Albany, NY –The Sage College’s department of athletics gathered to recognize and honor the outstanding performances of the 2014-2015 year with the naming of the athletic award winners for the 15 varsity athletic teams. In addition to awarding the Gator Award, for the Most Outstanding Player, the department also named the 2014-2015 Female and Male Athletes of the Year as well as the ECAC Merit Medal and the Dean Sharon Robinson Senior Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, which is given to the senior student-athlete with the highest overall grade point average.
The Sage Colleges' men's soccer team selected junior forward Peter Fabrykiewicz (Delancey, NY/Andes) as the 2014 Gator of the Year. Fabrykiewicz led the Gators with 24 points this season on 10 goals and 4 assists and had a pair of game-winning goals this year. He is nationally ranked in four different offensive categories, including No. 74 in points per game average with his 1.5 point per game average. He was also ranked nationally in goals per game, total goals and total points, all in the Top 125 for the 2014 campaign.
Named to the Skyline Conference All-Star First Team and the 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Metro Second Team, was instrumental in the success of the team this past fall.
Head men’s soccer coach, Kyle Clancy said of Fabrykiewicz, “Peter earned the respect of his teammates right away with his hard work and desire to improve and help the team in any way possible.” Clancy added, “He came on strong as a forward in the second half of the season. with is effort each game and ability to score goals, he had a big impact on the team’s success. He is very deserving of the Gator Award and I am happy to see his teammates reward him for all of his hard work."
Sage went 9-8-1 on the season with a 7-2 mark in Skyline Conference play and advanced to the semifinals of the league playoffs, while also garnering a spot in the 2014 ECAC Metro Men’s Soccer Tournament.
Since adding men's soccer, the Gators have now appeared in every Skyline Conference Tournament since the 2010 season and finished this season as the Skyline Conference regular-season runner-up.
Overall on the 2014 season, Sage outscored their foes by a 48-24 margin and blanked eight different opponents. The Gators combined for 44 assists and ranked No. 10 in Division III and No. 35 nationally in total points (144) as well as No. 10 in assists per game (2.44) in the final statistics release.
