Monmouth’s McCook and Niagara’s Kratholm Named Hercules Tires MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week
EDISON, N.J. (Mar. 10, 2021) – Monmouth University’s Liddie McCook and Niagara University’s Nicholas Kratholm have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
Liddie McCook
Monmouth
Women’s Golf
Liddie McCook placed first in the Hawks first event in over a year, winning the first event of the Monmouth Spring Series at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood, NJ. It is the second career win for the sophomore, her third top-five, and fourth top-10 in just eight events. She held off Big East competition from St. John’s by making par on her final eight holes to shoot 76 and capture individual tournament honors.
Nicholas Kratholm
Niagara
Men’s Basketball
Nicholas Kratholm was one of 30 NCAA Division I men’s basketball student-athletes selected as a candidate for the 2020-21 Senior Class Award in February. An acronym for
Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Kratholm, a native of Louisville, Ky., has started in every game this season while averaging career-highs in points and rebounds, and he picked up his first career double-double. Kratholm holds a 3.53 grade-point average and has made the Dean’s list every semester. He also is studying in the Niagara University Microbiology Lab on a research project with a focus on discovering and studying bacteriophages and their effectiveness to treat MRSA and other bacteria-resistant bacteria. He will earn a Bachelor of Science in Bio-Technology this spring and plans to attend medical school.
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.