SUNYAC honors for pair of Blue Devils
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SUNYAC awards
FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Two Fredonia State men have received weekly SUNYAC awards in their respective sports.
Junior basketball player Brad Cooper (Monticello) is the co-player of the week. Cooper, a guard, averaged 23 points in Blue Devil wins over Buffalo State, Geneseo, and Cortland. His 32-point effort vs. Cortland was a college career scoring high. Cooper is the first Blue Devil men's basketball player to receive a weekly award this season. He and his Blue Devil teammates will take on Oneonta State at 8 p.m. in the first round of the SUNYAC Tournament at SUNY Oneonta.
Sophomore middle distance runner Josh Guarino (Bergen/Byron-Bergen) was selected men's track athlete of the week. he did so by finishing fourth in the mile run at Cornell's Deneault Invitational with a time of 4:28.26. He is the first Fredonia State male and the first runner of either gender to receive a weekly honor this winter. Guarino's next competition will be Saturday at the SUNYAC Championship meet on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y.
For more information on the weekly awards, visit the SUNYAC website at www.SUNYAC.com and the following two webpages: