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FELICIAN CLAIMS RECORD 11 ARTHUR ASHE SPORTS SCHOLARS

June 17, 2008

Courtesy of Mark Mentone, Felician SID

RUTHERFORD, N.J.--The periodical Diverse Issues In Higher Education has selected eleven Felician College student-athletes as 2008 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars. The award winners come from the sports of men's soccer, men's basketball, and women's basketball.

Diverse Issues established the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Program, named for the late tennis star, in 1992 to honor outstanding undergraduate students of color. Each winner must be a non-freshman who competes in an intercollegiate sport, maintains a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20, and is active on his/her campus or in the community.

The Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars are named annually, and this year's 11 winners are by the most in Felician history. Two honorees, juniors Lukas Fraczek (Szczytno, Poland/Winchendon School [MA]) and Peter Snihur (Ilawa, Poland/Winchendon School [MA]) of the men's soccer team, are second-time selections.

Felician's 2008 Ashe Sports Scholars are listed below. The on-campus coordinator is Dr. Alfredo Castro, associate professor of chemistry and faculty athletics representative to the NCAA.

A complete list national honorees is available at http://diverseeducation.com/Ashe2008/slideshow/ and in the May 29 issue of Diverse Issues.

2008 Felician Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars

Name Sport YR Team Major(s) GPA* Hometown/HS

Amanda Bartee W-Basketball JR Second Psychology 3.45 Jersey City, NJ/St. Mary-Jersey City

Krystal Dixon W-Basketball JR Second Biology 3.50 Somerset, NJ/New Brunswick Tech

Paulo DosSantos M-Soccer JR First Marketing/Management 3.48 Toronto, ONT/Sir Oliver Mowat

Richard Fegins M-Basketball JR Second Accounting 3.33 Linden, NJ/St. Mary's-Elizabeth

Lukas Fraczek M-Soccer JR First Business Administration 3.57 Szczytno, Poland/Winchendon School

Dee Dee Smith W-Basketball SR Second Psychology 3.49 Monticello, NY/Monticello

Jason Romer M-Basketball SR First Business Administration 3.50 New York, NY/Wadleigh

Boris Shabovta M-Soccer JR Second Business Administration 3.23 Manalapan, NJ/John Dewey [NY]

Peter Snihur M-Soccer JR Second Business Administration 3.55 Ilawa, Poland/Winchendon School

Armin Tandir M-Soccer SR Second Criminal Justice 3.62 Bosnia/Hackettstown [NJ]

Derrell Thomas M-Basketball SR First Business Administration 3.78 Harlem, NY/MCSM

* through Fall 2007 semester