2004-05 ECAC® Robbins Scholar-Athlete Institutional Award Winners Announced
CAPE COD, MA — The Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Phil Buttafuoco today announced the 2004-05 ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete Institutional Award winners.
Sponsored by Robbins Sports Surfaces, the Cincinnati-based sports surfaces company, the awards honor the outstanding academic and athletics achievements of student-athletes representing ECAC schools in Divisions I, II and III. One male and one female athlete from each division have been selected by their institutions. Three committees comprised of athletics administrators will select two award winners in each division to be honored during the ECAC Convention Honors Dinner presented by Jostens on Sunday, September 25. Votes are based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics and community service. A total of 84 student-athletes have received the 2004-05 ECAC Robbins-Scholar-Athlete Institutional Awards.
Union's honorees for these awards are senior men's basketball forward Devon Bruce (Altamont, NY/Guilderland) and junior three-sport star Erika Eisenhut (Mohawk, NY/Mohawk)
Bruce was a co-captain for the men's basketball team last winter, and has a 3.41 GPA in Economics. He was a co-captain of the Liberty League Champions, and the 17-12 Dutchmen advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Bruce was named the MVP of the Sig Makofski Tournament hosted by Union, and finished the season with 13.7 points and a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game. Bruce ended his career ranked third all-time in career rebounds at Union with 662, the highest total at the college since 1980. He finished with 1,169 career points to rank 11th all-time.
Eisenhut has a 3.83 GPA in Psychology and Mathematics, and was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team. Eisenhut was a first-team All-Liberty League selection in basketball and a second team selection in both basketball and softball. Her three sport teams combined for a record of 68-17-1 in 2004-05, good for a winning percentage of 79.7%. In her three years of playing soccer, basketball and softball at Union, Eisenhut's teams have combined for a stellar mark of 210-46-3, a winning percentage of 81.7%. She had nine goals and 26 points for the soccer team, which went 19-2-1 last fall and won the ECAC Upstate New York Championship. She started all 28 games for Union's women's basketball team, and led the squad in assists (91), steals (73) and blocks (12) while scoring at a 10.5 clip. Union finished 19-9 and the Dutchwomen reached the ECAC Upstate Championship Game. On the softball diamond, Eisenhut hit .315 and led the team with 12 stolen bases while driving in 21 runs. The softball team, (30-6), finished with a school record in victories. The Dutchwomen entered the NCAA tournament, their third straight appearance, with a #8 national ranking, the highest in the program's history.
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The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with 324 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports, assigns more than 5,100 officials in 15 sports, administers ten affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 4,000 student-athletes in 21 sports through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's gymnastics, wrestling, fencing and rowing.