Manhattan’s Riegel and Iona’s Perkovich Named Hercules Tires MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week
Manhattan’s Riegel and Iona’s Perkovich Named Hercules Tires MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week
EDISON, N.J. (Nov 25, 2020) – Manhattan College’s Moritz Riegel and Iona College’s Paulina Perkovich have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
Moritz Riegel
Manhattan
Men’s Soccer
Senior Moritz Riegel (Hannover, Germany / Leibniz Universität Hannover) made an immediate impact on both the soccer field and in the classroom in his first year as a Jasper during the 2019-20 school year. Riegel found the back of the net against St. Francis Brooklyn and Iona, while assisting on the game-winning score against Quinnipiac. In the classroom, he posted a sparkling 3.86 GPA.
Paulina Perkovich
Iona
Women’s Lacrosse
Iona College women’s lacrosse senior Paulina Perkovich recently led the annual Student Athlete Advisory Committee event, Lift-O-Ween. The student-athletes, in conjunction with the strength and conditioning staff, rose awareness and fundraising for the Gullotta House over the course of the final week of October, culminating on Halloween.
The fifth year of this fundraising event had to be done with a twist due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Perkovich coordinated members of SAAC and student-athletes from all 21 programs to engage on social media to raise awareness and donations for Lift-O-Ween.
The Gullotta House is a non-profit organization funded by Matthew Gullotta, whose purpose is aiding residents of Westchester County who face financial or other hardships. The Gullotta House provides food vouchers, scholarships to aid with the payment for education, holiday assistance, hosts outings and community entertainment events and by aiding community origination by providing additional assistance to their clients and participants.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.