Olivia Tierno has been highlighted by the City University of New York Athletic Conference for the CUNYAC/Hospital for Special Surgery Scholar Athlete of the Month honor for the month of January. Throughout the month of January Tierno displayed stellar performances both on the court and in her academic pursuit.
As a guard/forward for the Dolphins women’s basketball team, Tierno totaled 90 points and 12 assists in the eight games Staten Islands played in the month of January. Tierno started the month with a conference victory over Medgar Evers where she shot 6-for-18 on the floor, scoring 12 points with six rebounds and four steals. She followed that performance with four points against Brooklyn (Jan. 7), 13 points and five rebounds against Baruch (Jan. 14) and nine points with four rebounds and steals in the win over CCNY (Jan. 18).
In the third conference victory of the month over John Jay, she put up a 5-for-14 shooting display scoring 11 points and on the defensive end registered four steals. Tierno scored her month high and double-double performance in the loss against Lehman (Jan. 25) where she scored 16 points on 6-for-19 shooting and 10 rebounds. She also knocked down all three of her shots from the free throw line. Tierno averaged 11.3 points a game, 5.0 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.5 assists per game in the month.
Since starting out at the College of Staten Island as a freshman, Tierno has not only been a scholar-athlete but has been on the Dean’s List every year. Off the court, the junior from Staten Island boasts a 3.9 GPA, majoring in Occupational Therapy, in which she hopes to work within the school system or with pediatrics. Tierno currently works at TLC Physical Therapy where she helps patients with exercise, stem and ice.
Of her other extra curricular activities, Tierno is also CSI’s SAAC Vice President, Student-Athlete representative on the CSI’s Hall of Fame Committee and member of the CSI Intramurals Council. She was one of 10 chosen to represent all of CSI’s female population to go to the CUNY Women’s Leadership Conference.