Six UB Student-Athletes Named SUNY Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award Winners

UB leads the four SUNY Universities in selections
BUFFALO, NY - Six University at Buffalo student-athletes have been selected as SUNY Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award winners for 2007-08. The Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award was created in 2003-04 to recognize students who have combined academic excellence and outstanding athletic achievement at the Division I, Division III and NJCAA levels at SUNY schools. One award winner was selected in each sport at each of the three athletic levels - for a total of 78 students in 20 different sports from 31 SUNY campuses. For the fourth time in five years, UB led the way in selections with six student-athletes. UB had seven selections each of the first two years and four three seasons ago. In addition to UB's six selections for 2007-08, Stony Brook and Binghamton each had five winners, while Albany had four. Buffalo's winners this year were as follows:

Meili Carpenter (Boulder, CO/Fairview)
Women's Swimming and Diving, 3.772 GPA, Chemistry
Carpenter was named second-team All-MAC and represented the Bulls at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, OH. Carpenter finished second at the MAC Championships in the three-meter competition and fifth in the one-meter competition. Carpenter was also an Academic All-MAC Selection and she was named to the Mid-Major All-America Team.

Denise Harijanto (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Women's Tennis, 3.809 GPA, Management
Harijanto was named second-team All-MAC for the second straight season and also made her first appearance on the Academic All-MAC team this year. Harijanto finished with a 21-11 singles record and a 20-9 doubles mark as she helped lead the Bulls to their first ever MAC Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Championships.

Michael McDowell (Rush, NY/Rush Henrietta)
Men's Swimming and Diving, 3.586 GPA, Mathematics
McDowell was a second-team All-MAC selection and he represented the Bulls in the NCAA Championships after a stellar performance at the NCAA Zone Diving meet. McDowell earned a third-place finish on the one-meter board and a fifth-place finish on the three-meter at the MAC/Sun Belt Conference Championships. McDowell was also an Academic All-MAC Selection and was named to the Mid-Major All-America Team.

Jeff Parker (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro)
Wrestling, 3.354 GPA, Environmental Design
Parker was an Academic All-MAC selection after finishing the season with a 27-15 record as he wrestled in the heavyweight division. Parker was a co-captain for the Bulls this season and finished third at the MAC Championships. Parker also placed in the top four in three other tournaments this season as well. He finished with a dual meet mark of 11-6, including 3-2 in the MAC.

Jamey Richard (Weston, CT/Weston)
Football, 3.296 GPA, Management
Richard was the anchor of an offensive line that led the Bulls to their first ever MAC East Co-Championship. The Bulls finished the season with a 5-3 conference record and Richard was selected to the All-MAC Second Team and the Academic All-MAC Team. Richard was also named a Pro Football Weekly All-American and played in the Hula Bowl. This past April, Richard was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.

Mary Veith (Derby, NY/Lake Shore)
Women's Cross Country, 3.736 GPA, Chemistry
Veith was named to the All-MAC First Team after her third-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships. Veith was also named to the Academic All-MAC squad. Veith was UB's top runner on the season and she claimed a victory at the UB Stampede Invite. During the indoor track season, Veith also had UB's top times in the mile and the 3,000-meter run. In the outdoor season, she had the top times in the 1,500-meter run and the 5,000-meter run.

Meili Carpenter	Denise Harijanto	Michael McDowell
Jeff Parker	Jamey Richard	Mary Veith

05/21/2008