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NEAC's Announces The Student-Athlete of the Week Selections for 9-13-10
The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announces student-athlete of the week selections for week ending Sunday, September 12, 2010 in the sports of men’s & women's cross country, men's golf, men’s & women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.
Conor Cashin (Albany, NY) was selected as the NEAC
Men’s Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week for his 6th
place finish out of 167 finishers in the 2010 Steven A. Warde
Invitational hosted by SUNY Cobleskill. Cashin, a freshman,
finished the 5.2 mile race in 28:14.67 (5:25 per mile pace) to lead
his SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers
to a 4th place finish out of 18 teams.
Brittany Hinton (Freehold, NJ) was selected as the NEAC
Women’s Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week for her 1st
place finish out of 82 finishers in the Baruch College Invitational
held at Van Cortlandt Park. Hinton, a junior, finished the 6K
race in 24:36 (6:35 per mile pace) to lead his College
of St. Elizabeth Screaming Eagles to a 5th place
finish out of 9 teams.
Alex Taylor (Voorhees, NJ) was selected as the NEAC Golf
Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance during the first
day of competition in the Penn State Harrisburg Fall Classic held
at Dauphin Highland Golf Course in Highspire, PA. Taylor, a
junior for the Rutgers University Scarlet
Raptors, shot a first round even-par 72 to take the
individual leading his team to a first day 5th place team finish
among 9 teams with a team total 315.
Shane Sullivan (Sherrill, NY) was selected as the NEAC
Men’s Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for his strong
defensive play for the SUNY Morrisville State College
Mustangs. Sullivan, junior goalkeeper, had a
total of 10 saves, 1 goal against, and 0.44 goal against average in
two games. In his first game this week, he tallied 2
saves and not goals allowed in 45 minutes while in the second game
he made 8 crucial saves in the 2-1 victory over conference rival
Cazenovia. He led his team to a 2-0 week (1-0 in conference
play).
Alyssa Scheidt (Reading, PA) was selected as the NEAC
Women’s Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week for her offensive
proficiency for the Penn State Berks Nittany
Lions. Scheidt, a freshman forward, scored 6
goals and had 1 assists for a total of 13 points on the week.
She led her team to 2-0 week in NEAC play where she scored 2 goals
including the game winner against Keuka College in a 4-3 overtime
win and added four more goals and one assist against Wells in the
8-1 victory.
Juleah Vedder (Dolgeville, NY) was selected as the NEAC
Women’s Volleyball Student-Athlete of the week for her
tremendous week for the SUNY Institute of Technology
Wildcats. Vedder, a junior outside hitter,
finished the week playing 14 games with 69 kills (4.9/game) on 152
attempst and 14 errors (.362 hitting percentage), 71 digs
(5.1/game), 4 aces, 2 total blocks, and 5.29 points per game.
Despite the teams 1-3 record on the week, she set new marks this
week as the SUNYIT all-time career kill leader and as well as
reaching her 1,000 career kill. She also had two
double-doubles this week with 22 kills and 16 digs in one match and
18 kills and 16 digs in another.
