Five Owls Honored by the Little East

KEENE, N.H. 5/12/08 - The following five Keene State College student athletes received Little East Conference on Monday:

Little East Conference Honors - Keene State College

Baseball

Player of the WeeK
Greg Ford (Nashua, N.H.), Senior, Outfield/Relief Pitcher, Keene State College
Ford led Keene State College to the program's first Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament this past weekend after hitting .348 (8-for-23). The Most Outstanding Player belted a pair of home runs, scored five runs, and knocked in eight RBI. Ford hit safely in five of the past six games, including a 4-for-5 outburst from the plate with four RBI against Southern Maine on May 11.       

Softball

Player of the Week
Katie Allenson (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Junior, Designated Player, Keene State College
Allenson led Keene State College into the championship game of the 2008 Eastern College Athletic Conference New England Tournament this past week, hitting .467 (7-for-15). The native of Clifton Park, N.Y. hit safely in four of her five contests, including registering multiple hits in three games. On May 10, Allenson went 2-for-3 from the plate, matching her season bests in home runs (2) and RBI (5) against Simmons College. She also belted a dinger against Brandeis University in the championship tilt the following afternoon.

Men's Track

Rookie Field Athlete of the Week
Bryan Kolacz (Brentwood, N.H.), Freshman, Keene State College

At the New England All-Division Championships at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, Kolacz improved on his NCAA provisional qualifying mark with his fourth place finish (178'-06") in the hammer. 

Women's Track

Track Athlete of the Week

Jennifer Adams (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Senior, Keene State College

Preparing for the NCAA Division III meet later this month in University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Adams raced to a first place finish in the 5,000-meter race with a automatic NCAA qualifying and personal best time of 16:39.47 at the All-Division New England Track and Field Championships at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. Adams' time is the fastest in Division III this spring.

Field Athlete of the Week

Crystal Blamy (Walpole, N.H.), Senior, Keene State College

Blamy took fourth in the high jump (5-05.00") at the New England All-Division championships at UNH on Saturday. She was the top Division III athlete in the 18-person championship field, while also defeating eight Division I oppositions.