TROY, N.Y. – Three Skidmore College student-athletes earned Liberty League weekly awards and there were eight other performances recognized on the Honor Roll for the week ending April 12. Rudraksha Banerjee was named the Liberty League Men's Golf Performer of the Week, Conor Geier was selected the Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week, and Lulu Mickle was tabbed the Softball Rookie of the Week.
 
Additionally, Michael Aiello and Marty McFadden (men's lacrosse), Julia Cafasso and Brooke LaVallee (women's lacrosse), the men's varsity 8+ (Hayden Harlow, Will Landro, Grant Steinberger, Thomas du Four, Charles Ertz, Henry Shannon, Sam van Adrichem Boogaert, Kal Katz, Van de Venecia), Sam Waters (softball), and Kyle Lundberg and Ege Topbas (men's tennis) were recognized on the Honor Roll
 
Rudraksha Banerjee (So., Kolkata, India) – Liberty League Men's Golf Performer of the Week
Banerjee finished in a tie for second place over the weekend at the Tim Brown Invitational at the Ballston Spa County Club to help lead the Thoroughbreds to a T-3 team finish. He shot matching even-par 71s while finishing second in the field with 24 pars, and third with only five bogeys across the two-round home event.
 
Conor Geier (#24, Fr., A, Stratham, New Hampshire) – Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week
Geier scored five goals with an assist over two games last week for No. 15 Skidmore in wins over Oneonta and Clarkson. He had his first collegiate hat trick on Monday, before adding three more points on the road at Clarkson on Saturday with two goals and an assist. He finished with 12 shots and four ground balls for the week.
 
Lulu Mickle (#15, Fr., IF/OF, Baltimore, Maryland) – Liberty League Softball Rookie of the Week
Mickle went 8-for-20 (.400) over six games for the Thoroughbreds with a double, two triples, and five RBI. She also scored seven runs and went a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen-base attempts. She reached base at a .458 clip, produced a 1.108 OPS, and handled all 12 of her fielding chances cleanly.
 
Michael Aiello (#18, So., A, Rockville Centre, New York) – Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Honor Roll
Aiello scored three goals and recorded seven assists for 10 points in a 2-0 week for the No. 15 Thoroughbreds, which included an 11-7 Liberty League road victory at Clarkson on Saturday. He dished out six assists in Monday's non-league win for Oneonta before scoring three with a helper Saturday to help take down the Golden Knights in a game where he did not commit a turnover.
 
Marty McFadden (#42, Sr., D, Edmonton, Alberta) – Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Honor Roll
McFadden recorded three ground balls and three caused turnovers across two games, both wins, for 15^th-ranked Skidmore last week against Oneonta and Clarkson. He also scored for the second and third games in a row while standing up defensively for a Skidmore unit that surrendered single digit goals in both contests to improve to 10-2.
 
Julia Cafasso (#27, Sr., M, Manhasset, New York) - Liberty League Women's Lacrosse Honor Roll
Cafasso scored four goals with two assists for six points to lead the Thoroughbreds past Vassar on the road on Wednesday. Her third goal was the 100^th of her career. Cafasso also had five draw controls, two ground balls, and one caused turnover while producing 10 shot attempts for the game.
 
Brooke LaVallee (#5, Sr., D, Longmeadow, Massachusetts) - Liberty League Women's Lacrosse Honor Roll
LaVallee had five draw controls and a pair of turnovers to help the Thoroughbreds come from behind to earn a hard-fought 15-14 win at Vassar on Wednesday. She also picked up a pair of ground balls while contributing to the defense that surrendered just four second-half goals.
 
Men's Varsity 8+ (Hayden Harlow, Will Landro, Grant Steinberger, Thomas du Four, Charles Ertz, Henry Shannon, Sam van Adrichem Boogaert, Kal Katz, Van de Venecia) – Liberty League Men's Rowing Honor Roll
The Skidmore men's varsity 8+ opened the day at the Hamilton Duals with a close race against Middlebury ultimately coming in right behind the Panther boat in 6:13.84.
 
Sam Waters (#4, So., IF, Kingston, Massachusetts) – Liberty League Softball Honor Roll
Waters finished Skidmore's six-game week batting .435 (10-for-23) with two doubles, a triple, seven runs scored, six stolen bases, and three RBI. The speedy Skidmore leadoff hitter posted an on-base percentage of .462 with a weekly OPS of 1.071. She also had eight put outs, 14 assists, and a .957 fielding percentage at second base.
 
Kyle Lundberg (Sr., Manhattan Beach, California) – Liberty League Men's Tennis Honor Roll
Lundberg claimed a pair of singles wins last week against Union and No. 10 Kenyon out of the No. 2 spot for 24^th-ranked Skidmore. He beat Union's Jesus Sosa (6-2, 7-5) on Wednesday night before winning by default after reaching the third set against his ranked opponent from Kenyon on Saturday.
 
Ege Topbas (Fr., Istanbul, Turkey) – Liberty League Men's Tennis Honor Roll
Topbas went 2-1 over the weekend for Skidmore with a pair of singles victories over Union and No. 10 Kenyon. He battled for a three-set win over Union's Daniel Saxe (5-7, 6-1, 6-2) before a straight-set win against Kenyon's Cioladis which including a second-set tiebreak.
 
 
Liberty League Performer of the Week selections – March April 13:
BASEBALL
Performer of the Week: Trent Rapp, RIT
Pitcher of the Week: Dylan Joseph, RIT
Rookie of the Week: Jack O'Neil, Hobart
Honor Roll: Theo Beckley, Rochester; Jensen Bergman, Vassar; Ben Belliss, RPI; Alex Casey, Union; Matt Curtis, Ithaca; Jack Farnen, Hobart; Aaron Forgues, Hobart; John Gannon, St. Lawrence; Nathan Hartley, Clarkson; Caleb Miller, Union; Jack Picozzi, Ithaca; Liam Riordan, RPI; Cade Terada-Herzer, Vassar
 
MEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Rudraksha Banerjee. Skidmore
Rookie of the Week: Tanmay Chandra, NYU
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Annelise Stencel, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Jiayi Fu, NYU
Honor Roll: Sadie Cumming, St. Lawrence; Iyene Essien, Union; Sonia Hao, NYU
 
MEN'S LACROSSE
Offensive Performer of the Week: Will Kleine, Ithaca
Defensive Performer of the Week: Andrew Minard, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Conor Geier, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Gavin Arcuri, Vassar; Michael Aiello, Skidmore; Griffin Emerson, Clarkson; Robert Fox, Clarkson; Drew Knight, St. Lawrence; Jake Lunati, RPI; Cooper Manzi, RPI; Marty McFadden, Skidmore; Walker Popko, Union; Aiden Santoro, Vassar; Ted Wilson, St. Lawrence
 
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Offensive Performer of the Week: Anna Rogers, Rochester
Defensive Performer of the Week: Janey Sypeck, William Smith
Rookie of the Week: Tallis Tarbell, St. Lawrence
Honor Roll: Kelly Augeri, Ithaca; Julia Cafasso, Skidmore; Anna Dembowski, Union; Emilia Diliberto, Vassar; Katie Grottenthaler, William Smith; Brooke LaVallee, Skidmore; Aria Lee, St. Lawrence; Lauren McCorry, Clarkson; Phoebe Spaeth, St. Lawrence; Gillian Joseph, Union
 
MEN'S ROWING
Boat of the Week: Ithaca Third Varsity 4+
Honor Roll: Skidmore Varsity 8+
 
WOMEN'S ROWING
Boat of the Week: William Smtih Second Varsity 8+
 
SOFTBALL
Performer of the Week: Julianna Lyons, Rochester
Pitcher of the Week: Molly Broccolo, Rochester
Rookie of the Week: Lulu Mickle, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Callista Adorno, RPI; Ava Markert, RPI; Marleigh Monroe, St. Lawrence; Madison Schoenenberger, Ithaca; Sam Waters, Skidmore; Elizabeth Werner, Union 
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Nick Fischer, Hobart
Doubles Team of the Week: Fernando Bauermeister / Nolan Kubiak, Vassar
Rookie of the Week: Junchen Jia, Vassar
Honor Roll: Luis Crespo, Ithaca; Achilleas Kousaridis/Everett Reid, Hobart; Eugene Lee, Vassar; Kyle Lundberg, Skidmore; Yu Tanimoto, RIT; Yu Tanimoto/Alexander Sinclair, RIT; Ege Topbas, Skidmore
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Erin McCusker, Vassar
Doubles Team of the Week: Angelica Aksdal-Jansen / Molly Jespersen, St. Lawrence
Rookie of the Week: Megan McCusker, Union
Honor Roll: Angelica Aksdal-Jansen, St. Lawrence; Gwendolyn Gray, Vassar; Claire Langille, Union; Erin McCusker/Iris Li, Vassar
 
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Track Performer of the Week: Jack DeFeo, RIT
Field Performer of the Week: Tristan Mangin, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Calvin Chang, RPI
Honor Roll: Ben Buffone, Ithaca College; Nick Entner, Union; Aadit Jain, Rochester; Thomas Manson, RPI; Patrick Russell, St. Lawrence
 
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Track Performer of the Week: Haley Schoenegge, Vassar
Field Performer of the Week: Alice Brambati, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Lauren Murphy, Rochester
Honor Roll: Ella Baker, St. Lawrence; Amelia Berthold, St. Lawrence; Julianne Bleskoski, RPI; Eva Ciuffetelli, Rochester; Jahmilia Dennis, Vassar; Lola Gitlin, Ithaca; Rachel Larson, Ithaca; Lily Seyfert, Ithaca; Madison Vargas, Rochester