Nazareth University

Maurice Mills, member of the men's basketball team, is named to the All-East Region team by D3hoops.com. Mills finished second in the Empire 8 Conference in both scoring (18.5 ppg) and rebounding (10.5 per game) while leading the league in blocked shots at 2.2 per game.

Jamie Martin, member of the women's lacrosse team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 23. Martin scored six goals for the Golden Flyers in three games, one of which was the game-winning goal with :01 left.

Nick LaBarbera, member of the men's track and field team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 2. He was named Rookie of the Meet after posting a record-breaking time of 1:05.58 to win the 500-meter dash at the NYSCTC Championships at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Luke Wooters, member of the men's lacrosse team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 23. Wooters is also the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending March 22. He helped the Golden Flyers to three non-conference victories as he totaled 15 points on 10 goals and five assists.

Sophie Rhoades, member of Nazareth College's softball team, is one of the College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 16. Rhoades helped the Golden Flyers to a 6-4 start and a current five-game winning streak by batting .484 in 10 games during spring break. She also had three extra-base hits, five RBIs and a .581 slugging percentage.

Mitch Ford, member of the men's basketball team, and Cameron Hess, member of the women's swimming and diving team, are Nazareth College's scholar-athletes for the month of February. They have both excelled in their respective sports and in the classroom.

Haley DeVona, member of the women's lacrosse team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 9 and is the Empire 8 Conference Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week for the period ending March 8. DeVona scored four goals in her first collegiate game, which included the game-winning goal with :20 left in overtime.

Nicole Bayona, member of Nazareth College's softball team, is the Empire 8 Conference Pitcher of the Week for the period ending March 8. Bayona made five pitching appearances during spring break and compiled a 3-1 record while allowing just one earned run over 28 innings.

Lindsey Kelly, member of the women's basketball team, is named to the all-east region team as a first-team selection by D3hoops.com. She was among the Empire 8 Conference leaders in both scoring (15.2 ppg) and rebounding (10.2 rpg) this season.

Mitch Ford, member of the men's basketball team, is recognized on the D3hoops.com all-east region team as a second-team selection. Ford, member of Nazareth College's men's basketball team, led the Empire 8 Conference with a 21.4 points per game scoring average while also averaging 9.5 rebounds, shooting 49.7% from the field, and shooting 73.4% from the free throw line.

Oliver Janzen, member of the men's ice hockey team, is the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) West Rookie of the Week for the period ending February 8. Janzen assisted the game-tying goal and then scored the tying and game-winning goals against Manhattanville.

Hannah Brackley, member of the women's track and field team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending February 16.

Cameron Hess, member of the women's swimming and diving team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending February 23.

Ben Blasko, member of the men's ice hockey team, is the Eastern Athletic West Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week for the period ending February 8. He is also a member of the ECAC West first-team all-conference. Blasko has played in all 25 games for the Golden Flyers this season and a league-high 24 assists.

Mitch Ford, member of the men's basketball team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the periods ending February 9 and 23. Ford is also the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the periods ending February 9 and 23. Lastly, Ford is part of the Empire 8 men's basketball all-star team.

Michaela Gildemeyer, member of the women's track and field team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 2. She repeated as champion in the 800-meter run with a personal-best indoor time of 2:18.21. Gildemeyer also helped Nazareth post a school-record time of 4:03.62 to place second in the 4 x 400-meter relay.

Jake Kemp, member of Nazareth College's men's volleyball team, is the United Volleyball Conference Rookie of the Week for the periods ending February 8 and 22. In early February, Kemp helped the Golden Flyers at the Golden Flyer Invitational as he amassed 97 assists along with five kills, three aces, 13 digs, and three blocks. A few weeks later, he totaled 48 assists during a pair of non-conference victories for the Flyers.

Lindsey Kelly, member of the women's basketball team, is one of Nazareth College's scholar-athletes for the month of January and one of the Athletes of the Week for the week ending February 2. Kelly is also honored by being picked for the Empire 8 Conference all-star team for women's basketball and is the Empire 8 Player of the week for the period ending February 9.

Ed Zdolshek, member of the men's ice hockey team, is the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) West Goalie of the Week for the period ending January 31. Nazareth College also honored Zdolshek as one of the College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending February 2. He totaled 33 saves in two games against Elmira. Overall, Zdolshek has made 15 appearances in 2015 and has 458 saves for a 2.51 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

Tim Zyburt, member of the men's volleyball team, is the United Volleyball Conference Player of the Week for the period ending February 1. Zyburt helped the Golden Flyers as they won three matches at the Thiel Invitational. He totaled 31 kills on 60 swings for a .417 hitting percentage as well as had 17 digs and nine blocks.

Tom Sippie, member of the men's indoor track and field team, is the Empire 8 Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the periods ending January 18, January 31, and February 8. Sippie is also one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending January 26.

Luis Rivera, member of the men's indoor track and field team, is the Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Week for the period ending January 18 and one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending February 16. Rivera broke his own school record for the second time this season in the 35-pound weight throw with a second-place finish at RIT. His toss of 17.62 meters (57 feet, 9 3/4 inches) ranks seventh nationally and surpasses his previous best throw by more than a foot.

Taylor Pierson, member of the women's track and field team, has been named one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the period ending February 9. Pierson had her best performance of the indoor season after winning the long jump at the Brockport Mid-Season Classic. She leaped 5.56 meters (18 feet, 3 inches) to win the event and is now ranked eighth nationally.

Michaela Gildemeyer, member of the women's track and field team, has been named one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the week ending January 19. Gildemeyer opened the second semester of the indoor season with a first-place finish in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:20.93 at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Tiger Invitational.

Mitch Ford, member of the men's basketball team, is one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week and Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week, both for the periods ending January 19. He helped his team split a pair of Empire 8 Conference games as he averaged 28.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in games against Alfred and Utica.

Cameron Hess, member of the women's swimming and diving team, has been named one of Nazareth College's Athletes of the Week for the week ending January 26. She won a total of four races as her team split a pair of dual meets. Hess won the 400- and 800-meter freestyles in 4:42.14 and 9:34.20 against Fredonia. Then, she was first in the 200-yard IM (2:24.22) and swam on the winning 200-yard free relay (1:50.09).

Nazareth College women's soccer players Tyler Carr, Christine Belding and Michaela Soules were named to the All-East Region team for 2014 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Grant Levermore, member of the men's volleyball team, has been named United Volleyball Conference (UVC) Player of the Week for the period ending January 25. Levermore was named tournament MVP with a .531 hitting percentage. He also had 15 digs and give blocks.

Don Olivieri, member of the men's ice hockey team, has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) West Honor Roll for the week ending January 4, 2015. Olivieri earned this recognition after being named to the all-tournament team for the PathFinder Bank Tournament hosted by Oswego after he scored a pair of goals in Nazareth's 4-3 overtime victory over St. Scholastica.

Brandon Lane, member of the men's ice hockey team, has been named one of Nazareth's Athletes of the Week for the week ending December 1. In just his second start for the Golden Flyers, Lane amassed 32 saves in a 1-0 loss at Amherst. After surrendering the game's lone goal midway through the opening period, Lane kept the Lord Jeffs off the scoreboard the rest of the way.