven starters returning from a team that went 13-10 overall last year and 7-7 in Ivy League play, more than tripling their win totals from 2023 both overall and in Ivy play. The group includes three players who have received All-Ivy accolades during their career: senior libero Abigail Reid, junior hitter Zada Sanger, and sophomore middle Adell Murray.

 

For the latest on Penn volleyball, follow @PennVolleyball on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, and on the web at PennAthletics.com.

 

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HONOLULU – Twelve University of Hawai’i student-athletes – six male and six female – have been selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic At-Large All-District Team. 

In order to be eligible, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) at his or her current institution. All student-athletes who meet the requirements can be named to the at-large all-district team, however schools are limited to just six male and six female honorees. 

At-large candidates come from a pool of more than a dozen NCAA-sponsored sports, which includes men’s volleyball, women’s beach volleyball, women’s water polo and men’s and women’s golf at UH. 

 

MALE HONOREES

‘Eleu Choy (Men’s Volleyball), Senior

• M.S., Civil Engineering
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District honoree
• 2025 AVCA All-America and All-Big West honorable mention
• Starting libero on squad that won the 2025 Big West Championship and advanced to the NCAA semifinals

Anson Cabello (Men’s Golf), Sophomore

• Finance major
• Competed in seven tournaments
• Third the the team with a 73.24 scoring average
• Finished runner-up at the Kapolei Invitational, the highest finish by a Rainbow Warrior on the year

Josh Hayashida (Men’s Golf), Junior

• Finance major
• Competed in all 10 tournaments
• Led the team with a 72.96 scoring average
• UH’s top finisher at the prestigious Western Intercollegiate (T-11th) as well as the Big West Championship (T-15th)

Tyler Ogawa (Men’s Golf), Senior

• B.S., Finance
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District honoree
• Competed in all 10 tournaments
• Second on the the team with a 73.20 scoring average

Dane Watanabe (Men’s Golf), Sophomore

• Health & Exercise Science major
• Competed in all 10 tournaments
• Fourth on the the team with a 73.87 scoring average
• UH’s top finisher at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate

James Whitworth (Men’s Golf), Junior

• Finance major
• Team’s top scholar-athlete
• Notched seven rounds under par, including a pair in the 60s
• Best finish was a T-17th at the Pan Pacific Super League

FEMALE HONOREES
Varnika S. Achanta (Women’s Golf), Redshirt Freshman

• Pre-Business major
• Earned team’s top GPA
• One of only two UH golfers to compete in all nine events
• Highest UH finisher in two tournaments, including 7th place at the Fresno State Classic

Sarah Burton (Beach Volleyball), Junior

• Psychology major
• Team’s top scholar-athlete
• All-Big West second team
• Team-high 16 wins with all matches at the top three spots of the lineup

Alana Embry (Beach Volleyball), Junior

• B.S., Psychology
• Two-time CSC Academic All-District honoree
• Two time All-Big West first team
• Played in all 35 matches, with all but six at the top two flights

Daisy Logtens (Water Polo), Sophomore

• Health & Exercise Sciences major
• Two-time All-American with third team honors each year
• Two-time All-Big West first team
• Led the league in goals-against-average and was MVP of the 2025 Big West Championship

Roni Perlman (Water Polo), Junior

• B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies
• Played in all 27 games in 2025, finishing fourth on the team in points (47)
• Key player on back-to-back Big West Championship and NCAA semifinal squads
• Named to the ACWPC All-Academic and All-Big West Academic teams

Jordan Wedderburn (Water Polo), Senior

• B.S., Health & Exercise Science
• Awarded the 2025 Jack Bonham Award, UH Athletics’ highest individual honor
• ACWPC All-America second team and All-Big West second team
• Named to the 2025 NCAA Championship All-Tournament second team, helping UH advance to the national semifinals

WYOMISSING, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) today reported preliminary voting results with respect to the election of directors from its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 17, 2025. PENN shareholders elected the Company’s two director nominees, Johnny Hartnett and Carlos Ruisanchez, to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

The PENN Board issued the following statement:

We are pleased to welcome Johnny and Carlos, both of whom bring highly relevant experience in digital and retail gaming to the Board.

Over the past several months, we have continued to engage with our shareholders, and we look forward to incorporating feedback from those conversations as we move ahead. It is clear from this engagement that PENN’s Board, management team and shareholders are aligned in their focus on ensuring PENN is achieving its full potential.

The Board remains committed to the close oversight of our differentiated omni-channel strategy and to delivering sustainable long-term value. We recognize there is more work to be done, and we are intently focused on driving profitability in our Interactive segment and growth across the business as we continue strengthening the Company’s balance sheet and liquidity position, deleveraging and accelerating capital return to shareholders. We look forward to further dialogue with our shareholders about our Board’s composition and skillset evolution, as well as PENN’s executive compensation program and strategic priorities, to ensure alignment with our shareholders.

Thank you for your continued support and investment in PENN.

The Company will report final results on a Form 8-K that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the coming days.

About PENN Entertainment

PENN Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“PENN,” or the “Company”), is North America’s leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences. PENN operates in 28 jurisdictions throughout North America, with a broadly diversified portfolio of casinos, racetracks and online sports betting and iCasino offerings under well-recognized brands including Hollywood Casino^®, L’Auberge^®, ESPN BET™ and theScore BET Sportsbook and Casino^®. PENN’s ability to leverage its partnership with ESPN, the “worldwide leader in sports,” and its ownership of theScore, the top digital sports media brand in Canada, is central to the Company’s highly differentiated strategy to expand its footprint and efficiently grow its customer ecosystem. PENN’s focus on organic cross-sell opportunities is reinforced by its market-leading retail casinos, sports media assets, and technology, including a proprietary state-of-the-art, fully integrated digital sports and iCasino betting platform and an in-house iCasino content studio (PENN Game Studios). The Company’s portfolio is further bolstered by its industry-leading PENN Play™ customer loyalty program, offering its 31 million members a unique set of rewards and experiences.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “expects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “goal,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” or “anticipates” or the negative or other variations of these or similar words, or by discussions of future events, strategies or risks and uncertainties. Specifically, forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the Company’s expectations of future results of operations and financial condition, including, but not limited to, projections of revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDAR and other financial measures; the assumptions provided regarding the guidance, including the scale and timing of the Company’s product and technology investments; the Company’s expectations regarding results and customer growth and the impact of competition in retail/mobile/online sportsbooks, iCasino, social gaming, and retail operations; the Company’s development and launch of its Interactive segment’s products in new jurisdictions and enhancements to existing Interactive segment products, including the content for the ESPN BET and theScore BET and the further development of ESPN BET and theScore BET on our proprietary player account management system and risk and trading platforms; the benefits of the Sportsbook Agreement between the Company and ESPN; the Company’s expectations regarding its Sportsbook Agreement with ESPN and the future success of ESPN BET; the Company’s expectations with respect to share repurchases; the Company’s expectations with respect to the integration and synergies related to the Company’s integration of theScore and the continued growth and monetization of the Company’s media business; the Company’s expectations that its portfolio of assets provides a benefit of geographically-diversified cash flows from operations; management’s plans and strategies for future operations, including statements relating to the Company’s plan to expand gaming operations through the implementation and execution of a disciplined capital expenditure program at our existing properties, the pursuit of strategic acquisitions and investments, and the development of new gaming properties, including the development projects and the anticipated benefits; improvements, expansions, or relocations of our existing properties; entrance into new jurisdictions; expansion of gaming in existing jurisdictions; strategic investments and acquisitions; cross-sell opportunities between our retail gaming, online sports betting, and iCasino businesses; our ability to obtain financing for our development projects on attractive terms; the timing, cost and expected impact of planned capital expenditures on the Company’s results of operations; and the actions of regulatory, legislative, executive, or judicial decisions at the federal, state, provincial, or local level with regard to our business and the impact of any such actions.

Such statements are all subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that could significantly affect the Company’s future financial results and business. Accordingly, the Company cautions that the forward-looking statements contained herein are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by such statements. Such factors include: the effects of economic and market conditions in the markets in which the Company operates or otherwise, including the impact of global supply chain disruptions, price inflation, changes in interest rates, economic downturns, changes in trade policies, and geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty; competition with other entertainment, sports content, and gaming experiences; the timing, cost and expected impact of product and technology investments; risks relating to operations, permits, licenses, financings, approvals and other contingencies in connection with growth in new or existing jurisdictions; our ability to successfully acquire and integrate new properties and operations and achieve expected synergies from acquisitions; the availability of future borrowings under our Amended Credit Facilities or other sources of capital to enable us to service our indebtedness, make anticipated capital expenditures or pay off or refinance our indebtedness prior to maturity; the impact of indemnification obligations under the Barstool SPA; our ability to achieve the anticipated financial returns from the Sportsbook Agreement with ESPN, including due to fees, costs, taxes, or circumstances beyond the Company’s or ESPN’s control; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of the Company and ESPN to terminate the Sportsbook Agreement between the companies; the ability of the Company and ESPN to agree to extend the initial 10-year term of the Sportsbook Agreement on mutually satisfactory terms, if at all, and the costs and obligations of such terms if agreed; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company, ESPN or their respective directors, officers or employees; the ability of the Company or ESPN to retain and hire key personnel; the impact of new or changes in current laws, regulations, rules or other industry standards; the impact of activist shareholders; adverse outcomes of litigation involving the Company, including litigation in connection with our 2025 annual meeting of shareholders; our ability to maintain our gaming licenses and concessions and comply with applicable gaming law, changes in current laws, regulations, rules or other industry standards, and additional factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, each as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law. Considering these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur.

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Mike Nieves

SVP, Finance & Treasurer

PENN Entertainment, Inc.

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Women’s sports are undeniably on the rise. But according to Olympic track and field athlete and entrepreneur Allyson Felix, women’s sports marketing is still virtually nonexistent.

Take a once-in-a-generation athlete like Caitlin Clark. “She gets a shoe deal, and it’s with Nike, and it’s the same shoe deal that Michael Jordan would have gotten 40 or 50 years ago,” said Wes Felix, cofounder of female athlete management firm Always Alpha and brother of Allyson Felix. “We need companies that only sell products to women to be involved in women’s sports.” 

After her public break-up with Nike, outlined in a 2019 New York Times op-ed in which she shared that the shoemaker refused to pay her while on maternity leave, Felix broke the mold when she partnered with Athleta as the women’s athleisure brand’s first athlete sponsor. 

“In track and field, you always have your shoe sponsor, and there’s only a handful of players in the game,” she said on stage at ADWEEK House in Cannes on Monday. “When we stepped away from Nike and we got the Athleta deal, it was like, ‘Oh, there’s another way to do this.’”

The Athleta deal led the way for the Gap-owned brand to partner with other female athletes like Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles. “When we did that deal, they had never worked with an athlete before,” Wes Felix said. 

He said that Sephora’s recent move to sponsor the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries is “what true sports marketing will look like.” But the beauty industry has been “exceptionally behind” in embracing what could be a huge opportunity. 

“There are a lot of companies out there that only sell to women who should get involved in women’s sports,” he said.

For female athletes, the hardest part is opening the doors to have that conversation with a brand. “You’re most times educating that person on sports entirely,” Wes Felix said. “Because if you work at a beauty brand and you’re in partnerships, it’s not necessarily a sports world.”