Kearnan & Cossack Earn Pepsi MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week Honors
Connor Kearnan
Canisius
Men’s Lacrosse
Canisius’ Connor Kearnan, the 2018 MAAC Offensive Player of the Year and an All-MAAC First Team selection, Kearnan enjoyed a standout season in his final campaign on Main Street as he led the league and ranked among the top-10 players nationally in both assists (3.06) and points (4.88) per game.
Kearnan, who was also recognized as the 2018 MAAC Championship Most Valuable Player, established both school and league marks with his 52 assists while his 83 points were the most in league history and the highest output for a Golden Griffins player since the program's inaugural campaign in 1990. He tallied multiple points in all 17 games played and recorded five or more points on nine occasions.
Recently, the Courtice, Ontario native was named to the 2018
Inside Lacrosse Media All-America Team, and last weekend, he graduated from Canisius with his undergraduate degree in finance.
Madysen Cossack
Siena
Softball
Cossack was recently named the 2017-18 Siena College Female Student Athlete of the Year. She was one of just three unanimous First Team All-MAAC honorees, and was twice named the MAAC Player of the Week this spring. She currently leads the nation by a healthy margin averaging .52 doubles per game, and is tied for third overall in doubles after establishing a new Siena single-season record with 23. Cossack also led the MAAC in both batting average (.406) and slugging percentage (.725) this spring, while also ranking second in total bases (100), tied for third in hits (56), fourth in on-base percentage (.468), tied for fifth in RBI (31), and tied for eighth in home runs (seven). The junior also became just the fifth player in program history to eclipse 100 career RBI this season. A consummate student athlete, Cossack maintains an even 3.0 GPA in the classroom while major in English.