•Hilton grad Heather Hebert was named Third Team All-SUNYAC in women’s basketball after her junior season with Oswego
•The College at Brockport’s women’s basketball forward Olivia Suhr was a First Team All-SUNYAC choice while Greece native Dana Cohan was named to the Second Team at guard for Geneseo.
•Clifton Lylerly and Patrick Modzelewski were both Third Team All-SUNYAC selections in men’s basketball for the College at Brockport.
•Roberts Wesleyan senior Marissa Sell (Brockport) and Lucy Covley have been named NCCAA All-Americans after helping Roberts Wesleyan finish the season with an impressive 20-7 overall record. Sell was named to the First Team after averaging a double-double this season as she surpassed both 1,000 career points and rebounds. The forward ended the year averaging 15.0 points and 12.4 rebounds per game. Covley, a freshman, was named to the Second Team as she finished second on the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game. The guard hit 68 of 191 three-point shots on the year, shooting 35.6 percent from beyond the arc.
Sell, Covley, Samantha Courtney, and Brooke Fields were all named to the All-Region First Team while Necedah James and Carneisha Henry (Hilton) earned Honorable Mention. Sell was named the region’s Player of the Year and head coach Bob Segave was named Coach of the Year after guiding the team to a 20-7 overall record this past year.
In addition, Sell was named First Team All-East Coast Conference and Courtney earned Honorable Mention. Courtney finished third on the team with 11.7 points per game and was second in rebounding with 7.0 rebounds per game. She led the team with 49 blocked shots.
Sell also was named the 2015 Kathy Freese Award winner by the NCCAA, presented annually to an outstanding women’s basketball student-athlete who demonstrates character, integrity, and Christian service. The award is named in honor of Kathy Freese, who served as head women’s basketball coach at Cedarville (Ohio) from 1991 through 2001.
•Redhawks senior forward Isaac Medeiros made the All-East Coast Conference Second Team in men’s basketball. He led Roberts with 15.2 points per game while averaging 6.6 rebounds and a team-best 21 blocks. He also was named All-NCCAA First Team All-American.
The trio of Tyrel Dixon, Marcus Gooding, and Kevin Madiamba all received NCCAA Honorable Mention.
•College at Brockport senior Lexi King and junior Lily Jagodzinski tied for second place in floor exercise and sophomore Jen Sklenar finished tied for second place on the balance beam as three of nine All-America Awards on the final day of competition at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championship. The top six gymnasts in each event were named first-team All-America and the 7-12 place finishers were named second-team All-America. Sklenar was the top Brockport finisher on the balance beam with a 9.70 to finish second overall earning first-team All-America honors. Stephanie Schuler earned three All-America awards tying for seventh place on the vault (9.65), tying for eighth on uneven bars (9.75) and placing 12th (9.075) on the balance beam. Amanda Carney was tied for third on vault with a 9.675 for first-team All-America honors while King earned second-team honors tying for 12th with a 9.60 score. Brittany Vasile also took home second-team honors with a tie for 11th place with a 9.625 score on floor exercise.
•College at Brockport junior Chase Nieuwendyk was selected as a 2015 CCM Division II-III Men’s Hockey All-American, as he earned Third-Team East honors after he led the team in scoring with 30 points on 18 goals and 12 assists.
•Golden Eagle senior Samuel Taft finished seventh in the heptathlon to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Senior Dorian Hayden was named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Male Indoor Track Athlete of the Year as he was voted on by SUNYAC coaches and earned All-SUNYAC First-Team honors as he won the SUNYAC Championship in the 400-meter dash in 49.64 seconds.
