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2016 Winter Sports

Wrap-Up

MEN’S BASKETBALL (24-5, 10-4 UAA) • Ayers, Borst-Smith, and Montague were awarded with multiple UAA Player
of the Week and other All-Tournament honors for their performances
Team Highlights throughout the season
• The Yellowjackets finished with the fifth best record in school history in a • Alex Gamble ’19, Brendan O’Shea ’19, and Wittig earned UAA All-Academic
season that began with a 13-game winning streak honors
• The team reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the sixth time in school history
• The men earned a spot in the national quarterfinals by defeating Albertus
Magnus and Union at home before the host team #7 Marietta on the road WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (18-9, 8-6 UAA)
• The ’Jackets were ranked as high as #3 before finishing the season ranked #6 Team Highlights
in Division III • The Yellowjackets won the Mark’s Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout after wins
• Rochester won the Chuck Resler Tournament, the Lexington Hotel against St. John Fisher College and Nazareth College
Invitational, and swept their games in the inaugural Crosstown Classic • The women beat three ranked teams, including #6 Washington University, in
• The University of Rochester defeated six regionally ranked and two nationally UAA play
ranked opponents, including fifth-ranked Washington University on the road
• The team finished third in the UAA standings
Individual Highlights • The ’Jackets qualified for the NCAA tournament again and won their first
• Sam Borst-Smith ’17 earned All-American, Regional, and UAA honors. He was round game with four players hitting double figures
named the East Region Player of the Year and became one of five University Individual Highlights
of Rochester players of all time to earn the UAA Player of the Year award. He • Alexandra Leslie ’18 scored her 1000th point against Ithaca College; was a
was named a finalist for the Jostens Trophy, which is awarded to a player finalist for the Jostens Trophy; was awarded as First Team All-American by
who has achieved a combination of athletic skill, academic achievement, and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA); and was named to her
community service; and played in the 2017 Reese’s NABC Division III All-Star third All-American honor by D III News
Game. He was one of just six NCAA Division III players named to a Watch List • Five Yellowjackets were recognized for All-Academic Recognition: seniors
of 50 candidates to receive the Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award. He graduates Sarah Kaminsky and Brynn Lauer; junior Alexandra Leslie; and sophomores
as the program’s all-time leader in steals (212). Shea McCartney and Maura McCartney
• Mack Montague ’17 became the 29th men’s basketball player to break the • Leslie was named to the UAA First Team and Lauren Deming ’19 was named
1,000-point career scoring mark. He graduated as the all-time leader in made to the UAA Second Team
three-pointers (242) and earned Second Team All-Region honors. • Leslie and Deming were honored with First Team selection by the United
• Four Yellowjackets were named to the All-University Athletic Association Team: States Basketball Writers Association
Borst-Smith and Montague earned First Team honors, Zack Ayers ’17 earned
Second Team honors, and Jacob Wittig ’19 earned Honorable Mention status