Seton Hall Celebrates 2022 Graduating Seniors
5/23/2022 1:08:00 PM | General, Pirate Blue, H.A.L.L. Program
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – Seton Hall Athletics celebrated its graduating senior class on May 18 with the 10th Annual Senior Awards Banquet.Â
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The event is designed to honor the graduating class in front of their coaches, peers and family members. As is tradition, each head coach delivered remarks about their respective graduates and handed out their senior gifts. Long-time strength and conditioning coach Angelo Gingerelli served as emcee and was assisted by director of athletics Bryan Felt in handing out the major awards.
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Three major awards were handed out during the marquee event. For his efforts in the pool, in the classroom and in Seton Hall community, Caleb Smith (Charlottesville, Va.) was named 2022 Most Valuable Pirate. Smith is an All-BIG EAST swimmer and the former president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
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There were co-recipients of the Senior Male Athlete of the Year Award, Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) of men's basketball and Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) of men's golf.
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Rhoden was named to the All-BIG EAST and All-Met First Teams and played a leading role in returning the men's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament. He graduates as one of only 12 Pirates with over 1,200 career points and 600 rebounds. Tait was also an All-BIG EAST First Team selection and won a share of the BIG EAST individual title with a remarkable 11-under-par performance. His third-round 65 helped lift the men's golf team to its first BIG EAST team championship in 22 years.
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Women's basketball player Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) was named Senior Female Athlete of the Year. Espinoza-Hunter was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection this year, and despite playing only 53 games in a Seton Hall uniform, she ranks third all-time with a 16.2 scoring average and seventh with 130 made three-pointers.
ÂGallery: (5-19-2022) 2022 Seton Hall Senior Awards Banquet
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The event is designed to honor the graduating class in front of their coaches, peers and family members. As is tradition, each head coach delivered remarks about their respective graduates and handed out their senior gifts. Long-time strength and conditioning coach Angelo Gingerelli served as emcee and was assisted by director of athletics Bryan Felt in handing out the major awards.
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Three major awards were handed out during the marquee event. For his efforts in the pool, in the classroom and in Seton Hall community, Caleb Smith (Charlottesville, Va.) was named 2022 Most Valuable Pirate. Smith is an All-BIG EAST swimmer and the former president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
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There were co-recipients of the Senior Male Athlete of the Year Award, Jared Rhoden (Baldwin, N.Y.) of men's basketball and Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) of men's golf.
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Rhoden was named to the All-BIG EAST and All-Met First Teams and played a leading role in returning the men's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament. He graduates as one of only 12 Pirates with over 1,200 career points and 600 rebounds. Tait was also an All-BIG EAST First Team selection and won a share of the BIG EAST individual title with a remarkable 11-under-par performance. His third-round 65 helped lift the men's golf team to its first BIG EAST team championship in 22 years.
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Women's basketball player Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) was named Senior Female Athlete of the Year. Espinoza-Hunter was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection this year, and despite playing only 53 games in a Seton Hall uniform, she ranks third all-time with a 16.2 scoring average and seventh with 130 made three-pointers.
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