Top 15 Sophomore Athletes

May 4, 2012
By Sun Staff

Chris Cruz (Sport: Baseball, Position: Outfield)

Stats:

• Hit 11 home runs to tie Cornell’s record for home runs in a single season

• Hit two home runs against Columbia on April 15

 

Allyson DiMagno (Sport: Women's Baskebtall, Position: Guard)

 

Stats:

• Named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 first-team and earned an Honorable Mention All-Ivy League

 

Kailey Eldredge (Sport: Women's Polo)

 

Stats:

• Averaged at least 11 points per match, including a season-high 17

• Voted second for National All-Stars in the national tournament

 

Daniel Haber (Sport: Men's Soccer, Position: Forward)

 

Stats:

• Led the team in points (22), shots (58) and shots on goal (25) 

• Two time Ivy League Player of the Week for 2011

 

Hannah Balleza (Sport: Field Hockey, Position: Forward)

 

Stats:

• Led the Red with eight goals, four assists and 18 points

• Shared the honor of team MVP for 2011 with Brittany Thompson

 

Montez Blair (Sport: Men's Track and Field, Event: High Jump)

 

Stats:

• Placed second in the Championship of America high jump at the Penn Relays with 7-3.25 on April 29, 2012

 

Andy Iles (Sport: Men's Hockey, Position: Goaltender)

 

Stats:

• Had six shutouts and a 2.12 GAA, ranking him 10th in the country

• Named team MVP and earned the Joe DeLibero-Stan Tsapis Award

 

Brianne Jenner (Sport: Women's Hockey, Position: Forward)

 

Stats:

• Named to ECAC Hockey First Team and Ivy League First Team 

• Earned 58 points in 33 games played with a plus-35 rating

 

Connor Kaufmann (Sport: Baseball, Position: Pitcher)

 

Stats:

• Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week three times in four weeks

• Currently has 3-0 record, 0.66 earned-run average and 16 strikeouts in 4 starts

 

Kelly Marble (Sport: Volleyball, Position: Outside Hitter)

 

Stats:

• Led the team in kills per game at 2.52 and in service aces (.026)

• Named the Red’s most improved player for the 2011 season

 

 

Jeff Mathews (Sport: Football, Position: Quarterback)

 

Stats:

• Received the Bushnell Cup for Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year

• Two-time Ivy League and National Player of the Week

 

Mike Nevinger (Sport: Wrestling)

 

Stats:

• Named an NCAA All-American and an EIWA Finalist in 2012

• Placed seventh All-America at 141 pounds

 

Phillip Truong (Sport: Men's Swimming and Diving)

 

Stats:

•  Highest finisher for the Red at the Ivy League Championships

• Went 339.80 in 3-meter diving competition at Ivies, set new C.U. record

 

Brendan Miller (Sport: Sprint Football, Position: Quarterback)

 

Stats:

• Threw for 13 touchdowns with a 55.3 passing completion percentage

• Named to the Collegiate Sprint Football League’s Second-Team

 

Alyson Onyon (Sport: Softball, Position: Pitcher)

 

Stats:

• Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 30

• Pitched perfect 3-0 with a 0.45 ERA, throwing 31 innings in 3 games so far