One day on the beat, and we’ve already got a Pulitzer Prize winner for a sports-related story.

Sara Ganim and the Harrisburg Patriot-News were cited for their coverage of the Penn State-Jerry Sandusky saga. They were awarded a Pulitzer for local reporting.

From the Patriot-News:

Ganim broke the news in March 2011 that Sandusky was being investigated by a grand jury. Hundreds of journalists descended on State College after Ganim’s story drew national attention following Sandusky’s arrest in November.

“What really struck me about this story and about Sara’s work is that this was not a case where we uncovered some big issue or wanted to look at some big issue or did a massive investigation. This was a case of a reporter doing her job,” Patriot-News editor David Newhouse said.

Congratulations to Ganim and the Patriot-News, although it is a little bit of good news-bad news for the paper. Winning a Pulitzer at age 24 means Ganim will be in high demand.