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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
1/9/2012 Tory Cain Wrestling
1/9/2012 Leslie Havens Women's Basketball
1/2/2012 Chris Saracino Men's Hockey
1/2/2012 Anne Wapshare Women's Basketball
12/12/2011 Kevin Christiansen Men's Swimming & Diving
12/12/2011 Katie Baldwin Women's Swimming & Diving
12/5/2011 Kayla Wheeler Women's Basketball
12/5/2011 Tory Cain Wrestling
11/28/2011 Kolbee McCrea Women's Hockey
11/28/2011 Brendan Harder Men's Basketball
11/21/2011 Courtney Tennant Women's Basketball
11/21/2011 Sean Sercu Wrestling
11/14/2011 Rory Bruce Wrestling
11/14/2011 Erin LaFave Women's Cross Country
11/7/2011 Mark Cornacchia Men's Hockey
11/7/2011 Kolbee McCrea Women's Hockey
10/31/2011 Tenecia Hiller Women's Hockey
10/24/2011 Matt Giannino Men's Cross Country
10/24/2011 Sierra Kiss Women's Soccer
10/17/2011 Rachael Bromson Women's Soccer
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