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March 16, 2010

College Notebook: March 17, 2010



Basketball
Freshman forward Matt Farbotko (Rouses Point/Northeastern Clinton) of Sage College of Albany has been named 2009-2010 Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year as chosen by the league's head basketball coaches.

For the year, Farbotko surpassed the 300-point plateau to finish with 351 points and a 14.0 poins per game average to lead the team. He ranks ninth in the Skyline in scoring, while shooting an impressive 51.4% (138-255) from the floor to rank fourth in the conference. He was also the conference's highest scoring freshman this year.

He also ranks sixth in rebounding as well with a 7.2 rpg average having collected 179 rebounds on the season. He was also the Gators' only 25-game starter this year.

In the final game of the year, he added another double-digit effort extending his streak to 17th consecutive double-digit scoring efforts. He was the team's high-scorer seven times this year, while six times finishing as the squad's high rebounder. Among his personal-highs this season were a 23-point performance to help Sage beat Yeshiva on Jan. 9 while adding 14 rebounds in a contest with Old Westbury on Jan. 16.

The Gators were 7-18 overall under head coach Brian Barnes and his assistant coach, Michael Foust. Sage went 5-15 in the Skyline Conference to finish in ninth place in the 11-team league.

"I couldn't be more proud of Matt being selected Rookie of the Year." Barnes added, "he is a special young man, who we have really enjoyed coaching. The award is a credit to his hard work and consistency throughout the season.

"Matt has a great attitude and has been a terrific teammate since the first day of practice. This is exciting news for our young program heading into the off-season and looking to get better in the very near future."

Freshman Kara Hackett (Peru/Peru) led the Sage College Gator rookies with her 273 points and 11.4 ppg average. She ranks 14th in the conference in scoring, and ninth in rebounding after collecting 189 rebounds and a 7.9 rpg average. She ranks seventh in the league in steals as well with 64 (2.67) and seventh in blocks (22, 0.92).

A 24-game starter, she also added her name to the Gator record book. She already stands in eighth place on the career block list with 22, while her single-season effort is second highest among all Gators. She earned Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week twice this season along with Honor Roll once. She ended up the second leading scoring Rookie for the Skyline Conference.

Freshman center/forward Kaitlin Myers (Dannemora/Saranac) of SUNY Cobleskill has been named to he North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Second Team.

Myers was a powerful inside presence offensively and defensively for the Fighting Tigers during her rookie season as the 5'10" post player averaged 9.6 points and a team leading 8.4 rebounds per game in 26 appearances during the season. The Saranac High School graduate also averaged a team leading 1.9 blocked shots per game while passing out 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per contest. Myers connected on 103-of-222 shots from the field to shoot 46.4% for the season and led the Orange & Black in free throw shooting averaging 75.5% from the line hitting on 40-of-53 attempts. Myers also posted six double/doubles in points and rebounds during the season.

She was named Fighting Tiger Athlete of the Week in early March for her play in a 71-66 win over Cazenovia College in the quarterfinals of the NEAC tournament. Myers scored 25 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked six shots. Myers then came back with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and two block shots in a 64-48 loss to host Penn State Berks the tournament's semi-finals.

Cobleskill finished the season with a 17-9 overall record, advancing to the semi-final round of the NEAC Championship Tournament for the second consecutive season.

Senior Jon Wolleben (Plattsburgh/Plattsburgh) of Carnegie-Mellon University was recognized for the third consecutive year as a University Athletic Association All-Academic recipient for the fall semester with a GPA over 3.3. Wolleben, captain of the Tartans, averaged 5.4 points and 4.5 rebounds while appearing in all 25 games. The Tartans finished 5-20, 1-13 in conference play.

He is completing his Masters In Biotechnology & Management degree. He is the son of Bob and Mary Wolleben formerly of Plattsburgh.

Indoor track & field
Freshman Genna Hartung (Morrisonville/Seton Catholic) of Cornell University competed at the Ivy League Heptagon Championships at Dartmouth College. She finished eighth in the 5k in a personal record time of 17:07.50 on Friday night and came back to run the 3k on Saturday in a time of 9:54.84 for ninth place.

Hartung won the 3,000 meters in Cornell's Robert Kane Invitational with a personal-best of 9:53.01.

Sophomore Lee Berube (Putnam Station/Ticonderoga) is SUNY Geneseo's male student-athlete of the week for March 8-14. A sophomore biology major, Berube won a pair of All-America certificates at the NCAA Division III Indoor championships by placing second in the 5,000 meters in a time of 14:49.96 and aiding the distance medley relay to an eighth-place time of 10:09.51.

Berube, who also earned All-SUNYAC Second Team, placed second in the 5K at the ECAC Div. III championships with a time of 15:00.56.

Kyle Devins (Peru/ AuSable Valley), a junior at Ithaca College, finished the 2009-10 Indoor Track and Field season as the fourth-ranked long jumper in the nation. His winning jump of 23 feet, 7½ inches at the Empire 8 championships tied the Ithaca college long jump record. That jump placed him 4th in the nation at the Division III level as he finished the season one-half inch behind third-ranked Buzzy Brown of Carthage College (23-8) and 1½ inches behind second-place Stephen Morton of MIT ( 23' 9"). Devins automatically qualified for nationals, but was unable to compete due to a hamstring injury that cut short his indoor season.

Football
Junior wide receiver Thomas Vossler (Loon Lake/Saranac Lake) was named Ithaca College's Outstanding Back for the 2009 season. A second-team Empire 8 all-star, Vossler caught a team-high 51 passes while his 14.4 yards per catch and eight touchdowns led the team as well.

He was named the team's Outstanding Back after the Hartwick win and was picked as Ithaca's Honorary Offensive Captain three times — after the Union, Utica and Alfred games.

Vossler already ranks 10th all-time at Ithaca with 92 career catches. His 4.4 catches per game is a school record.

Vossler will enter his senior season eight receptions away from becoming the seventh Bomber to catch 100 passes and 40 shy of the school record held by Abe Ceesay (131 from 1996 to 1999). With 1,267 receiving yards, Vossler ranks 16th (87 yards from 10th) and his nine touchdown catches leave him one short of becoming the 17th Bomber to reach double figures.

Tennis
Becca Irwin (AuSable Forks/AuSable Valley) of Lyndon (Vt.) State College has been named to the 2009 North Atlantic Conference Fall All-Academic Team. To be honored, a student-athlete must have reached junior academic standing, completed a minimum two years in their respective sports and earned a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.50.

The exercise science major is a member of the women's tennis team.

Swimming
Freshman Hannah Saiz (Plattsburgh/Plattsburgh) of Ohio's Kenyon College qualified to swim three individual events (100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free) and two relays for the Kenyon Ladies at the 2010 NCAA Div. III Championships. The championships will be held March 17-21 at the University of Minnesota. The Kenyon Ladies are the defending NCAA Div. III Champions.



College Notebook is published periodically in the Press-Republican. Most material is provided by the schools; however, parents and/or friends are invited to submit information. It can be sent by email (sports@pressrepublican.com), fax (561-3362) or regular mail (Press-Republican Sports, P.O. Box 459, Plattsburgh 12901). For more information, contact Bob Goetz, at 565-4124

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