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Last week the Vikings Athletics Department recognized its student-athletes at its annual Athletics Awards Banquet, including 18 team MVP awards and eight major departmental awards.<\/p>\n
2018 Team MVP\u2019s<\/strong> John L. Buono Award for Citizenship<\/strong> \u2013 Tom Rogan Thomas Cahill Memorial Award<\/strong> \u2013 Aaron Thorpe Lester Higbee Memorial Award<\/strong> \u2013 Courtney Conover Dr. Andrew J. Matonak Character Award<\/strong> \u2013 Asan Anarkulov President\u2019s Award<\/strong> \u2013 Alayna Fredenburg and Joshua McCart Paul F. Bishop Coach of the Year Award<\/strong> \u2013 Joe Prest Willie A. Hammett Award for Excellence in Student Service<\/strong> \u2013 President Drew Matonak Team Action<\/strong><\/p>\n Baseball (24-12)<\/strong> — The baseball team earned a trip to the NJCAA Region 3 Tournament for the second straight season after sweeping Tompkins Cortland Saturday afternoon, May 12 at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam, NY.<\/p>\n The regional tournament is a four-team, double elimination tournament and is hosted by Herkimer College in Little Falls, NY. The Vikings baseball team will now face Niagara Friday, May 18 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n Track and Field\u00a0<\/strong>— The Vikings men’s track and field team finished in seventh place with 41.5 points. The team was as high as fourth place at times and the women’s team was as high as seventh place during competition and finished in 11th place with 18 total team points.<\/p>\n Track and Field All-Americans<\/strong> — The Hudson Valley track and field program had three student-athletes take home All-American honors at the NJCAA National Championships on May 12. In order to receive the title of All-American, an athlete must finish in the top two in their respective events.\u00a0Elijah Washington, Devin Kipp and\u00a0Alayna Fredenburg did just that and earned All-American honors.<\/p>\n Golf<\/strong>\u00a0— The men\u2019s golf team participates in the 2019 NJCAA Region 3 tournament Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14 at the Elm Tree Golf Course in Cortland, NY.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 14 May 2018 12:06:59 +0000 by\u00a0a.sopris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week the Vikings Athletics Department recognized its student-athletes at its annual Athletics Awards Banquet, including 18 team MVP…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWOMEN\u2019S CROSS COUNTRY: Sarah Rosenberger
\nMEN\u2019S CROSS COUNTRY: Holden Maynard
\nFOOTBALL: Isaiah Moak
\nWOMEN\u2019S SOCCER: Kaitlin Nadeau
\nMEN\u2019S SOCCER: Ethan Thomas
\nTENNIS: Sarah Sampson
\nVOLLEYBALL: Alayna Fredenburg
\nMEN\u2019S BASKETBALL: Mitchell Dame
\nWOMEN\u2019S BASKETBALL: Taylor Engster
\nMEN\u2019S BOWLING: Spencer McClellan
\nWOMEN\u2019S BOWLING: Gina Patricelli
\nBASEBALL: Jackson Wenstrom
\nMEN\u2019S GOLF: Zach Swanteck
\nLACROSSE: Aaron Thorpe
\nSOFTBALL: Paige Roberts
\nMEN\u2019S TRACK: Devin Kipp
\nWOMEN\u2019S TRACK: Ashley Martinez<\/p>\n
\nPresented to a member of our community who has demonstrated a commitment to our College and our student-athletes.
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOtto Guenther Memorial Award<\/strong> \u2013 Hannah Kreiger and Elijah Washington
\nPresented to the individual who demonstrates the best combination of academic and athletic success.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to the outstanding male athlete.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to the outstanding female athlete.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to a student for their commitment and contributions to their team, embracing the character and spirit of the College and athletic department.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to the student whose hard work, determination, hustle and attitude have enabled them to make valuable contributions to their team, the athletic department and the college.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to the coach who exhibits the highest level of sportsmanship, leadership, professionalism and ethics, and who demonstrates the highest level of commitment to his\/her sport, the athletic department and, most importantly, to the student athletes.<\/p>\n
\nPresented to a person on our campus that has shown a willingness to go above and beyond to assist students in fulfilling their potential.<\/p>\n