Dombrosky earns SUNYAC Rookie of the Week honor
(Morrisville, NY – Dec. 2014) The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has announced its winter weekly award winners, naming Morrisville State College freshman net minder, Steven Dombrosky (Elizabethtown, Pa.) the Ice Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week ending Nov. 30.
Dombrosky was a defensive mainstay for the Mustangs on Sunday, as they posted a 3-2 overtime win over #15 nationally ranked Williams College at the Skidmore Invitational Championship final. In the contest he registered 36 total saves in 61:20 played, including 14 in the second period, eight more in the third and one in the extra frame to secure the tournament win for Morrisville State.
His efforts on Sunday earned him All-Tournament team honors as Morrisville State pulled their record even at 4-4-2 after sweeping the weekend’s action.
A mechanical engineering technology at Morrisville State, Dombrosky is the son of Roxanne and Adam Dombrosky of Elizabethtown.
Williams Region III Player of the Week
(Herkimer, NY – Dec. 2014) Herkimer Generals women’s basketball player Shahadah Williams of Syracuse was named Region III Player of the Week helping her team to victories over two Mid-State Atlantic Conference opponents at home.
Williams, a Liberal Arts & Sciences: Science major at Herkimer College, averaged 18 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, seven steals and 1.5 blocks against Corning and Finger Lakes. The sophomore forward had a season-high 21 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists and eight steals against the Red Barons in a 71-69 win. The following day Williams had a season-high 19 rebounds, 15 points, five assists, six steals and three blocks against the Lakers.
“Shahadah had a terrific weekend for us,” said Head Women’s Basketball Coach B.J. Gouger. “She is extremely active on both sides of the ball, making a big impact on the defensive side of the ball. She has a knack for getting her hands on the basketball which has resulted in some positive things for our team!”
Duree named Corvias ECAC Division III Upstate Rookie of the Week
(Morrisville, NY – Dec. 2014) The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its Corvias Division III Players of the Week in women’s basketball, naming Morrisville State College freshman guard, Caitlin Duree (Albuquerque, N. M.) the Upstate Rookie of the Week for the week ending Nov. 30.
Duree compiled 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor, adding seven rebounds, two assists and four steals in a 71-61 nonconference win over D’Youville College last Tuesday.
Four of Duree’s points came from the charity stripe, as she converted all four free throw attempts. Three of her game total seven rebounds were on the offensive glass.
The freshman is a graduate of Eldorado High School where she was a first team all-district recipient as a senior, and is majoring in agricultural business and development at Morrisville State. She is the daughter of Leanne and Eloy Duree of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Chun Named to NCAA Division I Council
Inaugural Group Formed in Response to Many Changes Taking Place in Top Collegiate Division
(Hamilton, NY – Dec. 2014) Colgate Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91, MA’94 has been named one of 40 members of the inaugural NCAA Division I Council.
Chun joins the group of fellow athletics directors – one from each Division I conference – plus two voting student-athletes, two faculty athletics representatives and four commissioners (one from the five highest-profile FBS conferences, one from the remaining FBS conferences, one from the FCS conferences and one from the remaining conferences).
“We are very proud that AD Vicky Chun has been appointed to the inaugural Division I Council,” Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst said. “The NCAA Board of Directors has confirmed that Vicky is a national figure in intercollegiate sports and that she will have an important voice in upcoming debates.”
The Council is charged with conducting the day-to-day business of Division I and would be the final voice on shared-governance rule-making decisions. It is being formed in response to the many changes taking place in Division I governance, and among its initial tasks is ensuring that the principles of amateurism are protected.
The NCAA Board approved the initial Council roster, which as President Herbst noted includes many proven conference and national leaders. The Board expects the Council to offer guidance on behalf of the collegiate experience of student-athletes, which has been a hallmark of Chun’s two-year administrative tenure at Colgate.
Chun was named Colgate’s Director of Athletics and Associate Professor on Jan. 1, 2013, after serving in an interim capacity for five months.
Making a Difference
Chun excelled for the Raiders as both as a student-athlete and head coach before shifting her career path to administration. She remains the only person in NCAA Division I history to earn both player and coach of the year honors in the same conference, as well as the only person to win conference championships in those two roles.
Colgate under Chun maintained a 98 percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate this year, placing Raider student-athletes fourth nationally in Division I for the second campaign in a row. The Raiders were joined by peer schools Stanford, Harvard, Yale and Brown at the 98-percent mark, just ahead of Columbia, Duke and Princeton.
Colgate had a Patriot League-best 17 of its conference-sponsored teams record perfect 100-percent graduation success rates, ahead of both Bucknell and Holy Cross with 16.
Chun is the only female athletics director in the Patriot League. Among 345 Division I institutions, she is one of 29 women (16 with the sport of football), and one of eight minority women (four with sport of football) actively leading an NCAA Division I athletics department.
She serves on the NCAA Division I Championships Cabinet (liaison to FCS Football) and the NCAA FCS Football Regional Committee. In addition, Chun serves on the Executive Board of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), where she also chairs the Foundation Fund. In 2013, she was selected to the National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics (NACDA) John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation Board. Most recently, Harvard University invited Chun to serve on its Board of Overseers.
Johnson, Fitzpatrick and Johnson honored by D3football.com
(Morrisville, NY – Dec. 2014) D3football.com announced its 2014 All-East Region teams Monday, selecting senior quarterback Lemar Johnson (Ossining, N.Y.) as the Offensive Player of the Year, Mustang head coach Curt Fitzpatrick the Coach of the Year and junior offensive tackle Fahraad Johnson (Westbury, N.Y.) third team honors.
The teams were selected in balloting by East Region sports information directors and D3football.com staff, and were chosen from 228 total nominations from Division III member schools for 78 spots across three teams.
Fitzpatrick was chosen as the East Region Coach of the Year as he led the Mustangs to a six win improvement, posting a 9-2 overall record and a share of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) title.
Johnson, also a first team All-Region selection, threw for 2,398 yards and ran for another 1,245 for the Mustangs who posted the best season in the history of the program as a Division III member with a 9-2 overall record. He accounted for 40 total touchdowns on the season, passing for 23 and rushing for another 17, while racking up 331.0 yards total offense per game. Johnson was a second team selection last season.
Fahraad Johnson started all 11 games at tackle for the Morrisville State offense that finished the season as the NJAC leader in both team scoring (37.9 points per game) and total offense (493.3 yards per game). Johnson was instrumental to the offensive unit that ranked third overall in all of Division III in first downs offense (293), 13th in rushing offense (262.1), 33rd in scoring offense (37.9), 14th in total offense (493.3) and 22nd in winning percentage (0.818).
Fitzpatrick shown.