Nicholas Riepe

Swimming and Diving, Junior, Middlesex, N.J./Saint Joseph

Nicholas Riepe has been one of the Peacocks best swimmers this season, posting the highest finish in almost every meet this season. At last year's championships, Riepe finished second in the 1650 free and third in the 1000 free. Double majoring in accounting and business management, Riepe also boasts a 3.974 grade point average.

Tara Ballay

Women's Soccer, Senior, Delran, N.J./Delran

Senior Tara Ballay of the Rider University women’s soccer team was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team. Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran High School) was a Second Team Academic All-American last year, in addition to earning All-East, ECAC All-Star and MAAC Player of the Year honors, leading Rider to the 2014 MAAC Championship and the NCAA Tournament. This year Ballay led the Broncs to the MAAC semifinals after being named the Preseason MAAC Player of the Year. In her Rider career Ballay played in 53 games and Rider had a record of 31-15-7 in those games.  The former MAAC Rookie of the Year, Ballay ranks sixth in both career goals (20) and career points (45) at Rider. In the classroom the Psychology major owns a 3.9 grade point average.