New Haven, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College Athletic Department is taking a look back at some of the facts and figures from the last decade (2010-19).
Albertus combined for eight conference championships, eight NCAA Tournament appearances, 17 conference Players of the Year and 10 All-America performances. In the classroom, the Falcons had 398 Academic All-Conference honors including three Academic All-Americans.
See below for the list of all the conference championships, NCAA Tournament appearances, major conference awards won and academic achievements.
Some highlights that do not make the list include:
Department
Summer of 2011 - Celentano Turf Field added
Spring of 2013 - Men's and women's lacrosse added to varsity ranks, started as club programs in 2011-2012
Fall of 2014 - Added Men's Golf as a club program, began as varsity program in 2015
Fall of 2014 - Named Alling Memorial Golf Course home course for Men's Golf program
Fall of 2015 - Celentano Lights were unveiled at Fall Fest.
Spring 2016 - Rochford Field became the home for the Albertus baseball team.
Fall of 2017 - Shea Softball Complex became the home for the Albertus softball team
Fall of 2018 - Added Women's Field Hockey
January 2019 - Added a brand new student-athlete weight room
Winter of 2019 - Added Women's Swimming and Diving
Winter of 2019 - Added Men's Ice hockey
Winter of 2019 - Played first home game at Ralph Walker Skating Rink
Men's Basketball
- Posted 11 straight winning season, eight straight 20+ win seasons, with a high of 28 in three different seasons (11-12, 13-14, 14-15).
- Head Coach Mitch Oliver secured his 250th win against Emmanual (Mass.) in the 2019 GNAC semifinal game, winning 104-93.
- Made nine GNAC Tournament appearances and won seven GNAC Championships
- Decade Records: Overall Record 233-55 | Conference Record 151-19 | Home Record: 119-15
- Seven NCAA Tournament appearances and five NCAA Tournament wins.
- Advanced to the Sweet 16
- National leader for five years in home wins (59 straight wins)
- Tied the national record in conference wins (36 straight wins)
- Led the nation in winning percentage in 2014 and 2015
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Led the NCAA in Team & Individual Statistical Categories Multiple times: Blocks, Scoring Margin, Winning Percentage, FG percentage.
- Ray Askew inducted into 2019 GNAC Hall of Fame.
- 1,000-point scorers (6): Walden St. Juste, Ray Askew, Arshad Jackson, Darius Watson, Victor Ljuljdjuraj, Jashawn Walters.
- All-Conference Players: 24
Women's Basketball
- Six winning seasons, two 20-plus win seasons with a high of 23 in 2018-19.
- Head Coach JR Fredette garnered his 100th win against Norwich on February 2nd, 2019.
- Last season, the Falcons set a new program record in points with 118 against Western Conn. State
- 1,000-point scorers (6): Olivia Bolden, Jill Johnson, Lianna Carrero, Lindsay Karle, Liz Falcigno, Shyla Osmond
- All-Conference Players: 12
Men's Tennis
- Recorded two eight-win seasons in 2015 and 2019.
- Advanced to the GNAC semifinals for the first time in program history in 2019.
- All-Conference Players: 6
Women's Tennis
- Set a program record in wins in 2015 with eight.
- Made four GNAC Tournament appearances.
Women's Soccer
- Had eight winning seasons over the decade, with a high of 14-5-3 in 2013.
- Had six seasons with 10+ victories.
- Made nine GNAC Tournament appearances.
- The team made their first GNAC Championship appearance in 2016.
- All-Conference Players: 34
Men's Soccer
- Had seven winning seasons over the decade.
- Had five seasons with 10+ victories.
- Program-record 17 wins in 2011.
- Had a perfect 10-0 conference record in 2011.
- All-Conference Players: 46
Baseball
- Had two winning seasons over the decade, had one season with 20 victories in 2019.
- Had four seasons with 10+ homeruns.
- Made eight GNAC Tournament appearances.
- All-Conference Players: 29
Softball
- Had five straight winning seasons over the decade.
- Had four straight 20+ win seasons.
- Set a program-record for victories in 2017 with 30.
- Made six straight GNAC tournament appearances.
- All-Conference Players: 16
Men's Lacrosse
- Program best four wins in 2016.
- Two players (Justin Bennet and Greg Buck) seclected to the NEILA Academic All-Region Team.
- Made its first appearance in the GNAC Tournament in 2019.
- All-Conference Players: 4
Women's Lacrosse
- The program's first victory came in 2014 against Anna Maria.
- Posted a decade-best win total in 2019 with six.
- In 2019, the team set program-record in home victories with five and GNAC victories with three.
- All-Conference Players: 1
Volleyball
- Had their first winning season in 2017, going 16-14.
- The Falcons tallied a program-best 16 wins in 2017.
- Vanessa Rosario became the winningest Albertus volleyball coach on September 5th, 2018, defeating Mitchell 3-1 for her 30th career victory.
Men's Golf
- Won their first-ever match in 2015 against Eastern Nazarene, 356-454.
- In 2015, Aaron Macchia recorded the lowest home score in program history at 75 against Eastern Nazarene.
- In 2019 against Eastern Nazarene and Dean, Ryan Sember broke the program record with a score of 74.
Field Hockey
- The program's first win came in 2019 against Dean.
- Mikayla Lyston finished the 2019 season leading Division III in saves per game with 16.0.
NCAA Tournament Appearances (8)
2010 Men's Basketball
2012 Men's Basketball
2012 Men's Soccer
2013 Men's Basketball
2014 Men's Basketball
2015 Men's Basketball
2017 Men's Basketball
2019 Men's Basketball
Conference Championships (8)
2010 Men's Basketball
2012 Men's Soccer
2012 Men's Basketball
2013 Men's Basketball
2014 Men's Basketball
2015 Men's Basketball
2017 Men's Basketball
2019 Men's Basketball
ECAC Tournament Appearances (11)
2010 Men's Soccer
2010-11 Men's Basketball
2011 Men's Soccer
2011-2012 Men's Volleyball
2012 Women's Soccer
2012 Women's Volleyball
2012-13 Women's Basketball
2013 Women's Soccer
2014 Softball
2014 Men's Soccer
2015 Softball
Major Awards
2010-11 2011 Ray Askew (D3hoops.com All-New England 2nd Team)
2011 Stephen Zapata (NSCAA All-New England All-Star / NSCAA All-New England 1st Team)
2011 Jamal Howard (ECAC New England All-Star / NSCAA All-New England 1st Team)
2011 Nick Hamasian (NSCAA All-New England 2nd Team)
2011-12 Ray Askew (NABC All-District First Team / D3 Hoops All-Northeast 1st Team / ECAC New England 1st Team)
2012 Shannon Skidmore (NSCAA College Division Women's Scholar All-East Region 2nd Team)
2012 Sam Farley (All-New England Region 3rd Team)
2012 Stephen Zapata (NSCAA All-New England 1st Team
2012 Donato Piroscafo (NSCAA All-New England 1st Team)
2012 Nick Hamasian (NSCAA All-New England 2nd Team)
2012-13 Darius Watson (ECAC New England 2nd Team / D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 4th Team)
2013 Shelly Mirmina (NSCAA All-New England 2nd Team)
2013 Shannon Skidmore (NSCAA All-New England 1st Team / ECAC New England All-Star 2nd Team)
2013 Shelley Mirmina (NSCAA Scholar All-East Region 4th Team)
2013 Shannon Skidmore (NSCAA Scholar All-East Region 2nd Team)
2013 Jessica Radecki (NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention)
2013 Meaghan Skidmore ( NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention)
2013-14 Lianna Carrero (D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 3rd Team / ECAC New England 2nd Team)
2013-14 Darius Watson (D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 1st Team / NABC All-District 1st Team / ECAC New England 1st Team / Reese D3 All-Star & MVP)
2013-14 Mitch Oliver (D3Hoops.com All-Northeast Region Coach of the Year)
2013-14 Victor Ljuljdjuraj (ECAC New England 1st Team / D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 4th Team)
2014 Danielle Polvan (NSCAA All-New England 3rd Team)
2014 Alexis Garcia (NSCAA All-New England 1st Team)
2014-15 Lianna Carrero (All-Northeast Region 3rd Team)
2014-15 Lianna Carrero (ECAC DIII New England All-Star 2nd Team)
2014-15 Victor Ljuljdjuraj (D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 1st Team / NABC All-District 1st Team / ECAC New England 1st Team / D3 All-Star)
2014-15 Tavon Sledge (D3hoops.com All-Northeast 2nd Team / ECAC New England 1st Team)
2016 Angelina Piccirillo (NSCAA All-New England 3rd Team)
2016-17 Jaqhwan Walters (NABC Northeast Region All-District 2nd Team / D3Hoops.com 2nd Team)
2017-18 Olivia Bolden (D3Hoops.com All-Northeast 1st Team)
2017-18 Jaqhawn Walters (Reese's Division III All-Star Game / NABC Northeast Region All-District 1st Team)
2019 Salah Oumorou (US Soccer Coaches Association All-New England Region 3rd Team)
Major Conference Awards
2010 Nick Hamasian (GNAC Defensive Player of the Year)
2010-11 Ray Askew (GNAC Player of the Year)
2010-11 Mitch Oliver (GNAC Coach of the Year)
2011 Jamal Howard (GNAC Offensive Player of the Year)
2011 Lindsley Barrett (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2011-12 Ray Askew (GNAC Player of the Year)
2011-12 Ray Askew (GNAC Defensive Player of the Year)
2011-12 Mitch Oliver (GNAC Coach of the Year)
2012 Nick Hamasian (GNAC Defensive Player of the Year)
2012 Diego (Alex) Zapata (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2012 Shannon Skidmore (GNAC Defensive Player of the Year)
2012 Nick Wajnowski (GNAC Coach of the Year)
2012-13 Darius Watson (GNAC Tournament MVP)
2013 Alexis Garcia (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2013-14 Darius Watson (GNAC Player of the Year)
2013-14 Lianna Carrerro (GNAC Player of the Year)
2013-14 Victor Ljuljdjuraj (GNAC Defensive Player of the Year)
2014-15 Victor Ljuljduraj (GNAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year)
2014-15 Olivia Bolden (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2015 Ed Emielita (GNAC Coach of the Year)
2015 Gillian Fortier (GNAC Player of the Year)
2015 Gillian Fortier (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2015-16 Shonteay Lovell (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2016 Stephen Woodfield (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2016-17 Jaqhawn Walters (GNAC Player of the Year)
2017 Salah Oumorou (GNAC Rookie of the Year)
2017-18 Mitch Oliver (GNAC Coach of the Year)
2017-18 Jaqhawn Walters (GNAC Player of the Year)
2018 Matt Warren (GNAC Gold Glove)
2019 Salah Oumorou (GNAC Player of the Year)
All-Americans
2011 Jamal Howard (NSCAA/Continental Tire 2nd Team)
2011-12 Ray Askew (D3hoops.com 2nd Team)
2011-12 Ray Askew (NABC 3rd Team)
2012 Stephen Zapata (NSCAA/Continental Tire 2nd Team)
2013-14 Darius Watson (D3hoops.com 4th Team)
2013-14 Darius Watson (NABC 2nd Team)
2014-15 Victor Ljuljdjuraj (D3hoops.com 2nd Team)
2014-15 Victor Ljuljdjuraj (NABC 2nd Team)
2016-17 Jaqhawn Walters (D3Hoops.com 2nd Team)
2017-18 Jaqhawn Walters (D3Hoops.com 2nd Team)
Academic All-Americans
2011-12 Lianna Carrero (CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District)
2012-13 Lianna Carrero (CoSIDA Capital One 2nd Team)
2013 Meghan Skidmore (CoSIDA Academic All-District)
2013-14 Lianna Carrero (CoSIDA Capital One 2nd Team)
2014 Riker Mitchell (COSIDA Academic All-District)
2015 Mike Choiniere (CoSIDA Capital One 3rd Team)