BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – LIU gymnastics sophomore Mara Titarsolej and fencing sophomore Laura Fekete were named Co-Female Athletes of the Year while men's basketball graduate student Ty Flowers was named the Male Athlete of the Year at Long Island University's 2022 Athletic Awards banquet, dubbed 'One LIU', on Tuesday evening.
 
The event, held in person for the first time in two years, also saw Demetri Skoumbakis of men's soccer and Kelly Iocca from women's cross country earn LIU's Scholar Athlete of the Year honors.
 
It was a record-breaking sophomore campaign for Mara Titarsolej. During the last Sharks home meet of 2022 against North Carolina, Titarsolej scored the programs first perfect 10.000 on uneven bars. Her NQS of 9.940 finished in a three-way tie for eighth among all gymnasts in the country. She finished tied for fifth with a mark of 9.925 on uneven bars in the NCAA Regionals hosted by Auburn University. She was named by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association to the uneven bars first-team with a national qualifying score of 9.940. Her All-American honors mark the first time in program history that an LIU gymnast has earned this prestigious distinction.
 
Additionaly, Titarsolej won the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Specialist of the Week four times during the regular season and at the EAGL Championships in Washington, D.C., she also took home the honors of EAGL Specialist of the Year with the highest NQS among all gymnasts in the league.

Sophomore Laura Fekete had a season that rivaled her record-breaking freshman campaign when she earned first team All-American honors for the second consecutive season when in the women's épée event at the NCAA Fencing Championships she earned a bronze medal, finishing tied for third overall in the country.
 
Fekete also earned USFCA Second Team honors in women's épée after a season that saw her winning the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association championship in épeé, securing the Salle Santelli Women's Épée Trophy.
 
Graduate Student Ty Flowers was honored by the MET Basketball Writers association when he was named to the All-Met Second team. Flowers was also tabbed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to the First Team All-District for District 15. 2021-22 NABC Division I All-District teams and coaches.
 
He earned first team All-NEC honors, ranks among leaders in virtually every conceivable category, including scoring (19.0, second), made three-pointers (3.0, second), blocks (1.6, fourth), rebounding (7.7, fifth), three-point percentage (.393, sixth), steals (1.4, tenth), free throw percentage (.747, tenth) and assists (3.2, 11th). He is also the first DI player over the last 30 years to accumulate 1,500 points, 750 rebounds, 250 assists, 200 three-pointers, 150 blocks and 150 steals over the course of his collegiate career.
 
LIU also announced award winners from each sport and the winners of the department's other major awards:
 
Co-Female Athlete of the Year: Laura Fekete, So., Women's Fencing
Co-Female Athlete of the Year: Mara Titarsolej, So., Gymnastics

Male Athlete of the Year: Ty Flowers, Graduate Student., Men's Basketball 

Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Demetri Skoumbakis, Jr., Men's Soccer
 
Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kelly Iocca, Sr., Women's Cross Country
 
BASEBALL
Spirit Award: Christopher Wasson
 
BOWLING
MVP: Kellie Frain
Spirit Award: Francesca Rossi
 
CHEER
MVP: Kelly Crowley
Spirit Award: Kami Shea
 
DANCE
MVP: Diana Princi
Spirit Award: Marisa Piscitelli
 
EQUESTRIAN
MVP: Jackie Davis
Spirit Award: Anna Perlow
 
FENCING
MVP: Laura Fekete
Spirit Award: Grace Scura
 
FIELD HOCKEY
Co-MVP: Felicia King & Rachel Vellis
Spirit Award: Maddie Leitner
 
FOOTBALL
Co-MVP: Jonathan DeBique & Tosin Oyekanmi
Co-Spirit Award: Jake Timm & Caleb Nartey
 
ESPORTS
MVP: Marco Castelli
Spirit Award: Zachery Claudio
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MVP: Ty Flowers
Spirit Award: Alex Rivera
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MVP: Emaia O'Brien
Spirit Award: Zoee Hache
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
MVP: Elyas Ayyoub
Spirit Award: Jonathan Gonzalez
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
MVP: Kelly Iocca
Spirit Award: Ainhoa Brea
 
MEN'S GOLF
MVP: Lewis Wright
Spirit Award: Kyle Underwood
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
MVP: Vera Arrébola Granes
Spirit Award: Ashlee Garrett
 
GYMNASTICS
MVP: Mara Titarsolej
Spirit Award: Riley Goldberg
 
MEN'S HOCKEY
MVP: Billy Jerry
Spirit Award: John Gormley
 
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
MVP: Tindra Holm
Spirit Award: Molly Meyers
 
MEN'S LACROSSE
Blue and Gold Award: Brad Beck
Hard Hat Award: Matt Olbeter
 
WOMEN'S LACROSE
MVP: Hailey Duchnowski
Spirit Award: Caroline Person
 
MEN'S SOCCER
MVP: Emil Jaaskelainen
Spirit Award: Nicholas Demers
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
MVP: Hikari Yamada
Spirit Award: Jillian Meaney
 
MEN'S SWIMMING
MVP: Marcell Matyiko
Spirit Award: Porter LeVasseur
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
MVP: Ella Johnson
Spirit Award: Jacqueline Grabowski
 
MEN'S TENNIS
MVP: Alessandro D'Anna
Spirit Award: Ben Brandherm
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
MVP: Valentina Dancenco
Spirit Award: Elinor Storkaas
 
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
MVP: Momodou Sey
Spirit Award: TJ Roberts
 
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Co-MVP: Kelly Iocca & Lexi Smith
 
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
MVP: Momodou Sey
Spirit Award: Jahsira J. Dunbar
 
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
MVP: Kelly Iocca
Spirit Award: Tara Hernandez
 
RUGBY
MVP: Angelina Pollice
Spirit Award: Esme Heater
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
MVP: Luke Chandler
Spirit Award: Giomar Collazo
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
MVP: Anastasia Scott
Spirit Award: Allie Merz
 
WRESTLING
MVP: Nunzio Crowley
Spirit Award: Tim Nagosky
 
WATER POLO
MVP: Elena Camarena
Spirit Award: Kate Fischer