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May 11, 2009 |
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RIC ANNOUNCES SPRING MVPs
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North Kingstown,
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Rhode Island College held its annual spring banquet at the Quonset
Point Officer’s Club on Monday evening. Each sport handed out its
Most Valuable Player Awards. |
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BASEBALL |
Sophomore Gary Levesque (East Providence, RI)
was named the baseball team’s MVP. He played first base, designated
hitter and was a pitcher for the Anchormen this spring. Levesque
played in 30 games, starting all of them. He batted .465
(59-for-127) with 44 runs scored, 14 doubles, three triples, 11 home
runs, 36 RBI and two stolen bases. He owned a .882 slugging
percentage, a .514 on-base percentage and a .962 fielding
percentage. As a pitcher, he appeared in 11 games, starting nine of
them. Levesque was 3-4 with a 5.46 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 56.0
innings pitched. |
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MEN’S
GOLF |
Sophomore
Derek Jensen (Cumberland, RI) was named the men’s golf team’s
MVP. Over the course of 18 rounds at 14 competitions in 2008-09, he
averaged a score of 81.3. He shot a season-low score of 75 during
day two of the Johnson & Wales Spring Invitational on April 19. |
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WOMEN’S LACROSSE |
Freshman
attacker Molly Voyer (Lincoln, RI) was named the women’s
lacrosse team’s MVP. She played in 15 games, starting all of them.
Voyer had 23 goals and two assists for 25 points to go along with 54
shots, 27 ground balls, 22 draw controls and nine cause turnovers. |
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SOFTBALL |
Sophomore
shortstop Donielle Mattoon (Coventry, RI) was named the
softball team’s MVP. She played in 47 games, starting 46 of them.
Mattoon batted .452 (57-for-126) with 43 runs scored, six doubles,
eight triples, six home runs, 29 RBI and three stolen bases. She
owned a .770 slugging percentage, a .486 on-base percentage and a
.915 fielding percentage. |
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MEN'S TENNIS |
Junior
Garrett Smith (Exeter, RI) was named the men's tennis team's
MVP. He was 5-8 (.385) in singles and 1-12 (.077) in doubles for 5.5
points on the season. Smith was tied for the team lead in singles
wins and points. |
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MEN’S
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD |
Senior
Dante Lopardo (Johnston, RI) was named the men’s outdoor track
and field team’s MVP. He earned All-NEICAAA honors in the high jump
with an eighth place (1.95m) finish at the NEICAAA Championships on
May 9. He captured
the New England Div. III Championship in the high jump with a first
place (2.02m) effort at the New England Championships on May 2.
Lopardo was the New England Alliance Champion, establishing a new
program record in the high jump (2.02m) at the Allliance
Championships on April 25. He also earned New England Alliance
honors in the long jump (6.41m) with a fifth place finish. Lopardo
has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Div. III Men’s Outdoor
Track & Field Championships in the high jump. |
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WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD |
Senior
Kayla Fleming (Pawtucket, RI) was named the women’s outdoor
track and field team’s MVP. She earned All-NEICAAA honors in the
high jump with a seventh place (1.59m) effort, while also
contributing to a new program record in the 4x400m relay (4:05.22),
at the NEICAAA Championships on May 9. Fleming
earned All-New England
honors in the high jump with a fifth place finish (1.58m) at the New
England Div. III Championships on May 2. She was the New England
Alliance Champion in the high jump (1.70m-new program record), the
800m (2:22.21) and as part of the 4x400m relay (4:12.03) at the
Alliance Championships on April 25. Fleming also earned New England
Alliance honors in the long jump, placing sixth (4.82m). She has
already qualified for the NCAA Div. III Women’s Outdoor Track &
Field Championships in the high jump. |
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