The Penn Stater Magazine

Out with the Old…

February 3, 2009 at 10:07 am Ryan Jones Leave a comment

There's a new man behind the mask

…and in with a new Nittany Lion mascot. Clint Gyory, a freshman business major, claimed the honor after weekend tryouts. An extensive gymnastics background and experience as his high school mascot put him over the top. From the Collegian:

“Dressed as the Nittany Lion, Gyory performed a James Bond skit during which he rescued a Joe Paterno look-a-like and a Penn State cheerleader from the Notre Dame mascot and Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis.”

The Centre Daily Times has some video highlights of the tryouts here.

Cheerleading coach Curtis White says Gyory (who’s replacing senior and two-year Lion James Sheep) is the first freshman in at least 15 years—and maybe the first ever—to don the Nittany Lion costume. How many one-armed push-ups can a college student do in four years? We may be about to find out.

Ryan Jones, senior editor

Entry filed under: Penn State traditions, University Park campus. Tags: Clint Gyory, Curtis White, James Sheep, Nittany Lion mascot.