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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Month

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Toria Williams

  • Award
    Athletes of the Month
  • Week Of
    5/6/2015
  • Sport
    Women'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
10/6/2016 Amy Trabert Women's Cross Country
10/6/2016 Kevin Roginson Men's Cross Country
6/7/2016 Jeremy Rushok Men's Track & Field
6/7/2016 Anna Lyons Women's Triathlon
5/5/2016 Matt VanDeMortel Men's Track & Field
5/5/2016 Amy Trabert Women's Track & Field
4/5/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball
4/5/2016 Ashley Cheff Women's Triathlon
3/5/2016 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field
3/5/2016 Deion Hamilton Men's Basketball
2/8/2016 Sarah Saba Women's Basketball
2/8/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball
1/11/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball
1/11/2016 Natalie Galus Women's Basketball
12/9/2015 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country
12/9/2015 Arif Mehmetaj Men's Basketball
11/6/2015 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country
11/6/2015 Ashley Drzymala Women's Volleyball
10/6/2015 Kyle Tracy Men's Soccer
10/6/2015 Katie McKrell Women's Volleyball
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