Jamieson, Healy Named MAAC Student-Athletes of the Year
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. - Canisius College baseball notable Sean Jamieson and Niagara University softball standout Teresa Healy were named the 2010-11 MAAC Student-Athletes of the Year, by the league's sports information directors.
The MAAC Committee on Athletic Administration created the MAAC Student-Athlete of the Year award in October 2001 to recognize overall excellence in the classroom, on the playing field and in the community. Each MAAC member selected one male and one female nominee for the honor. The conference sports information directors vote to determine one overall winner for men and women. The conference awards honorable mention accolades to each nominee. Nominees must have at least a 3.2 overall grade point average, be in their second year of residence at the institution, and be a starter or important reserve on their team.
"Sean and Teresa are representatives of the best of MAAC athletics and academics, with both of these MAAC Players of the Year in baseball and softball excelling in the classroom and on the fields of play," Rich Ensor, Commissioner of the MAAC, noted. "Congratulations to their coaches, teammates and families on their selection as the 2010-11 MAAC Student-Athletes of the Year."
Jamieson, a 6-foot senior shortstop from Simcoe, Ontario, was the 2011 MAAC Co-Player of the Year and was one of 10 semifinalists for the Brooke Wallace Award, given to the best shortstop in the country. Taken in the 17th round by the Oakland Athletics in the 2011 MLB Draft, he was two-time All MAAC First Team selection and a member of the American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) All Northeast Region Second Team. Jamieson was also named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week on March 28. This past season, he finished seventh in the MAAC in batting average (.350), first in runs scored (60), third in on-base percentage (.465) and walks (34), fourth in hits (69), and second in slugging percentage (.635), home runs (13), RBI (51) and stolen bases (22). Jamieson was also ranked first in assists (169) and had a .959 fielding percentage, tied for first among MAAC shortstops. Nationally, he placed in the top 40 in runs and home runs and the top 50 in slugging. In the Canisius record books, in just two years playing for the Griffs, Jamieson is fifth in batting average (.365), second in on-base percentage (.479) seventh in slugging (.602) and RBI (101), sixth in runs (125) and eighth in home runs (20). A 2011 Capital One Second Team Academic All American, Jamieson graduated with a 3.87 grade point average and earned a bachelor's degree in biology.
Healy, a 5-foot-6-inch senior second baseman from Las Vegas, Nev., was a two-time MAAC Softball Player of the Year (2010 and 2011) as well as a two-time member of the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA) All-Region Second Team (Great Lakes). She was named to the MAAC Softball All-Tournament Team as a freshman and sophomore, and earned seven MAAC Player of the Week awards during her college career. Healy holds eight school records at Niagara: 180 games played, 557 at-bats, 147 runs, 153 RBI, 49 doubles, 41 home runs and 457 total bases. She ranks third all-time in school history with a .393 batting average and holds the single-season school record with 44 RBI, set in 2010. Healy led the MAAC this past season with a .425 batting average, .867 slugging percentage and .524 on-base percentage. She also led the Purple Eagles with 51 hits, 39 RBI and 36 runs. Healy, a three-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection, was a 2010-11 member of Delta Epsilon Sigma (National Honor Society for Catholic colleges and universities), Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Society) and Beta Alpha Psi (National Honors Business Organization for highly successful accounting, finance and information systems students). She earned her bachelor's degree in accounting with a 3.54 GPA.
Honorable mentions were awarded to the following nominees: Canisius College - Allison Daley (women's lacrosse); Fairfield University - Christopher Horning (baseball), Sarah Minice (softball); Iona College -Alexander Soderberg (men's cross country/track & field), Maggie Wood (women's water polo); Loyola University - Phil Bannister (men's soccer), Nina Camaioni (volleyball); Manhattan College - Tobias Lundgren (men's cross country/track & field), Caroline Morse (women's soccer); Marist College - Ricky Pacione (baseball), Kate Conard (women's swimming); Niagara University - Carl Haworth (men's soccer); Rider University - Mike Thomas (baseball), Chelsea Callan (women's cross country/track & field); Saint Peter's College - Lovro Bilonic (men's swimming), Aigner Holmes (women's track & field); Siena College - John Rogener (men's lacrosse); Tabitha Tice (women's soccer).