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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
3/7/2016 Michael Whelton Men's Track & Field
3/7/2016 Elizabeth Hughes Women's Lacrosse
2/29/2016 Natalie Snyder Women's Swimming & Diving
2/29/2016 Ethan Maguire Men's Track & Field
2/22/2016 Amy Adams Women's Swimming & Diving
2/22/2016 Derek Rothrock Men's Swimming & Diving
2/15/2016 Markus Hines Men's Track & Field
2/15/2016 Jessica DeAngelo Women's Track & Field
2/8/2016 Jenna de Jonge Women's Hockey
2/8/2016 Jon Pelzar Men's Track & Field
2/2/2016 Michael Whelton Men's Track & Field
2/2/2016 Hailey Burkhart Women's Track & Field
1/25/2016 Natalie Snyder Women's Swimming & Diving
1/25/2016 Myles Garner Men's Track & Field
1/19/2016 Myles Powell Men's Hockey
1/19/2016 Darcy DeAngelis Women's Track & Field
1/11/2016 Sam Weinger Wrestling
1/11/2016 Jessica Glaz Women's Basketball
1/4/2016 Chase Norrish Men's Hockey
1/4/2016 Tara Lynch Women's Basketball
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