Athletics celebrates top seniors and gives awards at annual gala
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Senior women's soccer player Reilly Condidorio (LeRoy, N.Y.) and senior men's pole vaulter Broncho Rollins (Ithaca, N.Y.) were named the top Fredonia State athletes for 2011-12 at the Student Athlete Advisory Committee Awards Gala held Sunday on campus.
Also, a pair of freshmen, women's track and field athlete Nicole Desens (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and hockey player Jared Wynia (Calgary, Alberta), were named Female Rookie of the Year and Male Rookie of the Year, respectively.
Matt Beebe (Rochester, N.Y.), a member of the men's swimming and diving team, received the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for having the highest grade-point average among graduating seniors. The women's volleyball team won the award for Team Academic Excellence.
Retiring university president Dr. Dennis Hefner and his wife Jan received the first Fredonia State Athletics' Service Award.
In addition to the awards ceremony, each senior was introduced and brought up on stage in front of a photo-action backdrop of them. Four-year participants received a Blue Devil wristwatch and seniors who wore the blue-and-white for fewer than four seasons were given a plaque as a gift.
Speakers included Dr. Hefner, Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. David Herman, Director of Athletics Greg Prechtl, Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Andrea Zevenbergen, women's tennis coach Joe Calarco, and SACC co-presidents Ashley LaPorta (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Liz Wierbinski (Camillus, N.Y.).
Award presenters were coaches and Fredonia State alums Chris Case and Tom Wilson, coach P.J. Gondek, and Assistant Director of Athletics Megan Valentine.
Kevin Sylvester of the Buffalo Sabres, and a Fredonia State graduate, served as master of ceremonies.
A reception for seniors and their families was held prior to the Gala.
