Edison, NJ (May 31, 2023) –Mount St. Mary’s Cooper Adams and Canisius’ Maura Jordan have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
Cooper Adams
Mount St. Mary’s
Baseball
Adams led the Mountaineers' pitching staff in a year where the team won their highest number of games since 2007. Tied for the league lead in wins with eight, Adams finished the year with 73 strikeouts, helping the staff achieve a new team record with 381 batters rung up on the season. Adams also limited runners on the path for free, only issuing 20 walks during the campaign. Top individual efforts included an eight inning, two run showing against Fairfield and 12 strikeouts in six frames over the Canisius Golden Griffins.
Maura Jordan
Canisius
Women’s Track & Field
Maura Jordan enjoyed a breakout outdoor track campaign for the Golden Griffins this season as she set a pair of program records, recorded two event wins and posted a total of nine top-10 finishes. She broke a more than 20-year school record in the 100 meters, setting the new mark of 12.25 at the UB Alumni Invitational on April 22. Jordan also established a new program standard in the 400 meters, posting a time of 56.29 to claim second place in the MAAC Championships on May 7. The Cleveland, Ohio native is a finance and economics dual major who has been named to the MAAC All-Academic Team on six occasions.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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