by Warren Kozireski
•Hilton grad Becky Hebert was named to the Second Team on the SUNYAC Women’s Basketball All-Conference Team.
•Hilton grad Ryan Mee finished his first season as assistant men’s basketball coach at Davidson College, which won the Southern Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA tournament before being defeated by Elite Eight participant Marquette.
•John Martin-Cannon (Brockport) completed his wrestling career at the University of Buffalo with 84 wins—good for 15th in the program record books. His 135 career takedowns are the fourth most in program history.
•University of Maryland junior Christian Boley (Brockport) won his second Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling championship at 197 with a 7-2 decision. The junior won three matches in the wrestleback during the NCAA Tournament falling one win shy of All-American status. Boley wrapped up the 2012-13 season with a 27-8 record.
•SUNYIT Men’s Volleyball Team had three area players named to the all-conference ranks in Hilton’s Alan Davids and Sean Conte with Brockport’s Jeff Knapp named to the First Team.
Davids was also selected North Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year after leading the conference with a .344 hitting percentage and finishing second in kills (195), kills per set (2.19), points (258.5) and points per set (2.9).
Roberts Wesleyan College
•Sophomore forward and Brockport High School grad Marissa Sell earned NCCAA All-American First Team honors and was named NCCAA East Region Player of the Year.
Sell finished the season averaging 13.0 points and 10.2 rebounds per game and led Roberts to the NCCAA National Championships. She was also named to the East Coast Conference All-Conference Second Team after finishing the regular season sixth in scoring and third in rebounds.
•Freshman forward Samantha Courtney was named to the NCCAA East Region Second Team after leading the Redhawks with a team-high 47 blocks.
•For the men, senior forward Devin Grimes earned NCCAA All-American Honorable Mention after averaging a double-double in points and rebounds. In addition, Grimes was selected to the NCCAA East Region First Team.
College at Brockport
•Senior Zach Ferrera won the 2013 NCAA Division III Pole Vault National Champion after posting a school record height of 5.09 meter (16’ 8 1/4”) at the indoor track and field championships in Naperville, Illinois.
•Three men and seven women were named to the 2013 SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field All-Conference Teams. Freshman Brandon Joyce and senior Zach Ferrara were First Team selections with sophomore Antoine Keels a Second Team pick. For the women, senior Nicole Jones and sophomore Rachel Malone were First Team members with Caitlin Moeller, Emily Noonan, Hailey Smith, Kim Engels and Kristen Hover were named to the Second Team.
•Wrestler Matt Ellis finished eighth at the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament to earn All-American status.
•In men’s basketball, junior guard Jon Ivey made the All-SUNYAC First Team.
•Senior swimmer Ken Smith was named Second Team All-SUNYAC.
