Feb. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson
The Cardinals are flying high. For the first time in nearly 10 years, York College athletes swept City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Men’s Volleyball weekly honors of matches played Jan. 27-Feb. 2.
Two outstanding athletes, senior David Heyliger Jr. and freshman Sebastian Gomez, earned the title Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively. Gomez, a Queens native from Flushing and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School alumni, is York’s first CUNYAC Rookie of the Week honoree since 2020, when Heyliger Jr. earned the distinction twice.
This announcement marks the first time since 2016 that York College has earned two weekly awards, with Randy Adams earning Player of the Week and Jonathan Liao earning Rookie of the Week during the March 13-21, 2016 reporting period.