Director of Athletics Traci Murphy addresses the audience at Wildcat Night of Honors

Daemen Athletics Celebrates At 2021 Night Of Honors

5/14/2021 6:27:00 PM

AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen College Division of Athletics celebrated a successful season today at the 2021 Wildcat Night of Honors held on campus at Lumsden Gymnasium. Student-athletes were recognized for their athletic and academic throughout the event, which was conducted in two separate sessions to account for social gathering limits still in place due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Major awards were presented to men's basketball players Andrew Sischo (Male Athlete of the Year) and Sean Fasoyiro (Male Newcomer of the Year), as well as women's basketball players Caroline White (Female Athlete of the Year) and Alahna Paige (Female Newcomer of the Year). In addition, men's basketball player Ziv Basden and women's soccer player Maddie Flores shared honors as co-recipients of the C.L.A.W. Award, presented annually to the graduating senior student-athlete(s) who best exemplify character, leadership, academic achievement and work ethic.

Additional division-wide awards presented include the Sports Medicine P.R.I.D.E. Award and the Male and Female Iron Wildcats of the Year. The P.R.I.D.E. Award is given annually to the student-athlete who best exemplifies perseverance, resilience, integrity, determination and expectations of excellence during an injury rehabilitation process. This year's recipient is women's volleyball student-athlete Allison Post who worked through injuries to return to her team before the completion of their unorthodox spring season.

The Iron Wildcat awards are presented to a male and female student-athlete who exhibit the best and most consistent strength and conditioning performances throughout the year. Fasoyiro and women's volleyball player Maggie Burns were each named recipients.

Each team that competed during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season also presented their awards. Below is a breakdown of those awarded...

Team Awards

Men's Basketball		Women's Basketball
Most Valuable Player	Andrew Sischo (R-So., Guilderland, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Caroline White (Sr, Fairport, N.Y.)
Most Improved Player	Ryan Salzberg (So., Manlius, N.Y.)	Wildcat Award	Team
Wildcat Award	Ziv Basden (R-Jr., Nassau, Bahamas)

Men's Soccer		Women's Soccer
Most Improved Player	Eman Wajed (So., Buffalo, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Nicole Grichen (So., North Tonawanda, N.Y.)
		Most Improved Player	Emily Mogavero (Fr., Buffalo, N.Y.)
		Wildcat Award	Gretchen Beyer (Fr., Williamsville, N.Y.)

Men's Tennis		Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Player	Ben Davis (So., Rochester, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Frida Rubio (Fr., San Diego, Calif.)
Most Improved Player	Sam Greco (Fr., Amherst, N.Y.)	Most Improved Player	Courtney Otis (Fr., Marcellus, N.Y.)
Wildcat Award	Jose Williamson III (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn.)	Wildcat Award	Mackenzie Schayes (So., Honeoye Falls, N.Y.)

Men's Track & Field		Women's Track & Field
Most Valuable Player	Sullivan Keller (Gr., Alden, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Kassandra Nolet (Sr., Fort Erie, Ont.)
Most Improved Player	Dominic Clementi (So., Barker, N.Y.)	Most Improved Player	Natalie Menz (Jr., Lyndonville, N.Y.)
Wildcat Award	Erik Matthews (Jr., Galway, N.Y.)	Wildcat Award	Betty Jones (Sr., Camillus, N.Y.)

Men's Volleyball		Women's Volleyball
Most Valuable Player	Zach Schneider (So., Lockport, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Jenn Heritz (Sr., Granger, Ind.)
Most Improved Player	Jake Couzens (So., Hamburg, N.Y.)	Most Improved Player	Shelby Kersten (So., Alden, N.Y.)
Wildcat Award	Michael Krueger (Jr., Canonsburg, Pa.)	Wildcat Award	Maggie Burns (So., Louisville, Ky.)

Women's Triathlon		Women's Bowling
Most Improved Player	Savannah Warner (Sr., Elma, N.Y.)	Most Valuable Player	Caitlyn Nowak (So., West Seneca, N.Y.)
		Most Improved Player	Nicole Bergeron (R-Fr., Lima, N.Y.)
		Wildcat Award	Alex Hasiotis (So., Rochester, N.Y.)

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