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Kimberly Watson (Pointe-Claire, Quebec / John Rennie) of the Wagner women's water polo team and senior
Anton Frondelius (Munkedal, Sweden / The Gunnery) of the Seahawk men's golf team have been named the Walsh Electric Student-Athletes of the month for April.
Junior utility
Kimberly Watson collected several awards throughout the month of April, arguably the best month of her collegiate career. After starting every contest for the Green & White, Watson led the women's water polo team to a perfect 14-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) mark to win the league's regular season title. Her 102 goals, 33 assists, and 95 sprints won on the season led her to be named Co-Offensive Player of the Year and earned her a spot on the All-MAAC First Team. Her 95 sprints won broke her own single-season record from 2016 as she also climbed into the top ten all-time scoring (184), assists (105), and steals (153) list in program history. As the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Championship, Watson led the Seahawks to their fourth consecutive conference championship, defeating Marist 11-7 on April 30. The utility player was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player with ten goals, six sprints won, four steals, and two assists as Wagner became the first program in MAAC history to win four-straight titles. In addition to her accolades in the pool, Watson was one of eleven Seahawks named to the MAAC All-Academic team.
In April,
Anton Frondelius turned in the greatest month that any Wagner men's golfer has ever had in program history. He began April with a first-place finish at the 36-hole Lehigh Invitational (4/2-4/3), besting a talented and deep 108-person field after shooting 70-73-143 (one-under par), which got him in a three-way playoff. He then fended off Villanova's Lucas Trim and Eric Dietrich of nationally-ranked UConn on the second hole of a playoff. For his efforts, Frondelius was named NEC Men's Golfer of the Week (4/5). The long-hitting Swede capped the month by capturing the 54-hole 2017 NEC Men's Golf Championship (4/28-4/30), with scores of 71-74-70-215 (one-under par), to win by two strokes. In doing so, Frondelius became the first Seahawk men's golfer to claim the NEC individual championship, an effort that punched his ticket to the 2017 NCAA Men's Golf Championship. In between his stellar twin championships, Frondelius finished in a tie for second place at the Rhode Island Invitational (4/17-4/18) and in a tie for eighth at the Navy Spring Classic (4/22-4/23).
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