42 Student-Athletes Named to Skyline Conference's Scholar Athlete Winter/Spring List; Martin Leibovich Earns Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year
Contact: John Czarnecki, SID
7/6/2010 1:18:53 PM
Leibovich Earns the Men's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year Award
NEW YORK, NY – The Skyline Conference office announced last week the names of the student-athletes that made the Winter/Spring Scholar-Athlete list. A total of 318 student-athletes across the conference's 11 schools made the list, and Yeshiva University was tied for the school with the most student-athletes on the list (42). For the entire 2009-2010 season, there were a total of 676 student-athletes on the list, a record number for the conference.
Also announced were the winners of the Winter/Spring Sport Scholar Athlete of the Year. This individual award is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the All-Conference first team. Yeshiva's
Martin Leibovich earned the award with a 3.74 GPA.
Including the 65 student-athletes that Yeshiva placed on the fall Scholar-Athlete list, the Maccabees lead the conference with 107 student-athletes with GPA's above 3.30 for the entire athletic year. Yeshiva fields teams in 12 of the conferences' 17 sports, which averages out to nearly 9 student-athletes per sport that receive a GPA of at least 3.30.
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NAME
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SPORT
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YEAR
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Nachum Twersky
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Baseball
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Jr.
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Nachi Engelhardt
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Baseball
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Jr.
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Zach Weiner
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Baseball
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Jr.
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Drew Feld
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Baseball
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Sr.
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Brian Ladenheim
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Baseball
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So.
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Yoni Raab
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Baseball
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Sr.
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Eli Langbaum
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Baseball
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So.
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Aaron Korda
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Baseball
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Sr.
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Yoseph Ciment
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Baseball
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So.
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Elie Baratz
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Baseball
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So.
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David Kesselman
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Baseball
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Sr.
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Dani Wizenfeld
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Baseball
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Sr.
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Howard Avner
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Baseball/Men's Volleyball
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Sr.
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Martin Leibovich
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Men's Basketball
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Sr.
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Jeremy Pressman
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Men's Basketball
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Sr.
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Aryeh Magilnick
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Men's Basketball
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Sr.
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David Gilboa
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Men's Basketball
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Sr.
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Gil Bash
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Men's Basketball
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Fr.
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Alex Claster
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Men's Basketball
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Sr.
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Ohad Babo
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Men's Basketball
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Jr.
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David Schmelzer
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Men's Basketball
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So.
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Chen Biron
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Men's Basketball
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So.
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Ephraim Leiderman
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Men's Tennis
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Jr.
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Adam Weiss
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Men's Tennis
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So.
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Etan Slomovic
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Men's Tennis
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So.
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Joseph Itkis
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Men's Tennis
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Sr.
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Seth Nayowitz
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Men's Tennis
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Jr.
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Sam Grossman
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Men's Tennis
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Jr.
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Eddie Ashkenazie
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Men's Tennis
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So.
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Isaac Orenbach
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Men's Tennis
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Jr.
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Elchanan Margolis
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Men's Volleyball
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So.
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Jonathan Adler
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Men's Volleyball
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Sr.
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Jonas Pickholtz
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Men's Volleyball
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Jr.
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Raphael Herskovits
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Men's Volleyball
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Jr.
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Rachel Kirshenbaum
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Rikah Lerer
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Alexandra Diskind
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Women's Basketball
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Sr.
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Yael Leiderman
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Mercedes Cohen
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Rachel Israel
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Eli Goldenberg
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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Sima Lichtenstein
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Women's Basketball
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So.
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