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Fall 2016 college honors

•Spencerport grad Drew DeJohn was named SUNYAC men’s soccer All-Conference First Team. The junior defender for Cortland scored one goal with one assist in starting all 21 games while helping the Red Dragons register 14 shutouts.

•Forward and Brockport native Brooke Falsion was named Second Team All-SUNYAC in women’s soccer. The Potsdam sophomore led the team in scoring and was fourth in the SUNYAC with 11 goals and one assist for 23 points. The 11 markers are the fourth most in a single season for the Bears.

The College at Brockport placed two on the team in Hilton grad Maddie Siclare and Stefanie Drago. Siclare netted three goals as a midfielder playing in all 15 of Brockport’s contests. Drago also saw action in all 15 of Brockport’s contests, scoring four goals on the year, with three game-winners. The senior also dished out four assists, for 11 points on the year.

•St. John Fisher senior offensive lineman John Coleman (Spencerport) was named First Team Empire 8 All-Conference. Senior defensive back DJ Logory (Hilton) was named Second Team defense and the Fisher representative as Sportsmen of the Year.

•Senior forward Lucas Bennett (Hilton) from Nazareth College was named to the Empire 8 men’s soccer All-Conference Second Team. Naz classmate  Brayden Dobles (Spencerport) was named women’s soccer First Team goalkeeper.

•Hilton native A.J. Davids of SUNY Polytechnic Institute was named First Team All-NEAC in men’s volleyball. Junior teammate Nick Hagen (Hilton) was named Second Team.

•Keuka College senior midfielder Abbey David (Kendall) was named NEAC Third Team All-Conference.

•Genesee Community College sophomore Gabriella Garcea (Churchville-Chili) was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region III All-Region Second Team. The midfielder tallied the fourth-highest assists total in the region with 11.

•College at Brockport junior Sarah Mensah was named women’s tennis SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and Peter J. Cahill MVP. Mensah had a 16-set unbeaten streak, not dropping a set until her ninth match of the season at the ITA Northeast Regional Championship. On the season, Mensah lost a mere four sets of 36 played.  Her lone loss of the year came at the Regional Championship, where she placed second and was the only unseeded athlete to reach the semifinals, defeating four-seeded opponents along the way. The duo of Mensah and Kelsey Shanahan also earned All-SUNYAC Second-team honors. In doubles competition, they posted a record of 9-4 and earned three wins in regular season conference matches.

•The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) has named College at Brockport volleyball player Kelly Waters Rookie of the Year, and Steve Pike the ECAC Coach of the Year. Noelle Poloncarz and Sam Holdredge were each named First-Team ECAC All Stars, while Brianna Richardson was named to the Second-Team. Waters led the SUNYAC conference with her .377 hitting percentage and ended the season ranked 15th in the nation in that category, accounting for 218 kills on 453 attempts. Pike led the Brockport team to their second straight 30-win season in 2016, leading them to their deepest run in program history with an appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16. Holdredge and Richardson were one-two in kills this year, combining for 650. Most of those kills came off of sets from Poloncarz, who led the SUNYAC conference in that category with 1,250.

•The College at Brockport football team earned 11 Empire 8 All-Conference selections, including Rookie of the Year in quarterback Joe Germinerio and Sportsman of the Year in Alex Egglinger. Seven Golden Eagles were named to the First-Team in Spencerport native defensive back Jake O’Connell, running back Dan Andrews, full back Dalton Cooley, offensive lineman Mark Sanchez, defensive lineman Austin Dean. Offensive lineman Caleb Ferdilus, defensive lineman Ed Suriano and punter Eric Yaeger earned Second-Team honors while offensive lineman Justin Torres (Churchville-Chili) was an Honorable Mention. Germinerio is the first Golden Eagle to earn the honor of Empire 8 Rookie of the Year since Brockport joined the conference in 2014. Andrews earned First-Team Honors for the fourth straight season.  The senior reached 1,265-yards rushing, his fourth consecutive year with at least 1,000-yards while capping off his Brockport career atop numerous Brockport football records including career rushing yards (5,001) and career points scored (434).  He is the first Golden Eagle to reach the milestone of 5,000-yards and 400 points.

•College at Brockport men’s soccer senior defender Mark Sylvia was named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) All-Conference team. He started all 15 games and helped Brockport post three shutouts on the year.

•Churchville-Chili grad and Roberts Wesleyan women’s soccer senior Bella Mitrevski earned First-Team honors for the 2016 Division II Conference Commissioners Association Women’s Soccer All-America Team. This is Mitrevski’s third time being selected to this team. She was also named to the All-East Region First-Team after finishing the season with 10 goals and six assists for a total of 16 points. She also led the team with 89 shots on the year to help the Redhawks post a 10-5-2 record including a spot in the East Coast Conference Semifinal.

•Roberts Wesleyan men’s soccer senior Malcolm Shaw was named to the All-Conference Second Team for the East Coast Conference after he started all 16 games this season tallying 13 goals and two assists. He also led the team in shots with 86 total on the season.

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