Cooney, Billadeau Share Orange Scholar-Athlete Honors
12/2/2013 3:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Ice Hockey
SYRACUSE, N.Y - Recent conference players of the week, redshirt sophomore Trevor Cooney (Wilmington, Del.) of the men's basketball team and women's ice hockey goalie Kallie Billadeau (Minnetonka, Minn.) are the Syracuse Orange Scholar-Athletes of the Week for Dec. 2, 2013.
Cooney was the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Week following a career-high 27 point performance in the season opener against Cornell on Nov. 8. He has reached double-figure scoring in six of the Orange's seven contests and is second on the team with 14.3 points per game. The sharpshooter is 21-of-46 (45.6%) from long range this season, placing him third in the ACC in three-pointers made and fifth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage. His 2.4 steals per outing is also good for fourth in the league. His best game at last week's Maui Invitational came against California with 23 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Cooney is majoring in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Billadeau is a two-time College Hockey America Goaltender of the Week this season, last receiving the honor on Oct. 28 after earning the win in net against then-ranked No. 4/3 Boston College. She allowed just one goal and made a season-high 43 saves in her second win over a top-10 team this season. The first one also earned her CHA Goaltender of the week after limiting previously-ranked No. 10 Northeastern to one goal on 28 shots on goal. Billadeau has played in 11 of SU's 15 contests and owns a .934 save percentage, which is the best mark in the CHA and ranks eighth among all Division I goalies. Additionally, her 2.08 goals against average is 16th nationally. At Penn State on Nov. 9, Billadeau became the only Syracuse goalie to surpass 2,000 career saves.
The senior net minder was selected to the CHA All-Academic Team for the third time in her career earlier this year and is a six-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll. Billadeau is pursuing a degree in Television-Radio-Film in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Cooney and the No. 4/5 men's basketball squad (7-0) host rv/23 Indiana on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:15 p.m. in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The team closes out the week with Binghamton on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online, in person at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B), or by calling 1-888-DOMETIX.
Billadeau and the Orange ice hockey team (7-6-2, 2-2-2 CHA) will play Cornell on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the second of three games this year at the War Memorial. SU will then welcome Lindenwood for a two-game series on Dec. 6 and 7 back at Tennity Ice Pavilion.
Cooney was the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Week following a career-high 27 point performance in the season opener against Cornell on Nov. 8. He has reached double-figure scoring in six of the Orange's seven contests and is second on the team with 14.3 points per game. The sharpshooter is 21-of-46 (45.6%) from long range this season, placing him third in the ACC in three-pointers made and fifth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage. His 2.4 steals per outing is also good for fourth in the league. His best game at last week's Maui Invitational came against California with 23 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Cooney is majoring in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Billadeau is a two-time College Hockey America Goaltender of the Week this season, last receiving the honor on Oct. 28 after earning the win in net against then-ranked No. 4/3 Boston College. She allowed just one goal and made a season-high 43 saves in her second win over a top-10 team this season. The first one also earned her CHA Goaltender of the week after limiting previously-ranked No. 10 Northeastern to one goal on 28 shots on goal. Billadeau has played in 11 of SU's 15 contests and owns a .934 save percentage, which is the best mark in the CHA and ranks eighth among all Division I goalies. Additionally, her 2.08 goals against average is 16th nationally. At Penn State on Nov. 9, Billadeau became the only Syracuse goalie to surpass 2,000 career saves.
The senior net minder was selected to the CHA All-Academic Team for the third time in her career earlier this year and is a six-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll. Billadeau is pursuing a degree in Television-Radio-Film in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Cooney and the No. 4/5 men's basketball squad (7-0) host rv/23 Indiana on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:15 p.m. in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The team closes out the week with Binghamton on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online, in person at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B), or by calling 1-888-DOMETIX.
Billadeau and the Orange ice hockey team (7-6-2, 2-2-2 CHA) will play Cornell on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the second of three games this year at the War Memorial. SU will then welcome Lindenwood for a two-game series on Dec. 6 and 7 back at Tennity Ice Pavilion.
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