NEWBURGH – Following a year absence due to the cancellation of the 2020 Fall Season and 2020-21 Winter seasons, the Mount Saint Mary College Athletic Department honored its student-athletes for a successful 2021-22 year Tuesday night. In addition to the department awards, the newest class of Chi Alpha Sigma was inducted by Chapter President Patrick Shea.
Chi Alpha Sigma is the first, and only, national scholar-athlete society to honor those four-year collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average. Student-athletes who compete for a collegiate club team are also eligible if the club team is overseen by the athletics department at the local chapter.
The Department instituted four new honors for the 2022 ceremony, including the Most Valuable Professor (M.V.P), Royal Megaphone (Super Fan), Student-Worker and Sports Medicine Award for Perseverance.
The M.V.P. Award was given to Dr. Scott Russell from the School of Business and the Mount’s Faculty Athletic Rep. to the NCAA.
The inaugural Royal Megaphone was awarded to Father Greg Fluet for his unwavering support of the Knights and the Student-Worker honor was given to Joseph Taglareni for her sterling work on the scoreboard and game clock at the Mount’s home Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse games.
Cameron Villanueva was awarded with the Sports Medicine Award, returning from long-term injury to appear in three games during the Mount’s 2021-22 Championship Season.
Knight of the Year
* Awarded to the student-athlete who best represents the department both on and off the field.
Cullen Roper – Baseball
Riley Norwood – Softball
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
* Awarded to the student-athlete who excels both on the field and in the classroom
Connor Doyle – Men’s Soccer
* Skyline Conference Offensive Player of the Year
* Better than a 3.3 grade point average in Accounting.
Toriana Tabasco – Women’s Basketball
* Near perfect grade point average in Social Sciences.
* Skyline Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year
Senior of the Year
* Awarded to the student-athlete who has had the greatest impact on their program over the course of their careers.
Joseph Mesoraca – Men’s Soccer
* Three-time All-Skyline Conference selection
* Member of two Skyline Conference Championship Teams.
* Three-time selection to the Skyline Conference Academic Honor Roll
Kenneth Barrett – Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field
* Three-time First Team All-Skyline Conference selection in Cross Country
* Holds program’s best individual finish at the Skyline Conference Championship and ECAC Championship
* Set two school records at the 2022 Skyline Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
Brittany Bornstad – Women’s Soccer
* Three-time First Team All-Skyline Conference selection
* Skyline Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2019
* Two-time All-ECAC selection
* Holds a share of the single game assists record (4).
Rookie of the Year
* Awarded to the student-athlete who exceled in their first collegiate season.
Jayden Figueroa – Men’s Basketball
* Started 22 games in his first collegiate season
* Averaged a nearly double-double with 9.4 points and 9.3 rebounds
* Led team in rebounding and blocked shots, ranking sixth in the conference in blocks per game.
Jenna Cedeno – Softball
* Appeared in 38 games and made 35 starts in her first collegiate season.
* Hit .305 with 15 runs and 17 RBI.
* Led team with 19 walks leading to a .433 on-base percentage.
* Hit cleanup on a team that hit .274 as a unit.
Athlete of the Year
* Awarded to the student-athlete who had the strongest season during the 2021-22 academic year.
Matt Wyant – Men’s Soccer
* First Team All-Skyline Conference and Third Team All-Region
* Set single season and career assists record.
* Led Skyline Conference in assists
* Totaled 23 points on the strength of five goals and 13 assists.
Morina Bojka – Women’s Basketball
* Skyline Conference Player of the Year
* Skyline Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player
* D3Hoops.com Second Team All-Region III
* All-ECAC
* First Team All-Met
* Led Knights to 13th Skyline Conference Championship in program history
* Scored 15 points and collected six rebounds in First Round NCAA win at Johns Hopkins.
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