Manhattan Basketball and Soccer Programs Welcome
New Coaches to Staff

The Manhattan men’s basketball program welcomes assistant coaches Scott Adubato and Scott Padgett to its reconfigured coaching staff. Adubato, a former NBA and BIG EAST assistant, most recently served as an assistant coach at Seton Hall for the past three seasons. Padgett played eight years in the NBA after enjoying a decorated college career at the University of Kentucky where he helped the Wildcats to a National Championship. Padgett spent the 2009-10 season at his alma mater on head coach John Calipari's staff.

New Lady Jaspers’ soccer head coach Brendan Lawler appointed former college standout Alicia Tirelli as assistant coach on his staff. Tirelli finished her career at Florida Atlantic University with 66 points on 27 goals and 12 assists. She has played professionally the last four years within the USL W-League, and brings collegiate, high school and club coaching experience to Riverdale.

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Lady Jaspers Honored for Academic Excellence

The women’s lacrosse team has been named to the 2010 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s Academic Squad. One of 51 teams to be honored for their efforts in the classroom, the team accumulated a GPA of 3.0 or higher to qualify for the distinction. To read more, click here.

 

Three Jaspers Win Silver Medals at Empire State Games

The 2010 Empire State Games were held in late July in Buffalo, N.Y., and six Manhattan College athletes represented their hometowns at New York's Olympic-style amateur sports festival. Three softball players, Melissa Donnelly (Long Beach, N.Y.), men’s basketball player Liam McCabe-Moran (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and pole vaulter Melissa Yap (Buffalo, N.Y.) took home silver medals. Long jumper Jamie Spataro (Middle Village, N.Y.), Nick Walsh (Bronx, N.Y.) of the men’s basketball team and former Manhattan softball player Kiera Fox (Class of 2006) also participated in this year’s games. To read more, click here.

 

Manhattan Women Earn USTFCCCA Team All-Academic Honors

The women’s track & field team has been selected as one of 151 Division I All-Academic Track & Field Teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). As a team, the Lady Jaspers posted a cumulative GPA of 3.22 during the 2009-10 school year. To read more, click here.

 

Lady Jaspers Recognized for Academic Success by CSCAA

The women’s swimming team has again upheld its superb reputation of success in the classroom for the 27th consecutive semester, dating back to spring 1997. The Lady Jaspers received Scholar All-America recognition by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). To read more, click here.