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STUDENT AWARDS

2017–18

Athletics MERLE SPURRIER AWARD LOUIS ALEXANDER AWARD

Daniel Bronson, a senior quarterback
Alexandra Leslie, a senior on the
Department women’s basketball team, was selected on the football team was honored as the
recipient of the Louis Alexander Alumni
as the recipient of the Merle Spurrier
Award for fall 2017 as the top men’s senior
Award. This award recognizes the
Award senior woman who has made the most athlete at the University. This award is given
outstanding contribution to women’s
to the senior male athlete who has made an
sports by exemplifying such qualities as
outstanding contribution to the life of the
Winners leadership, enthusiasm, and service in her University through significant achievements
in athletics and general student activities.
four years at the University. Leslie, from
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a business
and accounting major and one of the most Bronson, from Lockport, New York, finished
sixth in career passing yardage with 3,291
highly honored in the history of women’s yards. He holds the Rochester record for TD
basketball at Rochester. During her career, passes in a game with five. He earned All-
she earned All-America honors from the Liberty League honors for three seasons and
Women’s Basketball Coaches Association was the Liberty League Rookie of the Year.
in each of her four years–First Team as a As a senior, he played as a wide receiver
junior and senior. She was named an All- with some passing and running mixed
American by D3hoops.com and Women’s in. At season’s end, the Liberty League
DIII News in each of the last three seasons. opposing coaches elected him as a First
D3hoops.com named her as its national Team Athlete, recognizing his multiple skills.
Division III Rookie of the Year. Leslie was He set a school record for a quarterback
named First Team All-University Athletic single game rushing with 195 yards and a
Association four times, a first for Rochester TD. He was a biological science major with
in both men’s and women’s basketball. a concentration in microbiology. He was a
She was the UAA Rookie of the Year and research assistant at Strong Medical Center
its Player of the Year in 2016. Both of those focusing on drug discovery, a volunteer with
At the annual are team firsts. Rochester played in three the Friends of Strong, and a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
straight NCAA tournaments, reaching
Athletics the Elite 8 in her sophomore (2016) and SYLVIA FABRICANT AWARD
senior (2018) seasons. As both a junior and
department senior, she was a finalist for the Jostens Brynn Lauer, a senior point guard on the
Trophy, a national honor for athletic
Awards Dinner prowess, academic achievement, and women’s basketball team, was selected as
the recipient of the Sylvia Fabricant Award.
community service. She earned Academic
on May 3, 2018, All-District honors from the College This award is presented to a female athlete
or athletes for outstanding sportsmanship
Sports Information Directors of America
seven Rochester in 2017 and 2018. She finished her career in the women’s intercollegiate sports.
Lauer, a native of Newark, New York, was a
second in scoring with 1,848 points, tied
athletes were for second in rebounding (992), second in three-year captain and directed the team
to the Elite 8 rounds of the NCAA Division
blocked shots (145), and minutes played
recognized for (3,071). She is Rochester’s career leader III women’s basketball championships
in both 2016 and 2018. She finished her
with 468 free throws made and in free
outstanding throw percentage, hitting 84.2 percent career 13th in total assists with 225. She
earned All-UAA honors in 2018. Lauer
from the line. She was a member of the St.
achievement. Sebastian Society, a campus organization was a chemical engineering major, was
selected as a Garnish Scholar Athlete, and
for Christian athletes, was a tutor to fourth
through eighth graders at Rochester City was a representative to the Varsity Student-
schools, and was a Garnish Award winner. Athlete Advisory Committee.
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