For the month of November, Baruch College’s Alyssa Lubrino has been recognized by the City University of New York Athletic Conference as the CUNYAC/ Hospital for Special Surgery Scholar Athlete of the Month.
In the three swim meets she competed in for the month, Lubrino finished with top times in the 200 meter freestyle relay and twice in the 200 meter medley relay. On the November 3rd meet against the Fashion Institute Technology, Lubrino won the 200 meter freestyle relay with a time of 2:15.22 and also finished first in the 100 meter freestyle (1.07.62).
The junior from Staten Island finished on top against two conference opponents, College of Staten Island and Brooklyn, in the 200 meter medley relay, with times of 2.00.30 and 2:15.2, respectively. Lubrino also finished the 100 yard butterfly (1:11.40) right behind her teammate placing her second in the 11-92 team win for the Bearcats. Lubrino had a similar performance in the 102-76 victory over Brooklyn.
The St. Joseph Hill Academy alum was unable to compete in Baruch’s remaining match for the November as she flew to the NCAA offices in Indianapolis to represent CUNYAC as the national representative of the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
“It is a great honor to win for both academic and athletic reasons,” said Lubrino. “It has been a great November for me in not only being a part of an undefeated team in the CUNYAC standings, but also to be representing our conference at the national Division III SAAC Meetings in Indianapolis, Indiana. I want to thank my teammates and coaches for all their support.”
With a GPA of 3.86, the team captain is currently on Baruch’s Dean’s List as well as part of the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY. In her previous seasons with the Bearcats Women’s Swimming team, Lubrino was part of the back-to-back wins in the CUNYAC Finals (2009-10, 2010-11) and won the Baruch Women’s Swimming Coaches Award in 2011. She was also amongst the selected athletes to take part in the CUNYAC Goodwill Tour, which took place in New Orleans in the summer of 2011.