PENN STATE BRANDYWINE

Penn State Brandywine named Sarah Kurpel as its director of athletics on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Kurpel, who will oversee the campus’ 13 varsity sports as well as its club sport and intramural programs, is the sixth full-time director of athletics in Brandywine’s 48-year history of varsity athletics. Kurpel brings more than a decade of NCAA Division III athletic and administrative experience to Brandywine after serving as assistant athletic director for student services and compliance, senior woman administrator, and head field hockey coach at nearby Neumann University since 2006. “Sarah comes to us with a wealth of experience not only as an athletic administrator, recruiter and teacher, but also as a coach herself. She shares Brandywine’s focus on scholar-athletes and will continue the tradition of excellence in our athletic program,” said Penn State Brandywine Chancellor Kristin Woolever. Read More