MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week (10.8.12)
MAAC Sports
Andrew Gain - Saint Peter's University
Men's Golf, Sr., Gold Coast, Australia/Bond College
Andrew Gain helped lead the Peacocks to the 2012 ECAC Championship title just over a week ago in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Saint Peter's managed to hold off Navy by six total strokes, finishing with a team total score of 598. Gain, who finished second overall behind teammate Eric Edmunds, shot 1-over 145 for the tournament. The International Business major currently boasts a 3.68 GPA.
Nichole Schiro, Loyola University Maryland
Women's Soccer, Sr., F, 5-9, Okemos, Mich./Okemos
Nichole Schiro is poised to leave Loyola University Maryland as the most decorated women's soccer player and one of the top student-athletes in the Greyhounds' history. A two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Schiro holds the program's all-time record for goals and points scored. Through the end of September, Schiro has scored 43 goals, and with her 13 career assists, she has 99 points. Earlier this season, Schiro was named one of 30 finalists nationally for the Senior CLASS Award, a prestigious honor that recognizes NCAA Division I seniors who have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. Schiro is a biology major with a pre-medicine emphasis and has earned a 3.876 grade point average at Loyola through her first three years. She was a Capital One Academic All-District II performer as a junior and has earned MAAC All-Academic honors twice.