Seawolves earn Scholar-Athlete honor in four of eight spring sports.
Cambridge, Mass. - Stony Brook University had four of its student-athletes recognized as 2010 America East Spring Scholar-Athletes, the conference office announced on Tuesday. Senior pitcher Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.), sophomore right-hander Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.), junior midfielder Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) and junior long-distance runner Holly Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand) each earned the honor in their respective sports.
A three-time first-team all-conference member and 2008 America East Pitcher of the Year, Struzenberg is the school's all-time leader in career wins, shutouts and strikeouts and was recently named named to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the second straight year. A three-time America East All-Academic Team pick, she graduated earlier this spring with a double major in business management and economics, registering a 3.85 GPA.
Johnson went 10-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 14 starts, earning a spot on the All-America East first team and the ABCA All-Northeast Region second team. He went 6-1 with a 2.44 ERA during conference play and his 10 victories are a Stony Brook single-season record.
He also earned a spot on the All-Myrtle Beach Regional Tournament Team after allowing just two runs in 8.0 innings to lead the Seawolves to their first ever Division I NCAA Tournament win, a 6-2 win over North Carolina State. Johnson has a 3.72 GPA as a history major.
The 2010 recipient for the Enners Award, given to the USILA's most outstanding Division I player, Crowley had one of the best seasons ever by a Stony Brook men's lacrosse player, posting 51 goals and 26 assists in 17 games. His 51 goals are a single-season program record and he's the only player in school history in the top five in goals (101) and assists (75).
The 2010 unanimous America East Player of the Year and a Tewaaraton Award finalist, Crowley was recently added to Team Canada's roster for the 2010 World Championships in Manchester, England. He posted a 3.31 GPA in business management and philosophy.
Van Dalen became Stony Brook track & field's first Division I All-American when she finished seventh in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships at the University of Oregon on June 11. Van Dalen ran the 5,000 in 16:06.77, a new school record. The 2009-10 Northeast Track Athlete of the Year, Van Dalen has a 3.78 GPA in English/Sociology.
The Scholar-Athletes were members of teams in the eight championship sports which America East sponsored during the spring. A committee of athletic administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives chose an honoree in each of the eight spring championship sports.
Each America East Scholar-Athlete was a starter or prominent reserve and carries a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20. These eight student-athletes will automatically be nominated for the male and female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award recognized by the conference in late July.
