Male Student-Athlete of the Week
Vito DeBellis,Siena, Men’s Lacrosse
Sr. / Yorktown, Yorktown Heights, NY
DeBellis, a senior and native of Yorktown Heights, NY, is a two-time MAAC All-Academic Team and three-time MAAC Academic Honor Roll member. Additionally, the product of Yorktown High School was a member of the Dean’s List with a term GPA of 3.55 in fall 2025 and currently holds a 3.61 cumulative GPA as a Finance major. DeBellis became the Saints’ starting goalkeeper this season and has already garnered a MAAC Defensive Player of the Week honor on February 23 for making 11 saves along with a .688 save percentage, allowing just five goals in a dominant 14-5 victory over Binghamton on Feb. 17. DeBellis ranks third in the MAAC in goals against average (12.12), third in save percentage (.504) and is also third in saves per game with 12.20. He ranks second in the conference in saves with 61.
Female Student-Athlete of the Week
Olivia Manchester,Canisius,Softball
Jr. / Vista Del Lago, Folsom, Calif.
Canisius junior pitcher Olivia Manchester is the MAAC Female Student-Athlete of the Week. Manchester is 2-0 with a save and a 1.81 ERA in 19.1 innings of work this season in the circle for the Golden Griffins. Manchester had a breakout season in 2025 after she went 17-6 with a 3.00 ERA and 17 complete games. She finished the 2025 campaign Ranked third in the MAAC with her 17 victories, the most wins in the circle for a Canisius pitcher not named Megan Giese since former Griff Juliette Bowers had 20 wins in 2008.In the classroom, the Folsom, Calif. native holds a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a biochemistry major.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 45th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena University.
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