Student Athlete of the Week (11-25)
MAAC Sports
George Beamon – Manhattan Basketball
G/F, 6-4, 175, Sr./ Roslyn, N.Y.
Manhattan senior George Beamon continued the terrific start to his season with a team-high 24 points to go along with seven rebounds and three steals in an impressive all-around effort in the Jaspers' 79-70 win at Illinois State. It was the fourth straight 20+ point performance by Beamon to start the season. He made eight of his sixteen field goals and seven of nine from the free throw line. With the Jaspers ahead by four points with five minutes left and Illinois State making a run, Beamon rebounded a Manhattan miss on the weak side and in one motion, banked home a putback to put the Jaspers back ahead by six points. Manhattan's lead never dipped below five the rest of the way as Manhattan won its third straight road contest to open the season.
Kate Avery – Iona Cross Country
Distance Runner, So., Newton Aycliffe, England/Downington College
Iona College women's cross country sophomore Kate Avery finished third overall at the 2013 NCAA Championship at the Lavern Gibson XC Course. She was the highest Gael finisher ever at the national championship and second women's harrier to be named a cross country All-American. Avery completed the 6k course in 20:05.4. She finished behind Dartmouth senior Abbey D'Agostino (20:00.3) and Boise State junior Emma Bates (20:03.9). D'Agostino was also the Northeast Regional champion. Avery was nearly four seconds ahead of the fourth place competitor, Stanford junior Aisling Cuffe. Avery joined former Gael standout McKayla Plank as women's cross country All-Americans. Plank finished 21st at the 2006 NCAA Championship on the same course.