Somers Native Honored by SUNY Oneonta Athletics

From SUNY Oneonta:

The SUNY Oneonta athletics department held its 27th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 3 and honored 14 student athletes as major award recipients.

Thomas Bond of Somers, NY was one of the major award winners for the 2015-16 year.

Bond was the recipient of the Outstanding Single Performance Award. Bond's performance came during the regular season against No. 2 and defending national champion Cortland on Apr. 10. Although not figuring into the 3-2 victory in extra innings, he went nine innings and struck out a career high 11 batters.

The Outstanding Single Performance Award goes to someone who has had a performance that is record-setting or game-changing.

A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value. The college has been named to Kiplinger's list of "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" for 10 years running and sits at No. 9 on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs.

The College boasts 21 NCAA Division III varsity sports and competes in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) and the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference (ECWC).