Penny Lou Neer (born November 7, 1960) is a former American collegiate and Olympic athlete in discus throwing, basketball and softball.

In three seasons on Michigan's varsity basketball team, Neer scored 456 points and recorded 64 blocks.

During her junior year, she became U-M's first woman All-American in track and field, and as a senior, Neer became the first female athlete from the University of Michigan to win a national title in a track and field event—winning in the discus at the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) outdoor championship.

[3] Neer also holds the Michigan discus record and was named to the Big Ten All-Decade team.

She broke the 200-foot mark at the 1985 Pacific Coast Championships with a throw of 201 feet 4 inches (61.37 meters).