HAWK HIGHLIGHTS
Fifteen RCC Athletes Earn Academic All-Conference Honors in Fall Season
A DOZEN ALSO NAMED ALL-REGION HONOREES
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CC student athletes
are continuing
a tradition of
achievement off the playing
field. Fifteen Hawks
performed well enough
in the classroom this past
fall to be named Academic
All-Conference by the Mid-
Hudson Conference.
Twelve of those same
RCC student athletes
gained additional
Men's Soccer Team
recognition, earning
Academic All-Region
honors from NJCAA
Region XV.
RCC’s volleyball team
enjoyed a fine season last
fall, going 12-10 and
reaching the Region XV
tournament. The Hawks had
equally impressive results
in the classroom, with
more than two-thirds of
the team gaining academic
recognition.
Women's Volleyball Team.
Five volleyball players
picked up both All-Region and All-Conference academic honors.
Melissa McDonnell led the way by registering a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Shannon Thomas added All-Region academic recognition to her
accolades for her on-court performance. Thomas was MVP of the
Mid-Hudson Conference and an All-Region first team selection.
Thomas, a freshman, will return to RCC next season, with plans to
later attend a four-year college and eventually medical school.
Sara Hayward gained Academic All-Region recognition to add
to All-Conference first team
and All-Region honorable
mention honors for her play
last fall. International student
Sayaka Watanabe and Nicole
Polanco also exceeded the 3.25
GPA necessary for All-Region
academic recognition.
Kayla Roper and Zeanetta
Rogers picked up Academic All-
Conference honors by posting a
GPA of 3.0 or better.
Eight members of the RCC
men’s soccer team, which reached
the semifinals of the Region XV
tournament and finished 6-6
overall, claimed Academic All-
Conference status. Seven met the
higher standard to also be named
All-Region.
Team co-captain Arhin
Asamoah posted the highest
GPA among the Hawks,
followed closely by Steffen
Bonneau and Niko Barbetto. All
three gained All-Region status.
Also earning All-Region
honors: Kevin Maloney, Dylan
Allum, Mark Babcock, and Jose Robles Lopez. Justin Gordon gained
All-Conference recognition.
With the Spring sports season getting underway, athletes from
RCC’s baseball, golf and men’s tennis teams will aim to further the
Hawk tradition of success both on and off the field. Last Spring, those
teams combined to earn 16 Academic All-Conference awards, with 13
athletes also earning
All-Region honors.
Martinez’s Scoring Exploits Reap Top National Ranking
In a season of multiple challenges for the
RCC men’s basketball team, Kevin Martinez
provided a constant source of highlight-reel
material. Although the Hawks endured a difficult
campaign, with a final record of 5 wins and 23
losses, Martinez lit up the scoreboard to the tune
of 26.2 points per game, which ranked No. 4 in the
country among NCAA Divisio