Women’s Basketball names head coach

Jaime Hoffman has been named head coach of women’s basketball. Hoffman comes to Montclair State after serving as an assistant coach with St. Francis University in Brooklyn, N.Y. She becomes the eighth head coach for the 32-year-old women’s basketball program.
Prior to St. Francis, Hoffman was head coach at Newbury College in Brookline, Mass. for three seasons, helping that program make the transition from the junior college level to NCAA Division III. She also coached softball and women’s tennis at Newbury, earned the Massachusetts Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Achievement Award in 2000, and was named NJCAA Region XXI Division II Coach of the Year in 1999.
Hoffman played basketball and softball at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. A four-year letterwinner and two-year team captain for the Cardinals, she earned a bachelor’s degree in social work.

Costello drafted by Blue Jays

Junior lefthander Ryan Costello was selected in the 10th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in June. Costello was chosen by the Toronto Blue Jays and is the third MSU hurler in as many years to be chosen in the draft. Costello helped the Red Hawks to the NJAC and Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, and a third place finish at the 2001 NCAA Division III World Series. The 6-6 junior was named American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Third-Team All-American and was named the to the Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team. He was chosen the Pitcher of the Year by the New Jersey College Baseball Association and was named to the All-NJAC and NJCBA squads as well.

Athletes honored at banquet

Several outstanding athletes were honored at the 2000-2001 All-Sports Banquet held at the Valley Regency in Clifton. Here are this year’s award winners:

Freshman male: Eduard Aliakseyenka, wrestling
Freshman female: Lea Smith, field hockey
Sophomore male: Darryl Louis, track and field
Sophomore female: Tierra Hicks, track and field
Junior male: Brian Ellerson, baseball
Junior female: Christin Cifelli, women’s soccer
Senior male: Dave Wurst, baseball
Senior female: Maggie Findlay, women’s soccer
Male outstanding athlete: Craig Conway, baseball
Female outstanding athlete: Kim Caruso, softball
Senior athlete award (highest GPA): Scott Hall, men’s lacrosse, and Sharon Bray, women’s golf
James L. Poet Sportsmanship Award: Florian Ghinea, wrestling
Henry Schmidt Award
(men’s basketball defensive player): Harold Williams
Stick ’Em Award (men’s lacrosse): Nick Bombardier