Male Student-Athlete of the Week
Dane Dillenback, Marist, Swimming and Diving
Jr./ Gloversville, NY, Gloversville High School
 
As a member of the swim and dive team, Dillenback is a two-time MAAC All-Academic Team member. During the 2024-25 season, Dillenback has led the Red Foxes as one of six captains. The Red Foxes heading into the 2025 MAAC Championships, are having a stellar season. The Red Foxes finished with an overall record of 5-3 and a perfect 3-0 MAAC meets record. Dillenback this season, was apart of the relay team that placed sixth at the Patriot Invitational in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:22.12). In the Red Foxes dominant win against Colgate, Dillenback placed first in the 100-yard freestyle. Dillenback swam his way to a win with a time of 48.09.
 
Female Student-Athlete of the Week
Jordan O’Neill, Rider, Indoor Track and Field
Gr. / Langhorne, PA, Neshaminy
 
O'Neill has made the most of her graduate year at Rider, earning All-MAAC with a ninth place finish at MAAC Cross Country Championships, before turning in some of the top marks in the league in the Indoor Track & Field season. She ranks first in both the mile (4:52.04) and 3000 meters (9:44.45), as well as No. 1 with her DMR team of Hailey Palmer, Lydia Wallace and Grace Medei (11:51.18). She also has the fourth-best mark in the league this season in the 5000 meters (17:22.52). O'Neill has already graduated from Rider with a bachelor's degree in psychology and is currently also pursuing her master's in psychology, posting a perfect 4.00 GPA.  
 
 
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 University, 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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