Two Kats Named Winter Scholar Athletes
21 student-athletes are being recognized with the SUNY Winter Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards for combining academic achievement with success in the arena of athletic competition during the 2023-24 winter season.
SUNY honors student-athletes from SUNY colleges and universities sponsoring intercollegiate athletics at the four- and two-year levels who were nominated and voted upon by representatives of their respective institutions.
Nominating information includes cumulative grade point average, current and career statistics, and athletic and academic honors.
More than 14,000 student-athletes compete at SUNY institutions representing 53 different colleges and universities at the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division III/USCAA and NJCAA levels and are eligible for the awards.
The NJCAA Category features the 29 two-year community colleges spread out across the state of New York: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie, FIT, Finger Lakes, Fulton Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Onondaga, Orange, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tompkins and Ulster.
The SUNY Scholar Athlete Awards recognize outstanding academic and athletic success in 29 different sports and are presented three times a year to coincide with the specific sports contested in the fall, winter and spring seasons. The Scholar Athletes of the Year in each sport will then be nominated for an overall Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s sports and women’s sports in each category that will be announced in mid-July.
Because sport sponsorship varies among institutions, a minimum sponsorship formula has been developed for award selections. At least three (3) institutions must sponsor the sport in the Division I category, while at least five (5) institutions must sponsor the sport in the SUNY Division III/USCAA and SUNY NJCAA categories. For sports that do not meet the minimum threshold to be a viable award, an at-large category has been developed for each level and each season.
We are pleased to announce that the following Erie Community College Student-Athletes have been named scholar athletes for the winter season.
Women’s Swimming and Diving - Isabella DeMeo, Erie Community College
https://athletics.ecc.edu/sports/wswimdive/2023-24/bios/demeo_isabella_astf
DeMeo was the Region 3 champion in the 200-yard freestyle. She also was a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-American after finishing eighth in the 200 and 500 freestyle races at the NJCAA championships. DeMeo is a liberal arts and science major with a 3.85 overall GPA.
Men’s At-Large - Declan Stiles, Men’s Bowling, Erie Community College
https://athletics.ecc.edu/sports/mbowl/2023-24/Bios/stiles_declan_ekqe
Declan finished ninth in the country in All-Events at the 2024 NJCAA championships. He was also an All-Region selection in 2023 after winning the Region 3 championship doubles competition. Stiles is an engineering science major with a 3.98 cumulative grade point average.