Fordham University senior swimmer Brienne Ryan (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall) was among the eight Atlantic 10 Conference nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award it was announced on Thursday. Representing eight A-10 institutions and seven different sports, all eight candidates are outstanding student-athletes and leaders who play a significant role in their respective communities. [Full Story]
The Atlantic 10 Conference announced the All-Conference baseball teams this afternoon, as voted upon by the conference's head coaches. Fordham had one award winner on Tuesday, as freshman Joseph Runco (Spring Brook Township, Pa./North Pocono) was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. [Full Story]
Fordham volleyball head coach Gini Ullery has announced that Patricia Vernon has been promoted to a full-time assistant coach for the upcoming 2013 season. [Full Story]
College Football Performance Awards, the largest awards organization in D-I college football, recently announced its watch list for the 2013 CFPA FCS Wide Receiver Award, and Fordham wide receiver Brian Wetzel (Dallas, Tex./Jesuit College Prep) earned a spot on the list. The preliminary watch list highlights thirty-four returning performers, vying for the top wide receiver award in the Football Championship Subdivision. [Full Story]
The NCAA announced the declared athlete list for the East and West Track & Field Regionals this week, and it features 13 Atlantic 10 schools being entered into the Men's and Women's East Regional, hosted at North Carolina A & T State University in Greensboro, N.C., from May 23-25. Fordham is among that group as junior David Fajoyomi will represent the Rams for the second straight year in the high jump.[Full Story]
The Atlantic 10 Conference announced the 2013 Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference team on Tuesday. Among those honored was Fordham graduate student Kevin Fitzgerald (New Orleans, La./Jesuit), who received his third A-10 Academic All-Conference Award.[Full Story]
Finals are over which means it's time to for the Fordham University students to head home for summer break, a time when students take on summer jobs, reunite with hometown friends and maybe take a dip in the lake. For Fordham freshman Steve Sholdra (Renton, Wash./H.B. Education (Wash.)) that dip in the lake came early as he competed in the 2013 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Castaic Lake, California, where he finished 15th in the 5K race and 17th in the 10K.[Full Story]
After a stellar campaign that saw Fordham register its third NCAA Regional appearance in the past four years, the Rams' season has come to an end. Fordham fell to Arkansas, 5-2, in game five of the Norman Regional.[Full Story]
Despite a record-breaking home run from Elise Fortier in the top of the first inning to take an early lead, the Fordham Rams fell to Arkansas, 5-1, in the first game of the Norman, Okla., Regional.[Full Story]
