Hartwick College named quarterback Jason Boltus and two-sport standout Christina Evans its athletes of the year Wednesday during the Hawks' awards presentation.
Boltus received the Roy Chipman Memorial Award as Hartwick's Male Athlete of the Year. Evans, who plays Division I water polo and Division III volleyball, earned the Anna Meyer Female Athlete of the Year Award.
Boltus, a junior, led Hartwick football to its first NCAA Division III Tournament berth and a share of the Empire 8 Conference title this past fall.
The E8 Offensive Player of the Year, Boltus completed 237 of 443 passes and led NCAA D-III players in total offense (399.7 yards per game) and passing yards per game (362.4). Boltus won the Melberger Award as one of the top D-III players in the country and also was a semifinalist for the Gagliardi Trophy after leading the Hawks to an 8-3 finish.
He also earned team MVP honors, First Team E8 honors and the all-East Region Offensive Player of the Year, the last selected by d3football.com.
Evans, a sophomore, won the E8's Rookie of the Year award for volleyball and made the conference's second team. She set Hartwick's single-season kills record with 457 and led the Hawks (18-15) to their third state tournament appearance and first Eastern College Athletic Conference championship berth.
Team MVP Evans broke the single-match kills record with 30 against St. John Fisher on Sept. 23 and ranked fifth in single-season aces at Hartwick with 82.
Evans also amassed 58 goals and 24 assists in 37 games for the Hawks' 14th-ranked D-I women's water polo team. She finished among the top 50 goal-scorers in the country. Evans ranked third in goals and fifth in scoring and steals (52) for the Hawks.
HARTWICK AWARD WINNERS
Frederick M. Binder Scholar-Athlete (Senior Scholarship): Joe Rocco; Mary Janczak.
Phil Rigano Trophy (Football): Joe Rocco.
NCAA Champs Lifeskills: Lori Shumway, Aramark Services.
SAAC Recognition: Meri Antin, Field Hockey.
Special Coaches Award: Mark Green.
Paul Spaziani Special Recognition: Steve West; Jen Schuman.
Captain Thomas McKean Thomas Memorial (Swimming): Sean Wagner, Hartwick 1989.
Erinn Brozman Memorial (Women's Soccer): Brittany Pine.
Carrie Fridmann Memorial: Meri Antin, Field Hockey; Jamie Boulton, Women's Lacrosse.
Millecan Award (Men's Soccer): Doug Vandenburgh.
Men's Soccer (Senior): Barry Pearson.
Tim O'Brien Memorial (Outstanding Male Freshman): Vito DeMola, Men's Lacrosse.
Brunhilde Klinger Memorial: (Outstanding Female Freshman): Jessica Dorman, Water Polo; Jen Kaye, Field Hockey/Lacrosse.
M. Beal Banks: Luke Sattler, Cross Country; Brittany Pine, Women's Soccer.
LeRoy House Jr. Memorial: Meri Antin, Field Hockey.
Margaret Lunn Memorial (Senior Female): Erin Mosher, Swimming.
Harry Mosher Memorial: (Senior Male): Ian Kimball, Swimming.
Roy Chipman Memorial (Male Athlete of the Year): Jason Boltus, Football.
Anna Meyer Female Athlete of the Year: Christina Evans, Water Polo/Volleyball.
Women's Lacrosse
All-State picks
Hartwick's Kelsey Campbell received second-team honors from the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association in women's lacrosse for the second straight season, the college announced Wednesday.
Campbell, a second-teamer last season, had 48 goals and six assists as a senior for a varsity total of 202 and 27, respectively.
Teammate Jamie Boulton earned third-team accolades for the second year in a row.
The team MVP, Boulton had 25 goals and 17 assists as a senior. She is tied for fourth on Hartwick's all-time assists list with 65.
Both players received second-team honors from the E8.
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