Feb. 6, 2007

Women's Indoor Track & Field Performer of the Week
Danielle Schopf - La Salle
Senior, Glenolden, PA/Cardinal O'Hara HS
Schopf finished second in a field of 30 runners in the 3,000m at the Giegengack Invitational at Yale (Feb. 2-3) with a time of 9:45.34...qualified for the ECAC Championships...is the fastest time on the A-10 this season.

Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week
Amy Van Alstine - Richmond
Freshman, Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park HS
Van Alstine earns her second A-10 Rookie of the Week award in as many weeks after finishing ninth in the 3,000m at the New Balance Indoor Games in New York on Feb. 3 with a time of 9:54.24...marks the fastest time by a freshman in program history.

Men's Indoor Track & Field Performers of the Week
William Rhea - La Salle
Junior, Rockville, MD/Good Counsel HS
Rhea set school and meet records at the Giegengack Invitational at Yale (Feb. 2-3) in the 500m run with a winning time of 1:03.03... qualified for the IC4A Championships...also ran a leg of the 4x400m relay that posted an IC4A qualifying time of 3:17.92 and cleared 6-1 1/4 in the high jump.

Bobby Staten - Saint Joseph's
Junior, Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park HS
Competing at the Giegengack Invitational at Yale on Feb. 2-3, Staten set a school record in the 60m dash with a winning time of 6.84...qualified for the IC4A Championships...added a seventh-place finish in the 200m dash (22.33)...named the A-10 Performer of the Week for the second time this season.

Men's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week
Korey Edwards - La Salle
Freshman, Morris Plains, NJ/Parsippany Hills HS
Edwards recorded times of 1:57.68 in the 800m and 4:16.26 in the mile on Feb. 2-3 at the Giegengack Invitational at Yale...finished 15th out of 43 competitors in the 800m and 10th out of 39 runners in the mile.

Women's Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week
Caitlin Geary - Richmond
Senior, Andover, MA/Andover HS
Geary shattered the school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:05.65 on Jan. 31 versus Virginia...placed second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.38) and third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.32)...Richmond dropped a 123-110 decision to No. 20 Virginia.

Women's Swimming & Diving Rookie of the Week
Caitlin Napoli - Fordham
Freshman, Hauppauge, NY/St. Anthony's HS
In Fordham's 170-128 win over Massachusetts on Feb. 3, Napoli won three individual events and was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay (1:49.62)...placed first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.06), 100-yard butterfly (58.70) and 200-yard butterfly (2:05.13) events.

Men's Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week Grant Chin - La Salle
Junior, La Canada, CA/La Canada HS
Chin earned his first victory of the season in the 1,000-yard freestyle on Feb. 3 versus Lehigh, posting a winning time of 9:50.66...also placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:09.81) and 200-yard individual medley (1:55.01)...La Salle earned a 155-145 victory.

David Zenk - George Washington
Sophomore, St. Louis, MO/St Louis Country Day School
Zenk placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (21.62) and 100-yard backstroke (51.15) events on Feb. 3 in George Washington's 166-86 loss at Army...added a second-place showing in the 200-yard individual medley (1:54.81).

Men's Swimming & Diving Rookie of the Week
Ryan Coombs - Fordham
Freshman, Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy
Coombs captured gold in the 100-yard freestyle (47.81) and 200-yard freestyle (1:43.93) events on Feb. 3 in Fordham's 192.5-104.5 loss to Massachusetts...also a member of the 200-yard medley relay which finished third (1:37.38).

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Baseball Player of the Week
Aaron Bray - Charlotte
Sophomore, 3B, 6-0, 163 lbs., Charlotte, NC/Independence HS
Bray's sacrifice fly in the tenth inning on Feb. 3 proved to be the difference as Charlotte opened its 2007 season with a 2-0 win over High Point in 10 innings...went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the 49ers' 7-6 loss to High Point on Feb. 4...earned A-10 Rookie of the Year honors in 2006.

Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Kyle Pfirrman - Charlotte
Sophomore, RHP, 6-2, 192 lbs., Hamilton, OH/Badin HS
Pfirrman tossed four innings of scoreless relief to earn the win in Charlotte's 2-0 victory in 10 innings over High Point on Feb. 3...allowed just two hits and walked one while striking out one.

Baseball Rookie of the Week
None

Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Roy Sichel - Charlotte
Junior, Ramat Hisharon, Israel/Rotheberg School
Earns his second Player of the Week award in as many weeks...in Charlotte's lone match, Sichel earned a 6-3, 6-4 first singles victory over North Carolina's Benjamin Carlotti, the No. 25 ranked sngles player in the nation, on Feb. 3...lost an 8-4 first doubles decision that day as well.

Men's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Pavlos Stephanides - Temple
Freshman, Nea Makri, Greece/Bellport (NY) HS
Picked up a pair of singles wins and one doubles win this past week...won at fourth singles versus St. Francis (NY) (6-0, 6-0) and Swarthmore (6-3, 6-0)...also took an 8-5 third doubles win against Swarthmore.

Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Kara Courtney - Xavier
Sophomore, Newburg, IN/Reitz Memorial HS
Claimed four victories this past week...won at second singles against Southern Illinois (6-2, 6-3) and Rutgers (6-3, 6-4)...also earned first doubles wins against the two...is 3-1 on the year in singles play.

Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Ellen de Jong - Massachusetts
Freshman, Rotterdam, The Netherlands/Wolfert Tweetalig School
Earned a 6-0, 6-2 second singles win against Albany on Feb. 4...also captured an 8-0 first doubles win that day.