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Athletics
Department Recognizes Year of Achievement
Women's Softball Team Heads for Nationals
5/15/07
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What better
World Series send-off for the Vikings women's softball team than
an all-star breakfast? Approximately 75 student-athletes and staff
members gathered for a recognition breakfast on May 11. MCCC Athletics
Director John Simone and Dean of for Enrollment and Student Services
Dr. Diane Campbell expressed their gratitude on behalf of the college
for the commitment and achievements of Mercer athletes and for the
stellar way they have represented the college throughout the year.
The women's
softball team travels to Normal, IL, on May 15 for their first appearance
in the NJCAA World Series since 1988. Heading into the national
championship with a 37-6 record, the Vikings will first face Kankakee
CC (IL) on May 17 in the double-elimination, eight-team tournament,
with the final to be played on May 19. The men's tennis team also
headed to the nationals, to be played May 13-18 in Plano, TX.
Other highlights
of the 2006-07 year were the men's soccer team's second place finish
in the national tournament and the selection of women's basketball
player Patti Foley as a first-team All-American, only the third
woman in Mercer basketball history to achieve this goal. Former
tennis player Natalia Huff won the 2006 CAANJ Female Student-Athlete
Award.
This was also
a notable year for members of the athletic staff: trainer Lisa Camillone
was honored by the National Athletic Trainers' Association with
its Annual Service Award; men's soccer coach Charlie Inverso was
inducted into the NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame; women's softball coach
Ryan Zegarski was named the Region 19 Softball Coach of the Year;
health and fitness director Bob Pugh was the recipient of the Bob
Kanaby Award from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic
Association; and athletics coordinator John Wagner earned the "Man
of the Year Award" from the Trenton Select Committee.
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MCCC
Women's Softball Team, back row, from left, Coach Ryan Zegarski,
Danielle Juricic, Jackie Sasko, Rebecca Pacheco, Kathy Park, Patti
Foley, and Robin Clausen; front row, from left, Nicole Hover, Danielle
Brossoie and Sara Contento. Not pictured: Ashley Williams, Meghan
Faust, and Brittany Marcinkowski.
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Pictured
with Dr. Diane Campbell are this year's Scholar-Athletes, Christopher
Gray and Kathy Park. Gray has played baseball for two years and
Park plays first base for the women's softball team. Gray plans
to transfer to Rowan to study physical education, while Park will
continue her education at Rutgers in graphic design.
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Staff
and coaches, back row, from left, Michael DeAngelis, John Simone,
Rick Tucci, Larry Povia, Lisa Camillone, Fred Carella; front row,
from left, John Wagner, Stan Dlugosz and Ryan Zegarski.
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