November 08, 2024
Sports

Kariya, Rybalko receive UMaine’s Smith Award

Martin Kariya and Viktoriya Rybalko have been honored as the recipients of the Dean Smith Award, which honors the top male and female student-athletes who exhibit exemplary academic achievement combined with athletic achievement, leadership and character.

Kariya, a senior hockey player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, won the award for the second straight year. The mathematics major holds a 3.78 grade point average and leads the Black Bears with 13 goals and 33 assists for 46 points.

Rybalko, a senior track and field performer from Zaporzhye, Ukraine, boasts a 3.65 GPA in microbiology. She was the Most Outstanding Performer last weekend at the America East indoor championships for the second straight year, winning the long and triple jumps.


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