Under the category of “Recognizing the Potential”…
One of the awards given by the Athletic Department every year is the Terry Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Memorial Award which is presented annually to the freshman female athlete who has shown desire, dedication, sportsmanship, and inspirational leadership on the field of competition as well as in her daily life.
For the first time in the 21-year history of the award, each class was represented by someone who previously won the Lynch-Havercamp Memorial.
Melissa Matusewicz (Florence, MA/Northampton), who won the award in 1998, was named the Bob Ridings Award winner this year as Union's “Outstanding Senior Female Athlete.” Yvonne Turchetti (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook), who was the 1999 recipient, won the ECAC Medal as this year's “Outstanding Junior Female Athlete” and Jill Ring (Brewster, MA/Nauset Regional), who captured the award last year, was this year's “Outstanding Sophomore Female Athlete” as voted by the athletic department.
This 2001 recipient of the Terry Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Memorial Award was Victoria Kuzman (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), who started at midfield for the UCAA and NYSWCAA champion soccer team and saw action at guard for the basketball team, which set numerous records during its 18-9 ECAC Upstate New York playoff campaign…
Freshman Jim Griglun (Southington, CT/Southington), who plays both third and first for the baseball team, was named the UCAA's “Rookie of the Week” for the second consecutive week and the third time this season. Last week he was 7-for-13 (.538) with four rbi and four runs scored. A home run and double were included in his seven hits. Griglun finished second in the UCAA with his .424 batting average and second with his 30 rbi…Leading the league was senior outfielder Jay Warzala (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), who batted .448. Warzala also led the cricuit with his 33 rbis…The Dutchmen were the UCAA's second-best hitting team with an average of .343… Sophomore pitcher Chris Hartnett (Albany, NY/Albany Academy) led the circuit with his 48 strikeouts.
Junior Sarah Johnston (Troy, NY/Troy) was named the UCAA's “Pitcher of the Week” for the third time this season. Johnston did not give up an earned run in 22 innings last week while posting a 3-0 record. She allowed just 11 hits with 12 strikeouts and four walks. Johnston finished the year allowing just three earned runs in 76.2 innings, an earned run average of 0.27. Sophomore outfielder Jill Ring (Brewster, MA/Nauset Regional) was the UCAA's “Hitter of the Week” after batting .480 (12 for 25) with five rbi and five runs scored. Included among her hits were two doubles and a home run. Ring finished first in the league with her 23 rbis and tied for second with her three home runs. Ring's three triples left her third among UCAA hitters while her five doubles was sixth. Union led the UCAA in team fielding (.956) and earned run average (1.90).
Union had the UCAA's top goaltenders among the men's and women's lacrosse leagues. Junior Pat Forrest (Topsfield,MA/Gov. Dummer) led the league in save percentage (65.1) for the third consecutive season while freshman Elizabeth Soto's (Greenwich, CT/Loomis Chaffee) 63.5 topped the women's league.
Sophomore Anil Gupta (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East), who went 3-0 in the UCAA championships out of the No. 1 singles position, was named the league's “Player of the Year” and was voted to the All-Singles Team. Gupta, who was 13-3 this spring and 21-4 overall (including last fall), is 30-5 out of the No. 1 position in his two years at Union. He is the first Dutchman ever to be ranked nationally.
Seniors Scott Dutcher (Wellesley, MA/Wellseley) and Nick Balascio (Madison, NJ/Madison) both topped the Century mark during their outstanding four-year lacrosse careers. Dutcher currently ranks fourth on the all-time scoring list with 97 goals and 144 points while Balascio ranks 10th with 76 goals and 111 points…Junior Kurt Kimball (Fulton, NY/Bodley), who led the Dutchmen this year with 59 points, will enter his senior campaign eighth on the all-time scoring chart with 60 goals and 127 points.