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Shelby Vakiener

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/2/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Bio
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Vakiener had a record-setting performance on Friday as she became the all-time leader in points at RIT, while tying her own record for points in a game with 11. Her seven goals and four assists helped the Tigers to a 20-14 win over Skidmore College on Friday. The 11 points ties her own record for points in a game. Vakiener now has 184 career points (130-54-184) in just 39 career games. Her second goal of the game 6:37 into the contest gave RIT a 4-1 lead and shattered the career mark of 168 points, held by Eileen Hennigan, who played at RIT from 2007-2010. She followed that up with five goals and an assist in a 13-12 loss to Rensselaer on Saturday. Vakiener now has 42 points on 28 goals and 14 assists in just six games this season.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
4/8/2013 Devan Musa Women's Rowing
4/8/2013 Michael Burns Baseball
4/1/2013 Katelyn Crane Women's Lacrosse
4/1/2013 Mike Kurvach Men's Track & Field
3/25/2013 Kyle Aquin Men's Lacrosse
3/25/2013 John Tellgren Men's Swimming & Diving
3/18/2013 Elliott Cowburn Men's Lacrosse
3/18/2013 Shelby Vakiener Women's Lacrosse
3/11/2013 Ali Binnington Women's Hockey
3/11/2013 Medley Relay Team Men's Track & Field
3/4/2013 Tyler Ramotar Baseball
3/4/2013 Sage Sarkis Women's Lacrosse
2/25/2013 Cory Deacon Men's Swimming & Diving
2/25/2013 Matt Giannino Men's Track & Field
2/18/2013 Courtney Tennant Women's Basketball
2/18/2013 Matt Garbowsky Men's Hockey
2/11/2013 Jamie Dorren Men's Track & Field
2/11/2013 Amanda White Women's Track & Field
2/4/2013 Natalie May Women's Track & Field
2/4/2013 Cory Deacon Men's Swimming & Diving
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