SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior Ryan Nassib (West Chester, Pa.) of the Orange football team and cross country student-athlete, senior Katie Hursey (Hampstead, Md.), are the Syracuse University Scholar-Athletes of the Week for the week of Nov. 22, 2010.

At quarterback, Nassib has piloted the Orange offense in all 11 games this season and helped SU to a 7-4 record. He has thrown 16 touchdowns, which is tied for fifth on SU's single-season record list. He set a program record with five touchdown passes in a win against Maine and was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for his performance. He earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors after beating Akron in the season opener. He was one of three student-athletes to earn a spot on the ESPN District I All-Academic Team this season. Nassib has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in every semester and was a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2009.

Nassib, a finance major, and the Orange will welcome Boston College to the Carrier Dome on Saturday, Nov. 26 for its last regular-season game at 12 p.m.

Hursey has led Syracuse to its most successful season in program history. She helped the Orange secure a program best-tying third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship and win its second consecutive NCAA Northeast Regional Championship. She earned All-BIG EAST and All-Northeast Region honors for the second consecutive year.

Hursey, a health and exercise science major, and the Orange wrapped-up a phenomenal season on Monday, Nov. 22 at the NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's team earned a program-best 10th-place finish and Hursey finished 87th out of 253 runners in the 6k race with a time of 21:15.3.