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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Month

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Robert Ralyea

  • Award
    Athletes of the Month
  • Week Of
    5/6/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Track & Field
  • Bio
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AMHERST, N.Y. - Daemen College track and field athletes Robert Ralyea (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) and Toria Williams (Buffalo, N.Y./Medaille College) have been named the Bedore Tours Student-Athletes of the Month for April, 2015.

Ralyea, a 6-foot, 180-pound junior, took home conference champion honors in the pole vault after winning the event at the 2015 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.  Ralyea cleared 3.50 meters in the pole vault event, establishing a new conference record for the outdoor league meet, bettering the previous mark of 3.20 meters set by Michael Pignotti of Molloy College in 2013.  It was Ralyea's first conference title in the outdoor season; he already owns three-straight ECC pole vault championships during the indoor track and field season.  For his efforts, Ralyea was named a first team All-ECC competitor.

Ralyea also mustered a seventh-place finish at the ECC meet in the javelin with a long toss of 35.73 meters.  

Williams, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, also earned first team all-league honors after picking up her second-straight outdoor ECC title in the shot put.  Williams posted a long throw of 11.89 meters to outdistance the second-place effort of Tatyana Calhoun (11.46 meters) of the University of the District of Columbia.  She also finished fourth in the discus (27.85 meters), earning second team All-ECC accolades in that event, while posting a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw (27.00 meters).

The selections of Ralyea and Williams conclude the Bedore Tours Student-Athletes of the Month program for the 2014-15 academic year.  Selections will begin again in early October for the 2015-16 academic year.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/7/2017 Noah Keem Men's Soccer
11/7/2017 Jamie Boyar Women's Soccer
10/3/2017 Amber Custodi Women's Triathlon
10/3/2017 Kristian Aadnoy Men's Soccer
6/7/2017 Sullivan Keller Men's Track & Field
6/7/2017 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field
5/3/2017 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field
5/3/2017 Zach Laird Men's Track & Field
3/31/2017 Mark Veitengruber Men's Tennis
3/31/2017 Hayle Scanlan Women's Tennis
3/1/2017 Leah McDonell Women's Basketball
3/1/2017 Deion Hamilton Men's Basketball
2/1/2017 Tiffany Cycon Women's Track & Field
2/1/2017 Arif Mehmetaj Men's Basketball
1/4/2017 Jeff Redband Men's Basketball
1/4/2017 Sarah Saba Women's Basketball
12/6/2016 Volleyball Team Women's Volleyball
12/6/2016 Supreme Hannah Men's Basketball
11/1/2016 Kevin Roginson Men's Cross Country
11/1/2016 Ashley Drzymala Women's Volleyball
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