Bio

Class of 2020-21

Jennifer Crossman-Palermo was a conference champion during her two-year career with the Penn State Delaware County women's tennis team and is the first tennis student-athlete to be selected for the hall of fame.

Crossman-Palermo went undefeated as a freshman in 1988 and accomplished the feat again during her sophomore year, winning back-to-back Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference and Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference No. 1 singles titles. A highly-ranked United States Tennis Association Middle States tennis player during her scholastic career, Crossman-Palermo competed at Penn State Delco under the guidance of hall of fame coach and administrator Tiz Griffith.

For her dominance on the tennis court, Crossman-Palermo received the campus' Outstanding Achievement Award in women's tennis at the conclusion of the 1988 season.

Following a successful career at Penn State Delaware County, Crossman-Palermo accepted an athletic scholarship to Temple University where she continued her tennis career for two more seasons.