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Great Dane Awards
The University at Albany's Department of Athletics hosts the Great
Dane Awards every May as a celebration of the current academic year's
athletic achievements. The most valuable players on each of the 19
intercollegiate teams for men and women are recognized, along with
members of the UAlbany Athletic Director's and Athletic Academic
Honor Rolls and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Featured
award presentations include the Presidential Scholar-Athlete Awards
and ECAC Merit Medal recipients.
Baseball's Chris Ott, lacrosse's Renee Levitin and field hockey's
Vanessa Walter received the 2008-09 Presidential Scholar-Athlete
Awards as the senior male and female athletes with the highest cumulative
grade point average. Soccer's Steward Ceus and field hockey's
Ashley Ross were given ECAC Merit Medals which are awarded to the
school's top senior male and female student-athletes who have shown
classroom excellence and as competitive athletes.
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UAlbany's 2009 senior class was recognized prior to the
eighth annual Great Dane Awards, an annual celebration of
the current academic year's athletic achievements.
The National Football League's New York Giants made the University at Albany
their summer training camp home in March 1996. UAlbany has played host to the
second longest stint of any Giants' training camp. New York Giants training camp,
which is averaging more than 32,000 fans per year, begins in July and continues for
a four-week period. The camp attendance record of 45,040 was established in 2004.
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