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Athlete of the Week

Dante Zapata

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/16/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Ice Hockey
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Utica, NY - Freshman Dante Zapata of the Utica College men's hockey team has been named UC Male Athlete of the Week for his performance in a 4-1 victory over Morrisville State Saturday night. This contest was one of the biggest of the year, as the Pioneers played in front of a sold out crowd at the Adirondack Bank Center for the New York Sash Teddy Bear Toss.

Zapata notched the first goal of the game, which was immediately followed by a wave of teddy bears poring onto the ice from the stands above. The 6-foot-1 California native then added one assist to his statline in the third period on a feed to John Moncovich to extend the Pioneers lead to 3-1.

UC advanced to 7-2-2 with this win and will return to action Saturday, January 4 at Adrian College. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
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
5/2/2011 Anthony Di Salvo Baseball
5/2/2011 Hannah Barton Softball
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