Athletes of the Week

There were a lot of outstanding athletic performances turned in by the Golden Eagles last week which makes choosing the athletes of the week a bit tough...but the votes are in and the honors go to Whitney Smith and Ray Lund.

Senior basketball guard Whitney Smith (Webster, NY/Webster-Thomas) eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark as she averaged 20.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in three games. She shot 47.8 percent from the floor, 54.5 from the arc and 84.6 from the free throw line. Smith netted a game-high 20 points against Buffalo State and finished with 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds verse Cortland. She scored a game-high 22 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out three assists and had four steals against Oswego. On the season she leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.2 points per game.

Junior Ray Lund (Thiells, NY/North Rockland) dominated the throwing events, winning the weight throw and the shot put to help The College at Brockport Men’s Indoor Track and Field team to a second-place finish at the Class of '32 Alumni Meet at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Lund earned the Katie Almeter Most Valuable Player award for the men as he was first in the weight throw with a 16.92-meter heave and took top honors in the shot put with a personal best and winning toss of 14.52 meters.

Honorable mention performances on the week included:
Senior gymnast Lauren Gildemeyer who tied the school record on vault with a winning score of 9.8.
Junior Maria Quagliana continued to dominate the women’s diving events, winning both the one- and three-meter events against Oneonta and Buffalo State.
Senior goalie Todd Sheridan made 17 saves in the third period and a total of 36 as Brockport scored three times in the final 20 minutes of the game to lead the Golden Eagles to a 5-2 victory over SUNY Morrisville. Brockport has won five of its last six games and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the SUNYAC standings with the road win.
Pete Manktelow was second in the mile run at Colgate with a school-record time of 4:16.73. The time is just .7 seconds from the NCAA qualifying standard.

Congrats to all of the student-athletes - keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing what this week has in store.

~Ellsworth