Student-Athletes of the Week (1/11)
MAAC Sports
Eric Ebert
Men’s Swimming, Senior, Lewiston, N.Y./Lewiston Porter
Eric Ebert has taken on a strong leadership role with the Niagara men’s swimming team, both in the pool and in the classroom. Ebert set personal bests in the 50-yard freestyle (21.61) and the 100-yard backstroke (52.97) at the Zippy Invite in Akron, Ohio in December. The native of Lewiston, N.Y. also swam on the record-setting relay team that broke the Niagara program record in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the Zippy Invite. Along with Robert Brown, Nick Rogers, and James Crumm, Ebert helped set the new relay record at 3:07.21. In the classroom, Ebert has been incredibly successful as well, compiling a 4.0 GPA last semester in the biology program at Niagara. The only senior on the team this season, Ebert has been a great to help to a young swimming team that includes nine freshmen and five sophomores, helping them adjust to a collegiate training schedule and balance their athletic and academic requirements.
Jasmine Walker
Women's Basketball, Senior, North Brunswick, N.J./North Brunswick
Walker has achieved, both on and off the court, for the Hawks. On the court, she’s averaged 9.4 points per game and shot a team-best 83.3 percent from the free-throw line. She’s scored in double figures seven times this year, including a season-high 16 points in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn on Dec. 29 and another 14 points in an overtime win at Colgate on Nov. 22. Off the court, Walker will receive her degree in business with a concentration in economics this Friday, graduating a semester early. She’ll next pursue her MBA beginning in the spring semester.