Galloway, N.J. – Four Stockton University student-athletes were recognized with NJAC weekly awards for September 30-October 6. Junior
Daniel Do (Galloway/Absegami) was named NJAC Runner of the Week for men's cross country while fellow junior
Dasey DiElmo (Little Egg Harbor/Pinelands) was chosen NJAC Offensive Player of the Week for women's soccer.
Junior
Sarah Walsh (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) earned NJAC Player of the Week for volleyball and freshman
Elena Nunez (Madrid, Spain/Rye, N.Y.) was selected NJAC Rookie of the Week for women's tennis. Do and Nunez received weekly awards for the second time this year. For DiElmo and Walsh, the honors are the first of their careers.
Do paced Stockton to a fourth-place finish out of 11 teams and second behind only NCAA Division II St. Thomas Aquinas among non-Division I teams at the NJIT Highlander Challenge on Saturday. He ran 25:22.55 over the 8K course to place fourth out of 277 runners in the meet. The time was a personal best for the junior on an 8K course.
DiElmo scored her first two goals of the season, propelling the Ospreys to conference wins over Rowan and Ramapo. Against Rowan, the junior scored a highlight-reel goal that gave Stockton a 2-0 lead late in the game. In the match against Ramapo, DiElmo again tallied an insurance goal, helping the Ospreys to a 4-2 win that pushed their record to 10-1-1.
Walsh sparked Stockton to three wins last week, spiking 37 kills, scooping 20 digs and adding seven blocks as the Ospreys stretched their winning streak to 10 straight. The junior, who missed all last season due to injury, tallied 18 kills and 10 digs in a 3-1 win over Swarthmore on Saturday. Walsh is fifth in the NJAC in kills (3.11 kps) and eighth in points (3.39 pps).
Nunez continued her impressive rookie season with another strong performance. In Stockton's 9-0 win over Kean, she posted an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles with fellow frosh
Audrey van Schalkwyk (Haddon Hts./Paul VI), then dropped just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles. Nunez has won 10 matches in singles and another eight in doubles this year.
