SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Senior Katelynn Russ of the women's hockey team was recognized on Friday as one of two recipients of the Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award as part of the Union College Department of Athletics' annual year-end awards.

While the annual awards are routinely revealed during the Senior Awards Ceremony on the weekend prior to graduation, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a virtual process that will give all deserving award winners their own spotlight. 

The Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year Award is presented to a senior student-athlete for outstanding performance in the classroom, community and playing arena. Russ completed her stellar four-year career as one of the top players in Union women's hockey history. She led the team in goals for the third straight year as a senior and finished her career third in program history in goals and fourth in points, including the second-best totals in both categories during the program's Division I era. A member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, she boasts a 3.60 GPA as a biomedical engineering major and earned a Smith Research Fellowship for her patent-pending tracheostomy research.



Previous Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award Winners:
2019     Hannah Christian (FH)
            Arianna Kosakowski (WHOC)
2018     Jordan Cooper (MLAX)
            Sydney Keane (WSOC)
2017     Kent Curran (BB)
2016     Sebastien Gingras (MHOC)
2015     Whitney Bickford (WSOC)
            Kim Grinhaus (WLAX)
2014     Amy Loya (WBB)
            Adam Herzog (MSWIM)
2013     Tyler Heck (BB)
            Noah Joseph (FB)
2012     Max Balter (MTRACK)
2011     Annora Brennan (WSWIM)
            Stephane Boileau (MHOC)
2010     John Peters (FB)
2009     Matt Cook (MHOC)
            Chelsea Hargis (WSOC/WTRACK)
2008     Cassandra Denefrio (WCREW)
2007     Olivier Bouchard (MHOC)