North Eastern Athletic Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for 3/29/10

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announces student-athlete of the week selections for the week ending March 28, 2010 in the sports of men’s baseball, women’s softball, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s tennis and women’s tennis.

Aaron Klaptosky (Pottstown, PA) was selected as the NEAC West Division Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week.  Klaptosky, a senior catcher for the Penn State-Berks Nittany Lions was selected for his outstanding performance at the plate this week in leading his team to a 2-0 record in the NAC West and a 3-2 record overall. Klaptosky averaged .444 at the plate going 8-for-18 with 9 runs, 11 RBI, 2 doubles and 2 home runs.  He had a slugging % of .888, 2 walks, 2 stolen bases and an on base percentage of .500.  Behind the plate, Klaptosky had 21 putouts, 4 assists and zero errors (a perfect fielding percentage).  In two wins over Cazenovia College, Klaptosky finished with 2 home runs and 9 RBI’s.

Kyle Vanidestine (Bangor, ME) was selected as NEAC East Division Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week.  Vanidestine, a sophomore outfielder for Husson University Eagles was selected for his performance at the plate in leading Husson to four NEAC victories over Maine-Farmington.  Vanidestine averaged .450 at the plate going 9-for-20 with 9 runs and 3 RBI.

Juleah Vedder (Dolgeville, NY) was selected as the NEAC Softball Student-Athlete of the Week.  Vedder, a sophomore pitcher/first baseman for the SUNY Institute of Technology Wildcats was selected for her performance at the plate and on the mound this week.  Vedder averaged .800 at the plate going 12-for-15 with 6 runs, 13 RBI, 5 doubles, a triple and a home run.  She had a slugging % of 1.333, 2 walks and an on base percentage of .824.  On the mound, Vedder went 2-0, striking out 5 over 12 innings and holding her opponents to a .265 batting average as the Wildcats went 3-1 in NEAC play.

Dan Hunt (Skaneateles, NY) was selected as the NEAC Men’s Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Week.  Hunt, a junior attackman for the Wells College Expresswas selected for his outstanding offensive effort this week, helping the Express to a 1-0 record in NEAC play and their first win in program history.  In the 12-7 win over Penn State-Abington, Hunt scored 7 goals on 10 shots, had 2 assists and collected 6 individual grounds balls.

Jessica Allen (Mexico, ME) was selected as the NAC East Division Women's Lacrosse Co-Student Athlete of the Week.  Allen, a senior attack for the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers led the Beavers to a 2-0 record for the week, including a NAC East win over Green Mountain College.  Allen netted 6 goals, had 2 assists and collected 12 individual ground balls. 

 

Kiley Jolicoeur (Oakland, ME) was selected as the NAC East Division Women's Lacrosse Co-Student Athlete of the Week.  Jolicoeur, a junior attack for the Thomas College Terriers had 7 goals and collected 6 individual ground balls as the Terriers defeated Daniel Webster College 13-5 for their first win of the season. 

Carmen Velazquez (Syracuse, NY) was selected as the NAC West Division Women’s Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Week.  Velazquez, a senior midfielder for the Morrisville State Mustangs was selected for her outstanding offensive effort, despite the Mustangs 1-2 record for the week.  Velazquez had 12 goals on 19 shots, an assist and 14 individual ground balls for the week.  In an 11-10 loss to Division II Fort Lewis, Velazquez netted a team high 5 goals and in a 16-9 win over Medaille College, she scored 6 times and added an assist as the Mustangs remained undefeated in conference action. 

John Taft (Queensbury, NY) was selected as the NAC West Division Men’s Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance for the Oneonta State Red Dragons.  Taft, a junior went 3-0 at #5 singles and 2-0 at #2 doubles in leading Oneonta State to 3-0 record and a 2-0 against NAC West opponents.  In going 5-0 during the week, Taft surrendered only three games in singles and one in doubles action.

 

Kevin Eisenberg (Moultonborough, NH) was selected as the NAC East Division Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance for the Castleton State Spartans.  Eisenberg, a freshman helped Castleton to a perfect 2-0 week as the Spartans earned wins at Sage College and North Atlantic Conference foe Thomas.  Eisenberg dropped just three total games in earning a pair of wins at third singles. Eisenberg was a perfect 2-0 in doubles matches, earning 8-0 wins at first doubles with Sam Levine, and third doubles with Corey Kimball.

Tessa Doyle (Smithsburg, MD) was selected as the NEAC West Division Women’s Tennis Student-Athlete of the week for her performance for the Wilson College Phoenix.  Doyle, a junior went 4-0 at #2 singles and 4-0 at #1 doubles in leading Wilson to their first NEAC tennis victory against Keuka College.  In four singles matches, Doyle did not drop a set and remained undefeated on the season at #2 singles for the Phoenix.