Nazareth University

Kassandra, Buseck, member of the women's volleyball team, earns Nazareth College's Athlete of the Week honor. Buseck erupted for a career-high 25 kills in a five-set Empire 8 Conference victory over Houghton. She also had two service aces, seven digs and three blocks. She leads the team with 181 kills overall (3.07 per set).

Courtney Malia, member of the women's soccer team, earns Nazareth College's Athlete of the Week honor. Malia recorded a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over St. John Fisher College. The goal was the first of her career and enabled the Golden Flyers to improve to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in Empire 8 Conference play.

Maria Allocco, member of the women's volleyball team, has been named Nazareth College's Athlete of the Week and Athlete of the Month and Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week.

Madi Wickens, member of the women's volleyball team, earns Nazareth College's athlete of the week honor for the week ending September 14, 2014.

Christine Belding, member of the women's soccer team, earns Nazareth College's athlete of the week honor for the period ending September 14, 2014.

Jennifer Lachell of Waterford, N.Y., earns athlete of the week honors.

Nate Ripic, member of the men's soccer team, has been named Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending September 7. Ripic made his first start of the season last Saturday and made eight saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Oswego. At least two of Ripic's saves came on point-blank shots that were deflected over the goal and enabled Nazareth to improve to 2-1 overall.

Gabrielle LeBihan, member of the women's cross country team, earns Nazareth College's athlete of the week honor.

Maria Allocco, member of the women's volleyball team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending September 7. Last week, she was named to the all-tournament team for the Golden Flyer Invitational as Nazareth won all four of its matches. She totaled 37 kills on 64 swings for a .484 hitting percentage and became the ninth player in Nazareth history to reach 1,000 career kills. She also had 12 service aces, including six in a three-set sweep of RIT.

Brendan Miles, member of the men's soccer team, has been named Athlete of the Week at Nazareth College for the period ending September 8. Miles had a goal and an assist Saturday as Nazareth blanked Oswego, 2-0, in a non-conference game at Golden Flyer Stadium. He assisted on Mama Amar's goal in the 29th minute to break a scoreless tie and scored off a rebound at the 32-minute mark as Nazareth improved to 2-1 overall. The points were the first of Miles' career.

Catherine Willard, members of the women's field hockey team, has recently been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the week for the period ending September 7 and Nazareth College's Athlete of the Week for the period ending September 8. Willard, a junior transfer from Mercyhurst, helped Nazareth even its field hockey record at 2-2 as she tallied two goals and two assists Sunday in a 4-1 win over Ohio Wesleyan.

Ryan Foley, member of the men's soccer team, has recently been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the period ending September 1, 2014. Foley posted two goals and two assists as the Golden Flyers split a pair of weekend games at the 11th annual Doug May Memorial Tournament for men's soccer.

Shannon Winney, member of the field hockey team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the period ending September 1, 2014. Winney made 11 saves while holding Brockport scoreless as Nazareth opened its 2014 field hockey season with a 2-0 non-conference victory

Nazareth has 15 Golden Flyers Men's hockey players named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC 2013-2014 ECAC Men's West Hockey All-Academic Team.

Anne Czelusniak claims second place at the Nazareth College Spring Invitational at Mendon Golf Club on April 26 and 27. Czelusniak finished five shots back with scores of 93 and 85 to claim second place.

Jennifer Lachell claimed top individual honors at the Nazareth College Spring Invitational at Mendon Golf Club on April 26 and 27. Lachell shot rounds of 89 and 84 for a total of 173 to claim top individual honors. Czelusniak finished five shots back with scores of 93 and 85 to claim second place.

Brooke Sullivan, member of the women's lacrosse team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College. Sullivan scored a career-best 7 goals and added an assist for the Golden Flyers in a 21-9 win over Houghton last Friday. She leads the Golden Flyers overall with 21 points on 17 goals and four assists.

Jake Lafaver has been named Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. He won the 800-meter title at the E8 Conference meet in February with a winning time of 1:58.92. He improved upon that time with a clocking of 1:55.53 for a third-place finish at the NYSCTC Championships at St. Lawrence. He lowered his time even further with a 1:53.69 post to win the ECAC Championship March 7.

Tara Prosak, member of the women's lacrosse team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 24. Prosak totaled 19 saves in goal for the Golden Flyers in a pair of one-goal non-conference defeats last week. She had 8 saves in a 6-5 home-field loss to RIT last Wednesday, then amassed 11 saves in a 7-6 loss at the University of Rochester last Saturday.

Drew Simoneau, member of the men's lacrosse team, has earned the titles of Athlete of the week for Nazareth College and Empire 8 Athlete of the Week. Simoneau helped the Golden Flyers to E8 wins over both Alfred and Elmira. He dominated face-offs, winning 35 of 44 in the two games and scooping up 32 ground balls. He has won 68% of his draws this season (152 for 244) and has 121 ground balls.

Brandon Vuolo, member of the men's track and field team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 24. Vuolo broke a pair of school records over the weekend as Nazareth opened its outdoor track and field season at the Washington and Lee Carnival. Vuolo placed eighth in the shot put with a toss of 13.19 meters (43 feet, 3 1/4 inches) and ninth in the discus with a distance of 38.31 meters (125 feet, 8 inches).

Luke Wooters, member of the men's lacrosse team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending March 9. Wooters scored five goals and added four assists as Nazareth split a pair of non-conference games last week. He had three goals and one assist in a 16-11 win over Hamilton last Wednesday and then contributed two goals and three assists in a 10-9 loss to St. Lawrence Saturday.

Taylor Pierson, member of the women's track and field team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 17. Pierson earned All-American honors for the Golden Flyers with a fifth-place finish in the long jump competition at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan. Pierson jumped 5.55 meters (18 feet, 2 1/2 inches) on her first attempt to become Nazareth's first female indoor track and field All-American.

Alison Tepas, member of the women's tennis team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 17. Tepas continued to roll for Nazareth as she won all five spring break singles matches in straight sets last week. This year, Tepas is 18-3 overall this season and 61-34 for her career. Dating back to the fall, Tepas has won 12 straight singles matches.

Sophia Rhoades, member of the women's softball team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending March 16. Rhoades got off to a great offensive start to the 2014 season as she batted .462 over 10 games during the Golden Flyers' spring break excursion to Florida. She went 12-for-26 with three doubles, a triple and 12 runs batted in as Nazareth went 3-7. She also had a slugging percentage of .654.

Michaela Gildemeyer, member of the women's track and field team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 3. Gildemeyer ran a career-best indoor time of 2:20.15 to win the 800-meter run at the NYSCTC meet at St. Lawrence. She crossed the finish line more than four seconds faster than her closest pursuer.

Luis Rivera, member of the men's track and field team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending March 3. Rivera has also been named Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Week for the period ending March 3. Rivera broke his own school record in the weight throw with a second-place finish at the NYSCTC meet at St. Lawrence. Rivera's toss of 16.24 meters (53 feet, 2 1/2 inches) was more than an inch farther than his previous best.

Taylor Pierson, member of the women's track and field team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending February 24. Pierson shattered her own school record yet again as she won the long jump competition at the RIT Invitational. Pierson leaped 5.73 meters (18 feet, 9 3/4 inches) to take first place and equaled her best outdoor distance from last season.

Jeff Green, member of the men's swimming and diving team, has been named Athlete of the Week for Nazareth College for the week ending February 24. Green placed third in the 1-meter diving competition with a school-record score of 494.15 at the Upper New York State Swimming and Diving Championships at Ithaca. He also placed sixth in the 3-meter competition with a score of 398.60. He has qualified to compete at the NCAA Regional competition at RIT.

Nazareth College's Equestrian team compete at the Cornell Show on Sunday, February 16, 2014.