Sylvania's Iorio earns scholarship

3/25/2003

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Senior center Joe Iorio from Sylvania has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Iorio, who has a 3.71 grade-point average in information and science technology, is on schedule to graduate in May.

The center from St. Francis de Sales was the first freshman walk-on to earn a starting spot in Joe Paterno's 37 years as head coach, and ended up starting 31 games, including every game for the past two seasons.