NYIT Athletics Helps Save the Children

On April 30, the NYIT Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation partnered with Save the Children Long Island for a "Kick, Score & Save" soccer event to help Haitian families devastated by the January 2010 earthquake. Held at NYIT-Old Westbury, the event raised more than $35,000 and featured soccer games played by NYIT, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Adelphi, Dominican, and Mercy as well as a soccer clinic for young players taught by NYIT student-athletes.

Valdez Named GWC Baseball Player of the Year

Infielder Effrey Valdez earned Great West Conference (GWC) Player of the Year honors and was joined by three teammates as All-GWC selections. Valdez, a First-Team All-Conference, All-Tournament Team, College Baseball Insider Honorable Mention All-American, and ABCA All-Northeast Region honoree, finished the 2011 season with a league-leading .438 batting average. He also led the GWC with 11 home runs. Pitcher Ryan Dillabough received First-Team GWC honors, while outfielder Jerry Smith and infielder Rob Cafiero earned Second-Team All-Conference honors.

Blue Jays Sign Carroll 

Catcher George Carroll (B.S. '11) signed with Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays in the 2011 First Year Player Draft. Carroll will begin rookie ball in the Gulf Coast League with the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Two Bears Earn ECC Honors

Volleyball player Lisa Peacock (B.S. '11) and softball player Nicole Constantatos (B.S. '11) were named Scholar-Athletes of the Year for their respective sports by the ECC. Peacock, a two-time ECC Libero of the Year, carries a 3.56 GPA in interdisciplinary studies and a minor in education. Constantatos finished her undergraduate degree with a 3.71 GPA and has already earned a 4.0 in her first semester in NYIT's childhood education graduate program.  

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