•Hilton grad and Keuka College junior Lauren Anten was named to the North Eastern Athletic All-Conference Third Team for the conference champion Wolves after she set a new career-high this season with 316 points, averaging 13.2 per game. She made 35 treys and moved into fifth place on the career three-point list this season with 101 in her career. Anten was sixth in the NEAC in three-point shooting this season and eighth in overall shooting percentage.
•Churchville-Chili grad Isaiah Lewis of the Roberts Wesleyan men’s basketball team earned third team all-conference honors as announced by the East Coast Conference. The sophomore was the team’s leading scorer averaging 13.1 points per game and was also the lead assist man on the team with 90 in total.
•Nazareth sophomore Rachel Benedict (Brockport HS) was named to the Empire 8 women’s basketball All-Conference First Team after the reigning Empire 8 Rookie of the Year led the conference at 18.9 points per game on a league-best 48.3 field goal percentage. She was 51-for-134 (38.1 percent) in three-point shooting and was also second in rebounding at 10.1 per game in conference play.
•Brockport High grad and Nazareth junior forward Jake Burgio was named First Team All-Conference in men’s basketball. He ranked among the E8 leaders in scoring (15.4 ppg.), rebounding (8.9 rpg.) and field goal percentage (158-for-268, .590), scored in double digits 21 times and reached double digits in rebounds 10 times.
•St. John Fisher senior Tyler Farrell (Hilton) was named Cardinals Sportsman of the Year for men’s basketball.
•After a season which saw the Brockport wrestling team send three wrestlers to the NCAA National Championships, former Spencerport head coach and now Golden Eagles associate head coach Bill Jacoutot was named Assistant Coach of the Year. Spencerport grad Jonathan Haas, Sean Peacock and Triston Engle advanced to the NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
•Brockport High grad Antonio Alvarez was named the Newcomer of the Year and Third Team All-Conference in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. The Hilbert freshman led the Hawks in rebounds and ranked eighth in the league with 180. Alvarez closed his first-year averaging 12.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, and shot an impressive .473 percent from the field.
•16-year Hilbert College men’s basketball head coach and former Golden Eagle player and assistant coach Rob deGrandpre was named co-Coach of the Year in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. He early earned his 200th career win in early February.
•Roberts Wesleyan sophomores Emily Miller and Taya Andrews were both selected to the East Coast All-Conference second team while senior Lucy Covley and Necedah James were third team members. Miller was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder averaging 14.5 points per game and nine rebounds per game. She finished the season with 14 double-doubles. Andrews averaged 12.4 points per contest including four 20-plus point performances. Covley and James both became 1,000 point scorers at Roberts Wesleyan. Covley hit 84 three pointers this season—the most on the team and set the ECC career record for made three pointers this season. James dished out 107 assists this season.
•College at Brockport senior guard Hamed Shamseldin and sophomore forward Justin Summers were placed on the SUNYAC All-Conference First Team. Shamseldin averaged 20.4 points, 5.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. He ranked sixth in free throws made, 12th in free throw attempts and 12th in total assists. Summers averaged17.4 points per game, while grabbing 7.7 rebounds and collecting 2.4 blocks.
•Golden Eagles women’s basketball player Lindsay Johnson earned All-SUNYAC First Team honors while Schyler Laux and Emily Nestler were both named to the Third Team. Johnson finished her collegiate averaging 12 points to lead the team in scoring and 9.1 rebounds per game. She ended the season with nine double-doubles, including the last four regular season games. Laux made 60 three pointers over 24 games while shooting at nearly a 45% clip from beyond the arc. The junior also grabbed 73 rebounds, dished out 31 assists, and finished the season a perfect 34-for-34 from the free throw line. Nestler matched Laux’s mark of 11 points-per-game and averaged 6.6 rebounds per-game.
•Brockport’s Ed Jaskulski was named the women’s Indoor Track & Field assistant coach of the year for the Atlantic Region by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
