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Winter Sports Wrap-Up

Men’s Basketball January and led the UAA in scoring
in conference games (18.2 ppg.). He
(21-6; 10-4 UAA) became the 30th men’s basketball
player to break the 1,000-point career
TEAM HIGHLIGHTS scoring mark.
• The men earned a bid to the second • Jacob Wittig ’19, co-captain, earned
NCAA Division III Championships in All East Region and First Team All-UAA
three years. honors and was named Google Cloud
• The Yellowjackets attained a ranking Academic All-District III First Team.
of #1 in the East and was ranked as The point guard scored 10.2 points
high as #12 nationally. per game, added 4.8 assists per game,
• The team finished #2 in the UAA after and 2.7 rebounds per contest. Wittig
splitting season contests with winner led the team in total assists, steals, and
Emory. minutes played. He became the 31st
• Rochester won the Chuck Resler Tour- member of the 1,000-point club after
nament, the Holiday Inn Rochester reaching the milestone in the regular
Downtown Tournament, and swept season finale at Emory. He started
their games in the Crosstown Classic. in all 104 of his career games and
• The University of Rochester defeated became only the fourth male to start
six regionally ranked opponents. in over 100 career games. He aver-
aged 8-11 ppg., 2-4 rpg. and 3-5 apg.
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS every season. He ranks 5th all time in Lena Ethington ’19
• Ryan Clamage ’19, co-captain, earned Rochester history in assists, 6th in as-
All-American, Regional, and UAA hon- sists per game, 9th in steals, and 10th
ors and was named the UAA Player of in minutes played.
the Year. He led Rochester in scoring • The team had eight players receive
(16.2 ppg.) and rebounding (6.6 rpg.). UAA All-Academic Honors: Ryan Algier
Clamage was second in assists (79) ’21, Patrick Benka ’20, Clamage, Alex- lin College and Westminster College of
and steals (30). He scored a career ander Gamble ’19, Kailan Lee ’21, Trent Pennsylvania.
high 41 points in a 78-70 victory over Noordsij ’21, Brendan O’Shea ’19, and • The ’Jackets beat conference rival Case
Carnegie Mellon in the Palestra in Wittig. Western Reserve twice during the
• Forward Andrew Lundstrom ’19 was season along with wins over NYU and
accorded Honorable Mention All-UAA Brandeis in UAA play.
honors. INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
• Clamage, Wittig, O’Shea, Mike Man- • Lena Ethington ’19 was named All-
gan ’19, and Gamble were awarded UAA while leading the team and
with multiple UAA Player of the Week conference in rebounding (10.0 rpg.)
and/or other All-Tournament honors and was second on the team in scor-
for their performance throughout the ing (10.8 ppg.) while producing seven
season. double-doubles. She scored 10 points

or more 16 times and scored a season
high vs. Case Western Reserve with
Women’s Basketball 23 points. Ethington was named the
(10-15; 4-10 UAA) MVP of the Marks Pizzeria Crosstown
Shootout.
TEAM HIGHLIGHTS • Julianna Okoniewski ’22 was named
• The women won the Mark’s Pizze- to the D3hoops.com All-East Region
Ryan Clamage ’19 ria Crosstown Shootout after wins team and was chosen as Co-Rookie of
against St. John Fisher College and the Year. She was also named the UAA
Nazareth College. Rookie of the Year. She started in all
• Rochester won the Otterbein Smokey 25 games and led the team in scoring
Ballenger Classic with wins over Ober- with 12.5 ppg., field goal percentage

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