SUNY COBLESKILS YANDEEL VAZQUEZ NAMED NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MENS BASKETBALL ROOKIE-OF-THE-WEEK

The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill first-year men’s basketball team member Yandeel Vazquez, Amsterdam, N.Y., Amsterdam High School, has been named NAC Men’s Basketball Rookie-of-the-Week for the week ending on November 21, 2021. Vazquez becomes the first Fighting Tiger men’s basketball player to earn NAC Basketball Rookie-of-the-Week honors since the program’s move to the conference in 2020. 

In games versus Bryant & Stratton College-Albany and Hunter College the talented swingman averaged 23.0 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game while connecting on 19-of-33 shots from the field, 57.6%, for the week highlighted by a 33-point, seven rebound, seven assist and four steal effort versus Hunter College on Saturday.  

For the season the Amsterdam, N.Y. native is averaging 12.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.0 assist and 1.2 steals per game in five appearances while shooting 46.3% from the field and 66.7% from the free throw line. 

According to Fighting Tiger Head Coach Justin Maxwell the former Amsterdam High School Ram is well on his way to playing a major role in the program’s post-pandemic rebuilding.  

"Yandeel is a very exciting player to watch, he is a big part of our team right now and is going to play a major role in our program’s future."