With the 2019-20 academic year rapidly approaching, I wanted to take a moment to reflect back on the recently-completed 2018-19 academic year, showcasing a few of the many highlights our student-athletes achieved in the classroom, as well as in their respective athletic arenas. In these pages, you can view the accomplishments of each of Wagner’s 23 intercollegiate programs, which will grow to 24 with the addition of field hockey this fall, a sport that will compete as a Northeast (NEC) Conference member for the first time since 1978. I’m proud to report that Wagner now has the distinction of winning seven straight NEC Student-Athlete of the Year Awards with women’s golfer Pascalle Tego taking home this year’s honor. In addition, a total of 99 Seahawk student-athletes were named to the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for achieving a 3.75 GPA or higher, a select group that is a part of 282 Wagner student-athletes that earned NEC Honor Roll citations for meeting the threshold of a 3.2 GPA or better.
The women’s lacrosse team, NEC champion for the second consecutive year
Specific recognition is in order for our student-athletes who were named the NEC Scholar-Athletes in their respective sports – namely Jonathan Besselink, who was the NEC Scholar-Athlete in both Cross Country and Spring Men’s Track & Field, as well as Pascalle Tego of Women’s Golf. I’d also like to recognize the five Seahawk athletic programs that earned NEC Institutional GPA honors for recording the top GPA in their respective sports, a list that includes Wagner women’s soccer (3.750 GPA), women’s lacrosse (3.605 GPA), men’s cross country (3.535 GPA), women’s indoor track & field (3.535 GPA) and women’s outdoor track & field (3.535 GPA). Additionally, three Wagner athletic programs - men’s lacrosse, women’s golf and women’s tennis earned public recognition from the NCAA for finishing among the top ten percent nationally. In competition, the Seahawks’ women’s water polo team captured its sixth straight MAAC championship and ensuing NCAA bid, while the women’s lacrosse team made its second straight NCAA Championship, winning the NEC title for the third time in the last four years. There were a host of other individual and team accolades achieved by Wagner student-athletes in the past year, many of whom will be well-represented in the professional ranks, highlighted by football’s consensus First-Team All-American running back Ryan Fulse, and former Seahawk men’s basketball standout, Romone Saunders. Finally, I’d like to thank outgoing President, Dr. Richard Guarasci, for his outstanding overall leadership and support of Wagner athletics these past 17 years as we wish a hearty welcome to our new president, Dr. Joel Martin. Go Seahawks! Walt Hameline
The women’s water polo team, MAAC champion for the sixth consecutive season Wagner Athletics Year in Review Written by the Wagner College Media Relations Department: John Beisser, Max Rottenecker, Brian Morales, Nicole Hopton, Marcus Thatcher, Gerard Farley Design and Layout: Max Rottenecker Photos by:Adrienne Terzuoli, Dave Saffran, Bob Park, Larry Levanti, Kostas Lymperopoulos,Mike McLaughlin, Brian Foley, Northeast Conference, Carlisle Stockton, Ira Gershansky, Paul Falcone, Brooks Nuanez, Keith Lucas, Mitchell Layton, UCSB Athletics, Maurya Couvares, Roman Fedosieiev, Doug Drabik, Stanford Athletics, Nick Monaghan, Keith Lucas, David Cohen, John McCreary
Pascalle Tego
The Ultimate Winner In June, Pascalle Tego capped a virtually incomparable four years on Grymes Hill where she made an indelible mark, both in the classroom and on the golf course, by being named the NEC Student-Athlete of the Year. Following the 2018-19 season, the two-time team captain and Mexico City native was named First-Team All-NEC for the second time in her career, ending her golf career having earned All-NEC accolades, as well as All-NEC Tournament honors, in each of her four years as a Seahawk. Off the golf course, Tego’s list of accomplishments are equally, if not, more impressive, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a 3.92 grade point average as an economics major with a minor in mathematics. At the end of each of her four academic years at Wagner (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Tego earned a spot on the: Wagner College Dean’s List, Wagner All-Academic Team (student-athlete), NEC Academic Honor Roll (3.2 GPA or higher), and NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher).“Being a student-athlete at Wagner College has been so much more than I expected,” said Tego. “As an international student, I learned that a smile can overcome any language barrier, and that language is never a barrier but a doorway to new opportunities.”
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Romone Saunders
Money Mone During his five-year Wagner career, 6’3� guard/forward Romone Saunders proved to be one of the most productive and consistent players in Seahawk history. A Second-Team All-NEC selection in 2018-19, the 6-3, 210-pound team captain from Temple Hills, MD led the Seahawks in scoring (16.7 ppg./4th in NEC), rebounding (7.2rpg./4th in NEC) assists (3.7/9th in NEC), steals (1.52/T4th in NEC), free throw % (84.6/7th in NEC/4th all-time Wagner single season), 3-PT Made/ Game (2.14/8th in NEC), and minutes played (34.6mpg/4th in NEC). Saunders finished his brilliant Seahawk career ranked 17th all-time in career scoring with 1,335 points, and tied for 7th alltime in three-point field goals made with 189.
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adrianna warning
Diving Into The History Books Adrianna Warning had a season to remember. After narrowly missing the conference title at last year’s NEC Championships, Warning returned for her senior season with big expectations and finished her collegiate career on a high note. Warning finished first among Northeast Conference (NEC) competition and notched a Top-60 finish in the 1-meter competition in Zone A at the NCAA Zone meet. The senior became the first Wagner diver in program history to qualify for the meet earlier in the season after breaking both Wagner school records. At the NEC Championships, Warning concluded her conference career in style, winning the 3-meter competition. Following a third-place showing in the prelims, Warning saved her best for last in the 3-meter finals, beating the competition with 271.35 points to claim her first NEC title after previously winning silver in the 1-meter competition this year, and three-meter round last year.
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Jonathan Besselink
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Chasing Records
After recording a 25th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Regionals in May, junior Jonathan Besselink was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team for District 1 as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). A business administration major with a 3.89 grade point average, Besselink competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Regionals, finishing in a more than respectable 25th place out of 48 athletes. In coming in with a time of 9:01.34, the Ontario native outdistanced competitors from several of the nation’s top conferences, including the ACC (NC State, Florida State, Pittsburgh), Big 10 (Penn State, Purdue) and SEC (Auburn, Kentucky).
karen prihoda
Six-Tool Player
A five-tool player has everything a softball coach desires: Speed, Power, Hitting For Average, Fielding, and Arm Strength. Combine those five tools with excellent performance in the classroom and you have Karen Prihoda. Leading the way for four seasons, Prihoda graduates as one of the most decorated softball players in Wagner history. Prihoda was an All-NEC selection for four straight seasons, while also being on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team for three seasons. One of only three Seahawks ever to record more than 200 hits, Prihoda also tied the program record for most stolen bases with 73, all while holding a 3.91 GPA as a Spanish/Education major.
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Ryan Fulse
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Ryan Fulse compiled an explosive twoyear 22-game career at Wagner, where he finished sixth on the Seahawk all-time career rushing list with 3,016 yards, which computes to 137.1 yards per outing. One of Wagner’s five team captains in 2018, Fulse compiled 1,710 rushing yards, good for second on the all-time Seahawk single-season rushing list, and tops in Wagner’s Division I era. In 2018, the 5-11, 195-pound Fort Meade, FL native, was named First-Team All-American honors by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation and STATS FCS, as well as receiving First-Team honors by the ECAC and the Northeast Conference (NEC). On the national landscape, Fulse finished the 2018 season ranked No. 1 in all of FCS football in all-purpose yardage (177.36 yards per game), and second in FCS football with 1,710 rushing yards (155.5 yards per game). Additionally, he was a finalist for the prestigious Walter Payton Award, regarded as the Heisman Trophy of the FCS, emblematic of the nation’s top offensive player. On the season, Fulse, who was a four-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week, rushed for 100 yards or more eight times in 11 games. Fulse, who played two seasons at Monroe College before arriving on Grymes Hill, has earned try-outs with both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders.
Women’s Lacrosse
Back-To-Back
Under the direction of first-year head coach Michelle Tumolo, the 2019 Seahawks registered a program-best 16-4 record, its second consecutive NEC championship, and second straight NCAA opening-round win, a 15-13 comeback victory at MAAC-champion Fairfield. Sophomore Erin Kerstetter became the fourth Seahawk to earn NEC Midfielder of the Year honors in the last five seasons. Also a Second-team IWLCA All-Region selection, Kerstetter was one of four Seahawks named to the 2019 All-NEC First-Team, as she was joined by senior defenders Maddie Courtney and Maggie Jent, along with fellow sophomore midfielder Madeline Seims. Named to the All-NEC Second Team were junior attacker Stephanie Falcone and redshirt senior goalie Kelsey Fee.
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Women’s Water Polo
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Six Straight
The Seahawks soared to their sixth straight Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship after besting Marist with a final score of 8-4. Seven of Wagner’s nine MAAC Championship title game victories have come against Marist (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2007). Over the course of two games, 2019 MAAC Tournament MVP Kristy Donkin found the back of the net eight times to lead the Seahawk scoring attack, four of which came in the championship game. The No. 19 Seahawks fell to UC San Diego by a count of 12-8 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament to conclude the historic 30-10 season.
Baseball
Furious Finish
For the 14th time in program history, and for the fifth time in the last six years under eighth-year head coach Jim Carone, the Seahawks qualified for the NEC Championship. The Green & White finished the regular season with a three-game sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson and got the help they needed in earning the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Individually, several Seahawks achieved personal milestones, as Neil Abbatiello became the fifth Seahawk pitcher to ever reach the 200 career strikeout milestone. Freddy Sabido clubbed his way into the record books, becoming the tenth player in program history with 20 or more home runs, and 14th member of the 100 career RBI club.
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Men’s Basketball
Seven
The 2018-19 Seahawks, who have qualified for the Northeast Conference Tournament in each of two-time league coach of the year Bashir Mason’s seven seasons, were led by a fourman senior class that helped Wagner claim NEC titles in 2016 and 2018. Heading the Seahawk senior quartet was 6’3” guard-forward Romone Saunders, who was a Second-Team All-NEC selection after earning Third-Team honors the previous season. The other three graduating Seahawk seniors included forward AJ Sumbry, the 3rd-leading shot-blocker in program history (136), along with guards Elijah Davis and Devin Liggeons, who combined for nearly 1,200 points and 700 rebounds during their respective Wagner careers. “I appreciate what those guys did for our program over their four years,” said Mason. “We got two regular season championships with all four of those guys. Their hard work, and their blood, sweat, and tears, is certainly appreciated by my program.”
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Women’s Basketball
Brick By Brick
Wagner was picked 10th in the 2018-19 NEC Preseason Coaches’ poll but, under third-year head coach Heather Jacobs, the Seahawks proved the prognosticators wrong, doubling their conference record from a season ago and qualifying for the NEC Tournament for the first time in five years. At season’s end, leading scorer Taylah Simmons (15.3 ppg.) was the recipient of the NEC Most Improved Player Award while earning a spot on the All-NEC Second Team. Additionally, freshman forward Emilija Krista Grava was tabbed to the AllNEC Rookie Team. For Simmons, the sophomore became the league’s fourth recipient of the Most Improved Award and the second Wagner student-athlete under Coach Jacobs to earn one of the four major conference awards.
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women’s cross country
Carney Crushes It Wagner concluded its season with a fifthplace finish at the NEC Championships behind junior Sara Carney, who finished 13th out of the 80 competitors in the 5k with a time of 18:55.7. Sophomore Vivan Liell and junior Allison Santorelli placed 22nd and 23rd, respectively, with times of 19:35.4 and 19:45.6. Other notable finishes for the Seahawks included Alexandra Elder who finished with a time of 20:26.1, Jordan Sorilla who clocked in a time of 21:21.0, and junior Ashley Ducharme who crossed the finish line at the 21:34.3 mark. Additionally, Carney and Liell went on to represent the Seahawks at the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Championships.
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Men’s Cross Country
Double Duty
Freshman Trausti Thorstein capped his fall season by being crowned NEC champion as the Seahawks earned a program-best third-place finish at the 2018 NEC Cross Country Championships. After garnering four NEC Rookie of the Week awards, Thorstein clocked in a first place time of 25:45.00, to become the first freshman to win both the NEC Outstanding Performer and NEC Rookie of the Year awards since Rogers Kipruto from LIU Brooklyn did so in 2009. Junior Jonathan Besselink was named the 2018 NEC Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year, joining an accomplished group of student-athletes from the other nine NEC-sponsored fall sports. Additionally, the Seahawks were named the 2018 NEC Fall Team Sportsmanship Award winner.
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Women’s Fencing
On The Rise
For the second straight season, the Seahawks’ fencing team qualified for the NCAA Regional Meet, as a program-best four fencers qualified for the regional meet. In sophomore Abby Buckborough, junior Rebecca Errickson, and freshmen Natasha Novikov and Caecilia Thuermer, the Seahawks were represented in every weapon for the first time since the program was founded three years ago. Buckborough was the lone Wagner fencer in the sabre competition, finishing in 30th overall after recording two victories in the first round of competition. Buckborough became the first Seahawk to qualify for two straight NCAA Regionals. Thuermer and Errickson both competed in the foil competition, winning two bouts each in the first round to finish 31st and 32nd, respectively. Novikov rounded out the Seahawk lineup with a 36th place finish in the epee weapon in her first Regionals appearance.
football
Staten Island Special
The enduring image of Wagner’s 2018 football season came on October 13, when the Seahawks earned an improbable, last-second 23-22 home win over Saint Francis U. Senior WR D’Erren Wilson tossed an 18-yard touchdown pass to senior TE Chris Woodard with six seconds left to play to complete a nine-play, 65-yard drive, lifting the Seahawks to victory. Graduate student QB T.J. Linta, who would go on to sign an NFL free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, completed 20-of-39 passes for 193 yards and two TDs. Offensively, the 2018 Seahawks were paced by First-Team Associated Press (AP) All-American RB Ryan Fulse, whose 1,710 rushing yards ranked No. 2 all-time at Wagner. On the defensive side, the 2018 season saw the emergence of junior LB Cam Gill, who became a virtually unblockable force en route to being named Defensive Player of the Year by the ECAC and NEC, in addition to earning AP Third-Team All-America honors.
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Men’s Golf
Senior Leadership
Senior A.J. Skinner paced the Wagner men’s golf team at the 2019 NEC Men’s Golf Championship, finishing in a 23rd-place tie overall, while freshman Mario Saludes posted the Seahawks’ low final round score, carding an impressive 74 (+2). Saludes’ final-round 74 catapulted him into a tie for 36th. Four shots behind Saludes was sophomore Ben Steenland, in 39th place, while fellow lefthander, freshman Nicholas Dolley, and junior Brendan Haselton, finished in 40th and 44th-place, respectively. In addition to Skinner, the Seahawks also graduated Oskar Sundberg, who amassed 35 sub-80 rounds in his Seahawk career, while at the same time, becoming a three-time member of the NEC Spring Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher).
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Women’s Golf
Passing the Torch Four-Time All-NEC performer Pascalle Tego, who in 2019 earned first-team all-league honors for the second time in her career, will look to pass the torch onto Heather McClean (pictured right), who was named to the All-NEC second team as a freshman. This Seahawk duo capped the season by tying for fourth place, with one another, in the 2019 NEC Championship back in April with matching scores of 232 (+16), in leading the Green & White to a third-place finish. A three-time member of the NEC Spring Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher), Tego led the Seahawks with a 77.69 scoring average. McLean, meanwhile, burst onto the scene right out of the gates by beginning her collegiate career with a pair of Top10 showings en route to posting a 78.00 stroke average.
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men’s lacrosse
Season of Firsts Senior midfielder Spencer Kaufman buried the game-winning goal with 1:17 remaining in the first overtime session, kicking off the Bill McCutcheon era on a victorious note, as the Seahawks posted a 7-6 comeback win at Bellarmine on February 2. “I’m very proud of our team and our resilience to fight back and handle some adversity,” said McCutcheon, a former longtime Monmouth University assistant. On March 23, Wagner notched its second win, a 14-11 decision at NJIT. The hard-luck Seahawks, who would drop five games by two goals or less, including three one-goal verdicts, were led by a trio of senior captains in Kaufman, defenseman Kevin Doherty, and attackman John Norton.
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Women’s soccer
Trending Upwards The 2018 Seahawks, under the direction of second-year head coach Phil Casella, posted a pair of non-conference triumphs, over Delaware State and Rhode Island, with the win over the Rams marking Wagner’s first-ever against an Atlantic 10 opponent. Tri-captain Maria Nunez led the Seahawks with five goals and ten points on the season while goalkeeper Katie Viscardi concluded her career with 189 saves. At season’s end, freshman forward Luisa Barone was named to the NEC All-Rookie Team, becoming the eighth player in program history to do so. The Green & White earned the New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA) Bob Blitz Sportsmanship Award, marking the third time the Seahawks have received the honor, and first since 2002.
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Softball
The Upset
The Seahawks shocked the softball world in their season opener, as Amelia Van Orman’s four-hit shutout led the Green and White to a 1-0 victory over Big 10 member Purdue. Junior Kaila Smith gave Wagner the lead with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and Van Orman took care of the rest, picking up the completegame victory. Individually, Van Orman and senior Karen Prihoda were named to the NEC All-Conference teams, with Prihoda earning a spot on the first team and Van Orman earning second team recognition, as the Green and White finished with a 15-29 overall record.
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Swimming & Diving
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Double Trouble
The Seahawks’ swimming and diving team received two major awards at the Northeast Conference (NEC) championship meet, with senior Adrianna Warning claiming Diver of the Meet honors, while freshman Ellie Eastwood was named Rookie of the Meet. Warning became the first Wagner diver to qualify for NCAA Zones and concluded her NEC Diving career in style, winning the 3-meter competition after previously taking silver on the 1-meter board. Eastwood nearly broke the meet record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:21.75 to earn the first individual title of her young Seahawk career while placing second in the 200 Breast in 2:18.29. As a team, Wagner finished fourth at the NEC Championships.
MEN’S TENNIS
Two Straight
Under second-year head coach, Shem Filipek, men’s tennis continued its upward trend, earning the No. 2 seed in the NEC Championship, securing the program’s first-ever bye. Additionally, the Seahawks advanced to their second straight NEC title match, led by All-Tournament Team members Ilya Knepplehout and Hans Ohrner. Three Seahawks earned All-NEC honors, as Anatoliy Lashkul was named to the First Team in singles while junior Dylan Walters was selected to the Second team in singles. Both Laskul and doubles partner, Dale Sandy, were named to the Second Team for the second straight year. Kneppelhout also received Wagner’s Businessman of the Year Award, presented by Lee, Nolan, & Koroghlian, LCC, a MassMutual firm, finishing with the highest GPA in a business-related field.
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Women’s Tennis
Serving Up Victories Under first-year head coach and Staten Island native, Alex Petrone, the Seahawks recorded five wins on the 2018-19 season. Freshman Samantha Lugtu led the squad with eight singles victories while the tandem of junior Vedika Anand and senior Rina Baynes earned a team-high seven doubles victories. Following the season, women’s tennis was one of three Seahawk programs to earn NCAA Public Recognition for APR Success, doing so for the fifth time, and the first since 2012-13. The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams.
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Men’s Track & field
Del Cerro Dominates
Noel Del Cerro continued his dominance in the pole vault, completing the season sweep by winning both the NEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, which makes the Barcelona native a four-time conference champion. Jonathan Besselink earned gold in the 3000m outdoor steeplechase, posting a finals time of 9:13.98, before going on to compete in the 2019 NCAA East Regionals. The 4x800 relay team became three-time outdoor champions, as the quartet of Besselink, Trausti Thorstein, Mahmoud Abadall and William Cuthbertson, took home first-place honors (7:39.91). At the NEC Indoors, the Seahawks finished in third place with a program-best 101.5 points. Thorstein was named Most Outstanding Performer after placing first in the 3000m run (8:26.50) and second in the one mile run (4:12.57). The Icelander was also a member of the first-place distance medley relay team, along with Besselink, Nick Velez and Matthew Whalen. Other Seahawk First-Team All-NEC indoor performers included Cuthbertson (800m) and Lutfi Pocesta (shot put).
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Women’s Track & field
All Hail Hanna Sophomore Tiffany Hanna dominated the field events en route to earning Most Outstanding Field Performer in the weight throw at the NEC Outdoor Championship. Hanna’s best finish came in the discus event, where she earned a gold medal with a mark of 42.42m. The Bahamian then went on to place fourth in both the shot put (12.00) and the hammer throw (47.08m). In the NEC Indoor Championships, sophomore Anna Greentree was the Seahawks’ top finisher, capturing gold in the 500m dash with a career-best 1:15.72. Wagner All-NEC Second-Team performers included Hanna in the weight throw (15.3m) and sophomore Adia Cavalier in the triple jump (12.13m).
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Triathlon
Making An Early Mark
In its first year of existence, under head coach Maurya Couvares, all six members of the Seahawk women’s triathlon team qualified for the 2018 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship at Arizona State University where Wagner would conclude its inaugural season as one of the nation’s top four Division I teams. Graduate student Fabia Maramotti was the top Seahawk finisher, as her time of 1:08:44 placed her in 12th place. Freshman Yasmin Rieger came in 16th place (1:12:18), fellow frosh Anna Carrion i Barea was 18th (1:14:18), followed by graduate student Maddie McNichol in 20th (1:17:51), and freshman Kabrina Weaver in 21st (1:18:02), while junior Emily Upton rounded out the Seahawk lineup.
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Men’s Water Polo
Winning Ways
The third-year Wagner men’s water polo program concluded the 2019 season with a third place Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) finish after falling to the No. 2 seeded George Washington Colonials 16-14 followed by a 10-6 victory over Fordham in the consolation match. The Seahawks finished 1814 overall with an 8-4 record in conference play. Sophomore Jasmin Kolasinac’s 114 goals and 131 points ranked second in the league while sophomore Jack Leighton led the team in sprints, winning 71. Senior Teo Dadic contributed 86 points on 49 goals and 37 assists. Senior Cameron Woldt made 297 saves in the cage in his final season while junior Lachlan Trabinger drew 93 kickouts in his first season in a Green & White cap.
NEc’s mental health campaign
Mental Milestone
In March 2019, the Wagner College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), in partnership with the NEC, implemented a new mental health student-athlete social media campaign. In the earliest stages, the key principles in formulating ideas and strategy for the campaign from Wagner included Seahawk Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA), Tatum Colitz, alongside Wagner SAAC representatives Vedika Anand of the women’s tennis team, as well as men’s lacrosse player Kevin Cruz. Colitz, Anand and Cruz worked closely with NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris, and her staff, in working through the many details, including attending an NEC/SAAC in-person meeting back in the fall. Anand then followed up with SAAC representatives from across the NEC to learn more about the creation of a unified mental health statement, whose primary purpose is to increase awareness about the vital importance of mental health with respect to student-athletes.The campaign proposal was then brought to administration, and later passed unanimously by the NEC Council of Presidents.
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Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 3.75 GPA Academic Honor Roll: 3.2 GPA Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll Men’s Cross Country Jonathan Besselink Robert Ruspantini Nicolas Velez Women’s Cross Country Sara Carney Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Sara Rutherford Jordan Sorilla Football Alfred Adarkwah Andrew Cordani Donovan Davis Bradley Hudik Denzel Knight Christopher Woodard
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Women’s Soccer Le’la Allen Delaney Beck Mya Donnelly Julia Fitzsimmons Maria Nunez Kaitlyn Ross Madison Starr Taylor Wasserman Teagan Wasserman Mattea Reale Peyton Beck Katherine Viscardi
Women’s Triathlon Fabia Maramotti Yasmin Rieger Men’s Water Polo James Parker Allen Jordi Alonso Andras Bimbo-Szuhai Vuk Bulajic Aaron Leighton Devin O’Donnell Lachlan Trabinger Kaelin Wolf Winter Commissioner’s Honor Roll Men’s Indoor Track & Field Jonathan Besselink Thomas Corel Justin Mirfield Robert Ruspantini Nicolas Velez Women’s Basketball Khaleah Edwards Joellen How Janelle Mullen Women’s Fencing Natasha Novikov Mahina Taglies Stephanie Upston Women’s Swimming and Diving Madeleine Delore Iman Eulinberg Andrea Gustafsson
Brianna Jeremiah Stephanie Upston Women’s Indoor Track & Field Bridget Beahn Sara Carney Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Tiffany Hanna Kayla Hay Sara Rutherford Jordan Sorilla Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Softball Zoe Bender Bailey Eaton Karen Prihoda Lauren Serrato Amelia Van Orman Men’s Lacrosse Omar Alhagiko Kevin Cruz Kevin Gray Blake Lenk Women’s Lacrosse Kasey Dorney Alexis Ferro Cassidy Hall Allyssa Turner
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Jonathan Besselink Justin Mirfield Robert Ruspantini Nicolas Velez Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Bridget Beahn Sara Carney Rachel Chao Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Tiffany Hanna Kayla Hay Sara Rutherford Men’s Tennis Siddharth Anand Ilya Kneppelhout Dale Sandy Dylan Walters Rina Baynes Men’s Golf Nicholas Dolley Oskar Sundberg Women’s Golf Heather McLean Pascalle Tego Women’s Water Polo Sofia Diaz Alvarez Kristy Donkin Daisy Nankervis Jacqueline Sjogren Mikaela Wells
Fall Academic Honor Roll Men’s Cross Country Jonathan Besselink Nicholas Corel Robert Ruspantini Alvin Sime Nicolas Velez Matthew Whalen Women’s Cross Country Sara Carney Ashley Ducharme Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Kayla Hay Sara Rutherford Jordan Sorilla Football Alfred Adarkwah Jeffrey Bost Andrew Cordani Donovan Davis Eric DeMayo Zack Donovan Matthew Drinkwater John Drinkwater Scott Forbes Bradley Hudik Jonathan Irizarry Timothy Jackson Denzel Knight Graham Lindman TJ Linta Luke Massei Justin Osuji
Women’s Soccer Le’la Allen Luisa Barone Delaney Beck Peyton Beck Gabriella Cipriano Autumn Clark Kayla Diggs Mya Donnelly Erin Doris Julia Fitzsimmons Christine Letendre Kerry-Anne Maher Maria Nunez WAG Mattea Reale Kaitlyn Ross Samantha Skonieczny Rorie-Attalia St. Lawrence Madison Starr Katherine Viscardi Taylor Wasserman Teagan Wasserman Lindsay Weiss Women’s Triathlon Fabia Maramotti Maddie McNichol Yasmin Rieger Emily Upton Men’s Water Polo Jordi Alonso Benjamin Angulo Andras Bimbo-Szuhai Vuk Bulajic Teo Dadic
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James Grady Jasmin Kolasinac Aaron Leighton Jack Leighton Oscar Nomura Tristan O’Connell Devin O’Donnell Luigi Paparella James Parker Allen Lachlan Trabinger Michael Ward Kaelin Wolf Winter Academic Honor Roll Men’s Basketball Jefferson Coulanges Elijah Davis Romone Saunders Men’s Cross Country Jonathan Besselink Joshua Cadet Thomas Corel Nicholas Ferrentino Justin Mirfield Michael Pepe Robert Ruspantini Alvin Sime Nicolas Velez Matthew Whalen
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Women’s Basketball Nakylia Carter Khaleah Edwards Joellen How Janelle Mullen
Raven Pitt Taylah Simmons Women’s Fencing Powers Burton Abini Mahalingam Karen Martin Natasha Novikov Dove Sinclair Mahina Taglies Caecilia Thuermer Hallie Tiburzi Stephanie Upston Women’s Swimming & Diving Megan Chiu Jenna D’Allegro Madeleine Delore Makenna Depuydt Harmony Eckroth Lauren Emerson Iman Eulinberg Margaret Gregory Andrea Gustafsson Brianna Jeremiah Hande Kivanc Dorian McMenemy Aleah Mirand Kaitlyn Mulcahy Wyeth Spike Stephanie Upston Adrianna Warning Women’s Indoor Track & Field Bridget Beahn Jodie Bonhometre Sara Carney
Adia Cavalier Rachel Chao Hannah Cloutier Ashley Ducharme Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Anna Greentree Tiffany Hanna Kayla Hay Kenya Hyman Sara Rutherford Kaela Schrier Samantha Skonieczny Jordan Sorilla Spring Academic Honor Roll Baseball McCae Allen Justin Beyer Koby Bishop Alex Cimaroli Patrick Finneran Keaton Freire Brandon Hall William Johnson Johnny Kampes John LaPointe Eric Lauk Nicholas LePre Douglas Molnar Benjamin Montenegro Anthony Pecora Michael Pirrotta Frederick Sabido Tyler Sanfillippo Griffin Schneider
Kevin Wiseman Nicholas Zuppe Softball Zoe Bender Jessica Carlucci Bailey Eaton Angela Mazurkiewicz Kyleigh Norris Karen Prihoda Lauren Serrato Kaila Smith Moriah Sottile Alyssa Tucker Amelia Van Orman Men’s Lacrosse Omar Alhagiko Daniel Baker Dominic Branda Matthew Cechini Kevin Cruz Connor Davis Kevin Doherty Kevin Gray Daniel Hughes Spencer Kaufman Blake Lenk W Andrew Mulholland Charles Pagesy Matthew Perrotti Matthew Sefcik Kyle Stofko Benjamin Welling
Women’s Lacrosse Ashley Burns Anna Carey Kasey Dorney Megan Drum Kelsey Fee W Alexis Ferro Sarah Fisher Lindsay Haas Cassidy Hall Noelle Harvey Maria Henwood Margaret Jent Erin Kerstetter Sarah McGee Kirsten Monte Stefani Peluso Anna Belle Reilly Stephanie Roberts Amy Rzemieniewski Kelsey Savje Madeline Seims Rachel St. Pierre Allyssa Turner Giaci Vitolo Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Cyril Babcanec Jonathan Besselink Thomas Corel Noel-Aman Del Cerro Corey Durden Nicholas Ferrentino Justin Mirfield Michael Pepe Robert Ruspantini Nicolas Velez
Matthew Whalen James Wise Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Bridget Beahn Sara Carney Adia Cavalier Rachel Chao Hannah Cloutier Ashley Ducharme Alexandra Elder Jenna Gibilisco Anna Greentree Tiffany Hanna Kayla Hay Kenya Hyman Lauren Pitarresi Sara Rutherford Kaela Schrier Samantha Skonieczny Jordan Sorilla Siddharth Anand Ilya Kneppelhout Anatoliy Lashkul Hans Ohrner Dale Sandy Dylan Walters Women’s Tennis Vedika Anand Rina Baynes Diana Pinzariu Melanie Post Alegra d’Alessandro
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Men’s Golf Nicholas Dolley Brendan Haselton Andrew Skinner Benjamin Steenland Oskar Sundberg Women’s Golf Kyree Conaway Elise Keane Heather McLean Georgia Naples Pascalle Tego Women’s Water Polo Katherine Campbell Sofia Diaz Kristy Donkin Erica Hardy Savannah Henshaw Abby Irving Malia Josephson Natalie Kayton Sarah Limanni Allison Long Franciska Milo-Sidlo Daisy Nankervis Kristen Saczynski Jacqueline Sjogren Serena Thurman Katelyn Traut Erin Weisert Mikaela Wells
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Wagner’s athletic facilities are constantly improving, highlighted by the addition of a brand new field hockey complex, which will be completed in time for the fall season. In the last year, Seahawk athletic teams also competed on a brand new basketball surface inside the Spiro Sports Center. Lastly, the Hameline Field turf saw a complete resurfacing process this summer.
Community Service
The women’s basketball team and head coach Heather Jacobs welcomed its youngest member to the program early last summer when 10-year-old Emily Mitchell signed her Letter of Intent at the Spiro Sports Center back on July 13. This opportunity was made possible by Team IMPACT, a national nonprofit that connects children facing serious and chronic illnesses with college athletic teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes. “We are thrilled to welcome Emily and all of the Mitchell’s into our Wagner family,” commented coach Jacobs. “Emily brings a new dimension to our women’s basketball program. Her energy and spirit is contagious and seeing her name on our roster and presence at practices and games will continue to inspire us this season.” Emily’s inspiration to the Wagner College women’s basketball team derives from the attitude she displays in dealing with the daily hurdles of Fanconi’s Anemia (FA), a rare, inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure. FA prevents the bone marrow from making enough new blood cells for the body to work normally. Team IMPACT is a national organization, based in Boston, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children facing lifethreatening and chronic illnesses through the power of a team. Team IMPACT children are drafted on to college athletic teams, local to where they live and, in effect, become official members of the team from Draft Day through to Graduation. Established in 2011, Team IMPACT has already matched over 700 children with collegiate teams at over 300 institutions in 43 states, improving the quality of life of hundreds of courageous children and touching the lives of over 20,000 student-athletes.
Stadium Expansion Update from Walt Hameline
Four Major Award Winners
Community Service
For the 12th consecutive year, the Wagner Football program hosted a Bone Marrow Registration Drive to support the National Bone Marrow Donor Program’s “Be The Match” initiative. Located in the Union Atrium, members of the Football program worked alongside representatives from the National Donor Program to collect samples from volunteers.
Wagner is one of more than 50 college football programs from across the nation that takes part in a Bone Marrow Registration Drive. Since 2008, the “Be The Match,” alongside “Get in the Game, Save a Life,” initiative has added over 60,000 donors to the national registry to help find matches and provide bone marrow transplants.
On September 30th, Wagner College student-athletes continued their tradition of participating in the 17th Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk. They were joined by thousands of other participants as they navigated the 3.5-mile route from the Brooklyn Portal of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel into Manhattan and finishing at West and Murray Street. This marks the 17th consecutive year that Seahawk student-athletes have taken part in the event, with women’s water polo having run every year since its inception. This year, the women’s water polo team was able to raise over $6,000 for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation which is used to help the families of fallen first responders, build smart homes, as well as natural disaster relief.
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