Staten Island, NY – Wagner College held its 27th annual Senior Awards Banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn on Tuesday night as the college recognized, honored and bid farewell to its 67 senior student-athletes.

Delivering the opening messages were Wagner College President Richard Guarasci and Wagner College alumnus, football letterwinner and benefactor Marc Lebovitz '91, whose generous donation made Wagner College Stadium's striking new video scoreboard a reality.

There were many highlights throughout the dinner, which was attended by nerly 200 people, including the ECAC Merit Awards which are presented to the male and female graduating Wagner student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPA. This year's winners were Derek Rammelkamp (Miller Place, NY/ Miller Place) of the track and field who earned a 3.9 GPA majoring in chemistry, and soccer/track and field standout Jessica Balling (Seaford, NY/ MacArthur) who owns a 3.9 GPA majoring in Business Administration.

This year marked the introduction of the Hilton Garden Inn Community Service Award and the inaugural recipient of this award was baseball player Joe Conforti (Staten Island, NY/ Farrell), who has volunteered his time at a local soup kitchen as well as the pediatric unit of a local hospital.

The Business Person of the Year award, sponsored by Bridge Financial, an Office of Met Life, is awarded annually to the top male or female student athlete with the highest GPA who majors in the business field. This year, the Business Person of the Year with a 3.9 GPA was Whitney Prindible (Hockessin, DE / St. Marks) of the women's soccer team.

The awards for the Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year are sponsored annually by Con Edison. The awards go to those two individuals who demonstrate the values of courtesy, concern, teamwork, honesty, and respect. The winners of this year's Con Edison Scholar Athletes of the Year were Derek Schultz (Ocean Port, NJ/ Shore Regional)

of the men's track and field team and Jessica Balling (Seaford, NY/ MacArthur) of the soccer and women's track and field team.

The 2010-11 Student Athlete Advisory Award recipient goes to the student-athlete who demonstrated the most school spirit and support of his or her fellow student-athletes. This year's winner was Brian Conlan (Highland Mills, NY / John S. Burke Catholic) of the men's golf team.

The two teams who have earned the highest team grade point averages were the men's cross country team which earned a 3.5 GPA during the last two semesters while the women's team with the highest GPA was the swimming and diving team, which earned a team GPA of 3.54.

Annually at the senior dinner one student athlete addresses his or her fellow classmates. This year the distinguished honor went to Ryan Pentz (Sykesville, MD/ Century) from the football team. Pentz carries a 3.8 GPA in business administration and was a standout defensive back for the Seahawks.

The evening was closed with remarks from Wagner College Athletic Director Walt Hameline.

Wagner Senior Student-Athletes
Allison Amador - Golf
Jessica Balling - Soccer/Track & Field
Yirmeyah Beckles - Men's Tennis
Seth Boyd - Baseball
Kelsey Brenner - Soccer
Tyrone Brown - Football
Bethny Brown - Swimming and Diving
Courtney Cholminski - Dance
Joanna Ciavarella - Women's Tennis
Mallory Close - Women's Lacrosse
Tyrone Collins - Football
Joseph Conforti - Baseball
Brian Conlan - Men's Golf
Haily Corthell - Softball
Mike Cox - Football
Rory Cregan - Football
T.J. Czeski - Basketball/Football
Keith Davis - Football
Dana DeCinque - Water Polo
Catherine Del Medico - Soccer
Danielle Diodati - Track & Field
Nicole D'Orazio - Cheer
Dallas Dowling - Football
Brian Doxey - Track & Field
Jamie El-Aazami - Softball
Kaitlin Eppinger - Track & Field
Caitlin Etienne - Golf
Joe Feriozzi - Football
Eric Foxworth - Football
Greg Francois - Football
Stefen Gage - Football
Amanda Garcia - Softball
Carina Giles - Water Polo
Henry Greco - Football
Cleveland Green - Football
Clayfell Harris - Men's Basketball
Sha' Ron Harrison - Women's Basketball
Dale Hering - Baseball
Keith Hernandez - Football
Marcela Hernandez - Women's Lacrosse
Megan Hurley - Dance
Chris Jaeger - Football
Zach Johnson - Football
Karlee Keller - Women's Lacrosse
Kyla Knight - Track & Field
Chaz Legette - Football
Samantha Litwin - Dance
Jon Lucas - Baseball
Carly Lyster - Women's Lacrosse
Colin Macdonald - Track & Field
Will Macumber - Men's Lacrosse
Megan Mahoney - Women's Basketball
Mark Mangion - Football
Dana Marchitelli - Women's Lacrosse
Jeremy Martinez - Football
Carissa Massaro - Dance
Michelle Mazzei - Dance
Stephanie McBride - Women's Basketball
Kevin McDonnell - Baseball
Mishelle McNamara - Track & Field
Morgan Mizell - Football
Caitlin Moore-Penaskovic - Swimming & Diving
Kyle Muir - Football
Dustin Nelson - Football
Tyler Newberry - Football
Ashley Olsen - Women's Basketball/Softball
Richard Parker - Football
Nyoto Patterson - Women's Basketball
Ryan Pentz - Football
Christina Pinkus - Softball
Frantz Placide - Football
Sarah Plucinsky - Swimming & Diving
Whitney Prindible - Soccer
Natalie Pyrz - Water Polo
Derek Rammelkamp - Track & Field
Thomas Rammelkamp - Track & Field
Ashley Rastello - Soccer
David Rees - Baseball
Jack Rice - Baseball
Samantha Schueschner - Soccer/Track & Field
Derek Schultz - Track & Field
Joe Sciortino - Men's Tennis
Colin Shaw - Men's Lacrosse
Dena Smith - Golf
Cliff Spiller - Men's Basketball
Sheena Taylor - Track & Field
Rosie Valant - Dance
Laura Vanderbent - Water Polo
Briana Vassallo – Soccer

Wagner Team MVPS
Chelsea Beck - Water Polo
Judy Betz - Softball
Brittany Chiaffarano - Dance
Tiffany Dawson - Women's Outdoor Track
Stefen Gage - Football
Taylor Frederickson - Women's Cross Country
Thomas Iannacone - Men's Indoor Track
Carly Lyster - Women's Lacrosse
Megan Mahoney - Women's Basketball
Katie Marcy - Soccer
Sarah Menendez - Swimming & Diving
Tyler Murray - Men's Basketball
Steve Nakajima - Men's Golf
Danil Ovechkin - Men's Tennis
Miko Page - Women's Golf
Catharine Scavelli - Women's Tennis
Zachary Spector - Men's Cross Country
Zachary Spector - Outdoor Track & Field
Sheena Taylor - Women's Indoor Track
Jamie Worker - Cheerleading
Baseball (N/A – Season still in progress)
Men's Lacrosse (N/A – Season still in progress)