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Athlete of the Week

Sylvester Owusu-Afriyie

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    5/17/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Track & Field
  • Bio
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Sylvester Owusu-Afriyie was the male recipient of the 2013 Richard "Dick" Miller Most Inspirational Student-Athlete Award at the College's Pioneer Hall of Fame and Senior Student-Athlete recognition on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Owusu is a three-time Empire 8 All-Conference First Team selection.  He was also recently named the 2013 Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet after breaking the conference record in the 60-yard dash with a time of 7.08. Sylvester also helped lead UC to a program-best second place finish at the 2013 Empire 8 Outdoor Championships.  He holds school records in the indoor 60-meter dash, and outdoor 100 and 200-meter dashes.  A native of Mount Vernon, NY, Sylvester is pursuing a master's degree in health care administration.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/3/2011 Anthony Acevedo Football
10/3/2011 Louise Steele-Norton Field Hockey
9/26/2011 Morgan Payne Men's Cross Country
9/26/2011 Sarah Southwell Women's Soccer
9/19/2011 Jonathan Wood Men's Soccer
9/19/2011 Hannah Mackey Field Hockey
9/12/2011 Jamie Murphy Football
9/12/2011 Samantha Spohler Women's Soccer
9/5/2011 Andrew Benkwitt Football
9/5/2011 Mallory Mariano Field Hockey
6/8/2011 Avion Ashton Field Hockey
6/8/2011 Jessica Berry Women's Basketball
6/8/2011 Tammy Kohanski Women's Lacrosse
6/8/2011 James Patterson Men's Basketball
6/8/2011 Anthony Di Salvo Baseball
6/8/2011 Travis Ladd Football
5/23/2011 Joe Pruckno Men's Track & Field
5/23/2011 Jess Ciraulo Women's Track & Field
5/9/2011 Breiten Balschmiter Men's Track & Field
5/9/2011 Samantha Prendergast Women's Track & Field
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