Edison, NJ (Nov. 30, 2022) – Fairfield’s Chris Ford and Siena’s Emina Selimovic have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
 
Chris Ford
Fairfield
Men’s Swimming and Diving
 
Chris Ford is an international business major who swims multiple events for the Fairfield University swimming and diving team. He will be competing at the US Open this weekend in the 200 breaststroke, an event in which he has excelled this season. In his last dual meet, Ford picked up wins in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and was a member of the relay teams. He has earned berths to the MAAC All-Academic Swimming and Diving Team as well as the MAAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Emina Selimovic
Siena
Women’s Basketball
 
A two-year member of Siena Women's Basketball, Selimovic has played in all seven contests thus far on the season as the first woman off the bench, averaging 4.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per-contest. She went for a career-best ten points and eight boards to help the Saints to a 78-71 victory over Oakland on November 26. The Erie, Pennsylvania native holds an impressive 3.97 cumulative GPA as an economics major and is a member of Siena's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). 
 
 
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) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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