Tressel, Watson families honored as Penguins of the Year

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By Pete Mollica

BOARDMAN — It’s been 23 years since Jim Tressel walked onto Youngstown State University’s campus to take over as coach of the football program.

Fifteen years later, after four national championships and many other records, Tressel left to become head coach at Ohio State.

Tressel, his wife Ellen and his in-laws, Frank and Norma Watson, were honored by the university on Sunday as the 2009 Penguins of the Year.

The awards were presented as part of the Penguin Club’s annual scholarship/ring dinner at Mr. Anthony’s.

Read the story in Monday’s Vindicator and on Vindy.com.