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The Football Letter Podcast: Letterman Lydell Sargeant ’11 / Broadcast Journalist Destiny Sanchez ’24
A new Penn State Football season means it's also time for a new season of The Football Letter Podcast! 🏈
We kick things off with Broadcast Journalist Destiny Sanchez '24 (0:50) to talk about her passion for sharing compelling and accurate stories of sport with the public, spending game days at Beaver Stadium reporting from the sidelines, and earning the Lisa Byington Award from the Big Ten Network as the most outstanding female broadcaster in the B1G+ Student U Program.
Then, we're joined by Penn State Football Letterman and Senior Director of Development for the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, Lydell Sargeant '11
(32:21). Lydell takes us through his role with the College of Liberal Arts, his passion for higher education, and the strong bonds across the different generations of Penn State Football lettermen.
View the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel.
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More on Destiny: Destiny Sanchez is a recent graduate of Penn State, where she earned a degree in broadcast journalism. She currently works as a Sports Reporter/Anchor for WFMZ in Allentown. Destiny previously worked for Penn State Athletics as a student talent for Penn State Athletics, creating feature content for all 31 collegiate sports at Penn State to be published on GoPSUSports.com and their respective social channels.
Earlier this year, Destiny was named the 2024 recipient of the Lisa Byington Award, awarded by Big Ten Network to the most outstanding female broadcaster in the B1G+ Student U Program.
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More on Lydell: Lydell Sargeant is a 2011 Penn State graduate, and he starred for the Nittany Lion football team as a four-year letter-winner at defensive back (2005-08). During that time, he earned All Big-Ten defensive back honors and was one of the standout leaders for the 2008 Big Ten Championship team. Lydell also had an impact off the field, as he represented his fellow student-athletes on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Lydell currently serves his alma mater as Senior Director of Development for the College of the Liberal Arts.
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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
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