ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Athletes of the Week - 12/13/1999

Dan Hickey (Brockport, NY/Brockport) led the men's swimming team to a 151-71 win over Niagara. Hickey swam a 1:39.79 in the 200 freestyle to establish a new pool record. On Saturday, Dec. 11 in a USA Swimming sanctioned time trial, Hickey posted a time of 1:39.15, under the NCAA provisional time standard (1:39.28), the USA national time standard (1:39.19) and just .26 one-hundredths off of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trial time standard (1:38.89). He also broke his own school record of 1:39.31.

Nisha Wilson (Toronto, Ont./St. Joseph's) helped the women's basketball team to a pair of victories to extend their winning streak to six straight games. Wilson posted career-highs in both points (17) and rebounds (10) in a 71-57 victory on the road at Albany and added 10 points, four rebounds and three steals in a 58-46 win over visiting Idaho State on Saturday.