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Delaware Lacrosse News |
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May 19, 2008
University of Delaware Honors 10 Spring Sports Student-Athletes
with Team Sportsmanship Awards |
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NEWARK, DE -- Ten University of Delaware student-athletes from spring
sports teams have been selected as their team’s 2008 Blue Hen Team
Sportsmanship Award winner for this past season, UD Director of
Athletics Edgar N. Johnson announced.
The program, now in its fifth year, honors those student-athletes who
have been outstanding role models and displayed outstanding
sportsmanship towards their teammates, coaches, opponents, and game
officials. The winners, who will receive a certificate noting their
award at the season-ending athletics banquet, are selected by the
coaching staffs of each sport.
The 2008 spring winners are senior Dan Richardson in baseball, senior
Britt Murdoch in golf, sophomore Morgan Marino in women’s lacrosse,
senior Evan Crowther-Washburn in men’s lacrosse, sophomore Sarah Cuje in
women’s rowing, junior Marianne Marinella in softball, senior Susan
Pollack in women’s tennis, sophomore Camilo Perez in men’s tennis,
junior Laura Chirico in women’s outdoor track and field, and senior Jake
Cohen in men’s outdoor track and field.
Richardson, a pitcher from Bear, DE (Caravel Academy), appeared in 13
games with seven starts for the Blue Hens this spring, leading Delaware
to a record of 22-31. He was 0-1 with a 4.97 earned run average on the
mound and struck out 28 batters in 41.2 innings. He is a leadership
major at Delaware.
Murdoch, a senior marketing major from Bryn Mawr, PA (Haverford School),
competed in 19 rounds this past season and posted a 77.84 stroke
average, including a season-best score of 71 in the Colonial Athletic
Association Championships in April. He was Delaware’s second place
finisher at the CAA Tournament with a 27th place showing. He also placed
11th at the Lafayette Invitational and 14th at the Hofstra Invitational
during the season.
Marino, an English major from Baltimore, MD (St. Paul's School for
Girls), led the Blue Hens to an 11-6 record and a berth in the CAA
semifinals this past season. She appeared in 13 games with two starts
during the 2008 campaign and contributed four goals and 11 groundballs.
She scored two goals in a late-season win over Villanova.
Crowther-Washburn, a senior English and journalism major from Annapolis,
MD (Severn School), served as a co-captain this past season and led the
Blue Hens to the CAA semifinals with a final record of 9-7. He earned
first team All-CAA honors after scopping up 15 groundballs, forcing 11
turnovers, and dishing out one assist. He was a starter for Delaware’s
CAA champion and NCAA national semifinal team in 2007.
Cuje, a sophomore major from Rumson, NJ ( Rumson-Fair Haven High
School), did not compete this past spring but was a member of a Blue Hen
team that posted a third place finish at the CAA championships in April.
Marinella, a junior from Aberdeen, NJ (Matawan Regional High School), is
an honor student in marketing at Delaware. The pitcher and infielder
appeared in 16 games this past season and collected four hits. In the
circle, she posted a 5.25 earned run average in two appearances.
Pollack, a senior honors marketing student from Wyomissing, PA
(Wyomissing Area High School), capped an outstanding career for the UD
women’s tennis team in 2007-08. The team’s No. 1 player at singles and
doubles all four years, she competed a career that saw her set a school
record for doubles wins with 69 and rank No. 4 al-time with 67 singles
win. She is a four-time All-CAA selection and is an CoSIDA Academic
All-American candidate.
Perez, a sophomore honor student in electrical engineering from
Bucaramanga, Columbia (La Quinta Del Puente High School), posted a
record of 15-7 in singles and 23-11 in doubles this past season. He also
is a CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee. His two-year singles record
stands at 27-18.
Chirico, a junior business major from Dayton, NJ (South Brunswick High
School), has been one of the team’s top pole vaulters over the last two
seasons. She placed fifth in the event at the 2008 CAA Outdoor
Championships in April and won events at Penn, Lehigh, and Rider this
season. She also placed 18th in the pole vault at the ECAC championships
this past weekend.
Cohen, a senior physical education major from Randolph, NJ (Randolph
High School), competed at the Penn Relays and won the Philadelphia
Master’s Open title in the pole vault this spring. He also placed eighth
in the event at the 2008 CAA Outdoor Championships in April.
All 10 student-athletes will be honored with their awards at the annual
Delaware Athletics Awards Banquet May 22. The men will hold their awards
luncheon at the Bob Carpenter Center at 12 noon while the women’s awards
banquet will take place at 5 p.m. at the Trabant Student Center.
Source: University of Delaware Sports Information Dept.
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