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2019
Athletic Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner (con’t)
senior years. O’Brien received the Merle Spurrier DIANE JEAN (ULATOWSKI)
Award as the outstanding female athlete and was TIBBETTS ’89
a Garnish Scholar award winner. O’Brien excelled in VOLLEYBALL
the classroom as well and was named to the CoSIDA Tibbetts was a
First Team Academic All-District team and ESPN The dominant force
Magazine College Division Academic All-District during her career on
Women’s Track and Field team as a senior. some of Rochester’s
most outstanding
JEFF PISCITELLI ’01 teams. She was a
FOOTBALL four-year starter
and helped lead her
Piscitelli was a four-year team to two NCAA
starter for the football Division III National
program and left his Championship
mark as a leader on tournaments during her career. She led Rochester
and off the field. One of to its only UAA Championship title and remains the
the most durable and only Rochester volleyball student-athlete to earn the
versatile performers on UAA Most Valuable Player of the Year honor. Tibbetts
the team, Piscitelli was was named twice to the All-Northeast Region team
recognized as a four- and All-UAA First Team and was a member of the UAA
time All-UAA honoree Silver and 30th Anniversary Teams. She was selected
and three-time captain. to numerous All-Tournament Teams while helping her
Known for his offensive teams to win two Brockport Invitational Tournament
prowess, he was named titles. Consistently one of the team leaders in kills,
the UCAA Offensive Player of the Week numerous digs, and blocks, Tibbetts remains in the record books
times throughout his career. Piscitelli still sees his as third in single-season block assists (85); fourth in
name in the record books, including ranking second single-season blocks per set (1.04); fifth in single-
in career passing attempts (936), career passing yards season total blocks (133); eighth in single-season aces
(5,544), and career total offense yards (6,504), third in (91); and 10th in career solo blocks (72).
career passing completions (416) and career passing
yards per game (154.0). He also is fourth in career
total offense yards per game (180.7), single-season
passing yards per game (209.7), and single-season
total offense yards per game (245.5), tied for fourth
in career touchdowns responsible for (43), fifth in
single season passing attempts (282) and single game
passing attempts (46), seventh in career passing
touchdowns, and eighth career rushing attempts 413).
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