NEW YORK – Men's basketball standout Dovie Hoffman (Tarzana, Calif.), and three-sport women's star Meira Lerner (Sharon, Mass.), took home the Emille Offenbacher and Stern College of Women/Sy Syms School of Business Athletic Awards, presented to the most outstanding male and female graduating student-athletes, respectively, at Yeshiva University's Athletics Awards Dinner on Wednesday night.

Hoffman was a team captain for head coach Dr. Jonathan Halpert's squad, and finished his storied four-year career in a Maccabees uniform with 1,195 points – good for the No. 17 mark all-time at the university. Hoffman's efforts helped YU to a pair of Skyline Conference Championships appearances during his stay on campus, including his freshman (2009-10) and senior (2012-13) campaigns, and he was cited on the Skyline's all-conference second team as a junior.

Lerner was a two-time Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) all-conference selection on the soccer pitch, and in 2011-12 also suited up for the Macs' women's basketball program. A standout scholastic softball player at Maimonides prior to attending YU, she helped to start Yeshiva's first-ever club program in the sport this past spring.

Lerner also was the recipient of the Aaron Meyer Memorial Award, which is presented to the YU student-athlete who best demonstrates the spirit, selflessness and dedication to his/her team and the athletics program that was associated with Meyer – the late athletic trainer for the Maccabees.

A pair of student-athletes also garnered prestigious accolades for their efforts both in competition, and in the classroom. Senior men's cross country team captain, Sam Cohen (Thornhill, Ont.) and senior women's volleyball student-athlete, Samantha Selesny (W. Hempstead, N.Y.) were the recipients of the Norman Palefski and ECAC Merit Award, respectively, as the top male and female scholar-athletes at Yeshiva.

Cohen helped lead the Macs to three-consecutive Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference cross country titles, all while carrying a 3.90 grade-point average as a mathematics/pre-engineering major. His award is named for the late Norman Palefski, who was a ballyhooed student-athlete in the Yeshiva High School system and garnered a 4.0 GPA in his first season at YU, before a car accident took his life far too soon back in 1955.

Selesny was a starter in the front row for head coach Roxanne Prendergast's women's volleyball team this past season, and was a three-year member of the team. She sports a 3.81 GPA as a biochemistry major.

A total of 15 student-athletes received watches in recognition of their dedication as four-year letterwinners in their respective sports at Yeshiva:

• Lisa Ast (St. Louis, Mo.) – women's fencing
• Elie Baratz (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) – baseball, men's golf
• Gil Bash (Tel Aviv, Israel) – men's basketball
• Yossi Ciment (Brookline, Mass.) – baseball
• Shara Feltheimer (Lawrence, N.Y.) – women's tennis
• Michal Gilboa (Tenafly, N.J.) – women's fencing
• Erica Hasten (Chicago, Ill.) – women's soccer
• Dovie Hoffman (Tarzana, Calif.) – men's basketball
• Nate Japhet (Pawtucket, R.I.) – men's soccer
• Meira Lerner (Sharon, Mass.) – women's soccer, women's basketball and softball
• Elchanan Margolis (Toronto, Ont.) – men's volleyball
• Naftali Rosenthal (Overland Park, Kan.) – men's soccer, men's volleyball
• David Schmelzer (Columbus, Ohio) – men's basketball
• Boris Shulkin (Bnei Brak, Israel) – wrestling
• Adam Volk (W. Orange, N.J.) – baseball

Other team awards were bestowed on the following student-athletes (listed alphabetically, by sport):

Baseball

Coach's Award: Davi Brick
Gold Glove: Yaniv Lautman
Silver Slugger: Adam Volk

Men's Basketball

Coach's Awards (2): Gil Bash and Dovie Hoffman
Bernard “Red” Sarachek Award (presented annually to the men's basketball player who best demonstrates the teamwork, dedication and selflessness associated with the former YU coach): David Schmelzer

Women's Basketball

Coach's Award: Stephanie Greenberg

Men's Cross Country

Coach's Award: Dov Levine
Stanley Watson Award (presented annually to the male, or female, runner who shows the dedication to training, leadership and strength of character associated with Mr. Watson): Oliver Sax

Women's Cross Country

Coach's Award: Ruthie Heller

Men's Fencing

Arthur D. Tauber Award (named for long-time AD, fencing head coach and former Olympian, to outstanding team member; Epee): Alan Leidner
Foil Award: Sam Larson
Saber Award: Daniel Levine
Women's Fencing

Epee Award: Kayla Ross
Foil Award: Julie Weindruch
Saber Award: Yakira Abromowitz

Golf

Coach's Award: Alexander Daitch

Men's Soccer

Coach's Award: Jack Sztrigler

Women's Soccer

Coach's Award: Meira Lerner

Men's Tennis

Coach's Award: Jeremy Seftel

Women's Tennis

Coach's Award: Shara Feltheimer

Men's Volleyball

Coach's Award: Elchanan Margolis

Women's Volleyball

Coach's Award: Moriah Green

Wrestling

Coach's Award: Samuel Lamm
Henry Wittenberg Award (given to the wrestler whose competitiveness and leadership best reflect the values of the former YU head coach): Michael Alpert