Albertus Magnus College Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Information Director Kristen DeCarli was voted the 2012 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Sports Information Director of the Year. The announcement was made by GNAC Commissioner Joe Walsh in advance of the 2012 GNAC Professional Development Seminar on August 7 and 8 in Boston, Massachusetts. DeCarli will accept her award on the final day of the seminar.
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) has announced the All-Academic Team for the 2011-12 school year. Twenty-two student-athletes from Albertus Magnus College were among the 618 members of the Academic Team from 14 institutions in the conference.
The Albertus Magnus Department of Athletics had a very successful 2011-12 year, producing two GNAC Regular-Season Championship teams, one GNAC Tournament Championship team, two All-Americans and 33 All-Conference Team selections.
Cara Ann Cama, a senior at Albertus Magnus College and a member of the women’s cross country team, earned the title of Miss New Haven County 2012, a preliminary to Miss Connecticut of the Miss America Scholarship Program, in the March 10th competition.
Albertus Magnus College will celebrate the birthday of its mascot, Frankie the Falcon, in honor of Student-Athlete Appreciation Day on April 4. Student-Athlete Appreciation Day is honored annually on April 6 but with the day falling on Good Friday, Frankie’s birthday will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 4 at noon in the DeDominicis Dining Hall.
The Albertus Magnus women’s cross country team took 13th place at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. on Saturday.
The Albertus Magnus women’s cross country team ran to a second–place finish at the Post University Invitational at Black Rock Park in Watertown, Conn. on Friday afternoon.
The Albertus Magnus women’s cross country team took 33rd place out of 38 teams at the 16th Annual James Earley Invitational in Westfield, Mass. on Saturday afternoon. The 5k race was hosted by the Westfield State Owls.
The Albertus Magnus women’s cross country team took third place in its season opener at Mitchell College on Saturday, Sept. 16, led by Veronica Blekis’ fourth-place finish.