Gellert Breaks Harvard Steals Record

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – Sophomore guard Andrew Gellert broke the Harvard University single-season record for steals by swiping 74 – eight more than Mike Gielen (’89) and Keith Webster (’87) had for the previous record.

Gellert’s 2.7 steals a game led the Ivy League and ranks him 20th in the national. He had at least one steal in every contest and collected multiple steals 21 times, including two games (versus Brown and versus Washington & Lee) in which he grabbed six, one shy of the school record for a single game.

A starter in all 27 games – despite missing the end of the pre-season with a dislocated shoulder – Gellert averaged 6.8 points a game a 4.4 rebounds a game while dishing out 97 assists. He was sixth in the Ivy League in assists per game with 3.6 and added 13 three-point field goals along the way.

Gellert scored in double figures seven times during the year, highlighted by a personal-best 17-point effort in an early-season win over Lehigh University. Gellert’s season-high 10-rebound effort came in a victory at Sacred Heart.

The Crimson finished the 1999-2000 season with a 12-15 overall record, 7-7 in the Ivy League. Harvard joined Penn and Princeton as the only schools to finish in the top half of the Ivy League each of the past five years and the Crimson’s 70 wins over that stretch are a school record.

Harvard will return nine letterwinners, including four starters, to the court for the 2000-2001 season.

A 1998 graduate of Newtown High School, Gellert was a varsity letterwinner in basketball, baseball and foortball. The was the Connecticut Post 1997-98 Basketball Player of the Year and was an All-State and All-SWC first team selection. Gellert is second all-time at Newtown High School, with 1,147 career points.

Also, as a senior at NHS Gellert joined the football team and set a Connecticut state record with 17 interceptions.

IVY LEAGUE

 

        Conf  Total

        W-L  W-L

Pennsylvania  14-0   21-7

Princeton      11-3   19-10

Columbia       7-7     13-14

Harvard      7-7    12-15

Yale    5-9     7-20

Brown 4-10   8-19

Cornell         3-11   10-17

SEASON-ENDING STATISTICS

 

PLAYER     GP    FG    3P     TP     AVG  FTA  FTM  PCT

Dan Clemente          16      109     44      298     18.6    44      36      .818

Damian Long  27      137     72      399     14.8    67      53      .791

Tim Coleman  26      132     11      309     11.9    61      34      .557

Elliott Prasse-Freeman       27      64      16      195     7.2     73      51      .699

Andrew Gellert     27     62     13     184    6.8    85     47     .553

Sam Winter    26      64      6        151     5.8     24      17      .708

Brady Merchant       22      30      13      82      3.7     15      9        .600

Onnie Mayshak        26      36      0        93      3.6     49      21      .429

Bryan Parker  21      12      1        31      1.5     9        6        .667

Ethan Altaratz         14      8        0        17      1.2     2        1        .500

Alex Lowder  19      6        2        21      1.1     9        7        .778

Andrew was third on the team in minutes (859), second on the team in assists (97) and assists per game (3.6), second on the team in offensive rebounds (61) and first on the team in steals (74).

Glaser Plays Important Role For Rochester

 

ROCHESTER, NY – Junior Liz Glaser, who is fourth all-time on the Newtown High School scoring chart with 759 career points, had a solid season with the University of Rochester women’s basketball team.

Rochester struggled on the court, though, finishing 1-14 in the conference and 6-19 overall.

Glaser saw time in 15 games, starting in 12, and scored 64 points along the way for a 5.8 points per game average. She finished with 33 rebounds, four assists and four steals as well.

SEASON-ENDING STATISTICS

 

PLAYER     GP    FG    3P     TP     AVG  FTA  FTM  PCT

Jen LaBuda    25      119     13      302     12.1    76      51      .671

Sarah Sullivan 25      105     18      256     10.2    62      28      .452

Susan Damaske        25      74      8        235     9.4     110     79      .718

Colleen McKeating   25      78      45      234     9.4     41      33      .805

Jill Strebel     25      83      0        205     8.2     54      39      .722

Liz Glaser   15     24     0       64     5.8    22     16     .727

Raenelle Duntin       2        5        0        10      5.0     2        0        .000

Erin Toohill   25      45      11      117     4.7     35      16      .457

Kelly Cusimano        4        5        0        12      3.0     5        2        .400

Jen Seferiadis 25      13      0        37      1.5     16      11      .688

Leticia Manning        24      13      4        36      1.5     19      6        .316

Rachel Billings         6        3        0        7        1.2     2        1        .500

Honora Gioia  22      8        0        22      1.0     13      6        .462

Shana Eigen Now A Two-Sport Star At Johnson & Wales

 

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – Shana Eigen, a 1999 graduate of Newtown High School, recently finished her first season with the Johnson & Wales University women’s basketball team.

A standout with the J&W women’s volleyball team in the fall, Eigen joined the basketball team for the 1999-2000 season and became a valuable sixth man, averaging five points, three rebounds, and two steals a game.

J&W finished 19-8 with a loss in the conference finals, but it was still J&W’s best season in school history. The top seven players on the team will be returning for the 2000-2001 season.

Becky Osborne On All-NCAC Track Team

 

DELAWARE, Ohio – Becky Osborne, a 1998 graduate of Newtown High School, received All-NCAC honors for her performance at the NCAA Division III indoor track championships on March 10 and 11. Osborne was third in the shot put at the championships, which earned her a spot on the All-NCAC team.