College Update: Catching up with Section 4 athletes competing at the next level
Checking in on athletes from Section 4 getting it done at the next level:
Michael Mancini, Maine-Endwell/JMU
In 47 games/47 starts for James Madison University’s baseball team, the sophomore second baseman is batting .303 with 50 runs (No. 2 on the team), two triples (co-best) and 10 home runs. His 32 walks lead the Dukes, as do his 24 stolen bases (in 28 attempts).
The left-handed batter has hit four homers in his most recent six games, and Sunday’s 2-for-5 showing (HR, double) in a 9-2 win against Arkansas State left him a six-game hitting streak – 10-for-25 over that stretch – and marked his 14th multiple-hit game of the year.
JMU (28-19, 13-11 Sun Belt Conference) will play its final home series of the season May 10-12 against Marshall.
Peep Williams, Seton CC/Stanford
Williams scored her team’s third goal and assisted on its second-to-last in Saturday’s 11-8 win against Colorado to secure Stanford’s fourth Pac-12 Tournament championship.
In 16 games/4 starts on the season, the sophomore from Binghamton has eight goals and seven assists for the Cardinal (13-4).
Next is the NCAA Tournament opener versus Denver, May 10 in Evanston, Ill., with the winner to oppose top-seeded Northwestern. The Cardinal will seek its third win in 12 national tournament appearances.
Lance Jensen, Candor/SUNY Geneseo
The Candor High graduate was on April 29 named SUNY Athletic Conference Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week.
That recognition came on the strength of a 52.73-second zip through the Penn Relays’ 400-meter hurdles. That left him in 11th place overall and seventh-best this season in NCAA Division III. Jensen proceeded to a top finish Saturday in the SUNYAC Championships’ 400 meters (48.31), helping the Knights to a sixth consecutive conference title.
Gabe Snyder, Owego/UAlbany
The freshman pole vaulter from Apalachin cleared 14 feet, 5¼ inches over the recent rain-soaked weekend to place first in the America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Baltimore. It marked the Great Danes’ first conference championship in the event since 2015.
Albany’s men were conference runners-up for a second successive season.
Rylie Van Fleet, Maine-Endwell/Alfred State
Van Fleet was recipient of the Male Pioneer Legacy Award, given to student-athletes who have achieved success on and off the field at Alfred State. The nominees have demonstrated sportsmanship and leadership, been involved in civic engagement activities, and earned athletic honors.
A member of the Pioneers’ football program, Van Fleet led the defense and started all 42 games. Over his four years he totaled 211 tackles, 14 interceptions - including a personal-best six this past season - along with a forced fumble and fumble recovery.
He served as the team's punt returner for four seasons, totaling 484 return yards and a touchdown, and was its three-season punter. He has made multiple all-conference teams and in his first season led NCAA Division III with 22 pass break-ups.
Van Fleet graduated with a 3.91 GPA in Health Sciences.
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Sam Romanosky, Maine-Endwell/Nazareth
Nazareth College recognized Romanosky at its recent athletics awards banquet as its best male multi-sport athlete. The sophomore most recently closed the lacrosse season as a long-stick midfielder after competing on the Golden Flyers’ soccer and swimming/diving teams.
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: College Update checks in on former Section 4 athletes
