Male Student-Athlete of the Week
Gregory Moundine Jr., Rider, Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Jr. / Louisville, KY, Fern Creek
 
Moundine Jr. is currently in the United States Army's Green to Gold program where he is pursuing his Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management while participating in the Reserves Officer Training Corps and running Track and Field. He was part of the outdoor MAAC gold-medal-winning 4x100 team and was part of the school-record-breaking relay team earlier in Spring 2024. Moundine Jr. spent four years serving in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany, while also serving in Greece, Romania, Turkey and the United Kingdom. He's excelled in the classroom with a 3.79 GPA as a human resource management major.
 
Female Student-Athlete of the Week
Nitzan Amar, Manhattan, Women’s Basketball
Sr. / Yiron, Israel, Chof Hasharon Shfayim
 
Amar paces the team in scoring, averaging 11.0 points per game. She leads the team with 44 assists. Second on the team in steals with 13. Amar sits with a team-high 3.81 cumulative grade-point average. On Saturday, December 21, Amar set a season-high with three steals at Marist. Since the list above doesn't populate our student-athlete, please see Amar's season statistics as of 12/23/24 - 326 total minutes, 34-for-100 (34.0 FG%), 16-for-46 (34.8 3ptFG%), 15-for-22 (68.2 FT%), 30 rebounds (4 offensive, 26 defensive, 3.3 rebounds-per-game), 44 assists, 19 turnovers, 6 blocks, 13 steals, 99 points, 11.0 PPG).
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist College, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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