Athletics
Morrisville State College head women’s basketball coach, Sean Pinkerton, has announced his resignation after three seasons with the program. Pinkerton is leaving Morrisville State for a coaching position at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Pinkerton was instrumental in building a program that had compiled just five wins in its first three seasons at the NCAA Division III level, to a program best 10-15 overall record this past year since making the divisional transition.
Morrisville State College is gearing up for another exciting athletics season in 2012-13.
Full team schedules have been made available on the athletics web-site at http://athletics.morrisville.edu/. Rosters will follow as they are made available.
For additional information, contact the sports information office at athletics@morrisville.edu.
The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) recently announced its 2011-12 scholar-athlete selections, naming 19 Morrisville State College student-athletes to the academic honor roll.
To be named a scholar-athlete, students must achieve a GPA of 3.4 or higher for the fall and spring semesters combined while participating in a NEAC sponsored sport.
On the year, a total of 430 NEAC student-athletes from 16 member institutions earned the academic honor.
The following student-athletes at Morrisville State were awarded scholar-athlete accolades:
Morrisville State College students Ibrahim Muya and Stephanie Soto were among those who participated in the 2012 New York State Model Senate Project.
Morrisville State College Athletic Director, Greg Carroll, has announced the hiring of Fred Wallace as the head coach of the Mustangs women’s volleyball and softball programs.
Wallace comes to Morrisville State after nine successful volleyball seasons at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, where he also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee advisor. He currently holds a 220-182 (.547) record at the Division III level in 13 years of coaching collegiate volleyball.
Morrisville State College athletics has announced the addition of Nathan McConnell to the football coaching staff for the upcoming 2012 season.
McConnell, a wide receiver and return specialist for the Mustangs from 2009-2011, will oversee the tight ends unit this fall.
Appearing in 29 games throughout his career at Morrisville State, he recorded 36 receptions for 494 yards and four touchdown scores, averaging 13.7 yards per catch. On special teams, McConnell returned 17 punts for 89 yards throughout his career, adding 14 kick returns for 210 total yards.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its 2012 Division III Mid-Atlantic Women's Lacrosse All-Star Team and individual award winners, naming Morrisville State College freshman attack, Shelby Wood (Duanesburg, N.Y.), its Rookie of the Year.
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced its Commissioner's List and All-Academic Team award recipients, with 10 ice hockey student-athletes from Morrisville State earning its academic accolades for the spring 2012 semester.
The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced the winners of the 2011-2012 President’s Cup during the conference’s annual spring meeting this week, with Morrisville State College claiming the men’s cup for the first time in the history of the program.
Morrisville State College's Shelby Wood (Duanesburg, N.Y.) has been named to the 2012 Division III SynapseSports.com Women's Lacrosse All-Rookie Squad, as announced late last week.
The Mustangs completed the 2012 season with a program best 13-6 overall record, claimed the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) West regular season title with a perfect 9-0 record, won the NAC West Championship Tournament title, and made a program first appearance in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Mid-Atlantic Championship Tournament.