Taluyenko Receives Honor
As was announced on Tuesday afternoon, Fordham Women’s Tennis junior Arina Taluyenko was named the Atlantic 10 Women’s Player of the Week for the tennis week that concluded on Monday, Feb. 3. Taluyenko, a native of Almaty, Kazhakstan, is no stranger to honors such as this one and an assortment of others. This is her first weekly award of 2020 and the second of this kind in her three years at Fordham. Taluyenko and her teammates took part in just one match over the course of this week, a weekend affair with Quinnipiac. At first singles, Taluyenko beat Kamilla Nella 6-2, 6-3 and then joined Weronika Pociej to win in second doubles by a score of 6-2.

Women’s Hoops Has Kids Day
The Fordham Women’s Basketball team will be having its Wednesday matchup at home against Rhode Island as a sort of matinee. The game will begin at 11 a.m., as the program will be having its annual Kids Day festivities presented by United Healthcare. The Rams have been quite active in the community lately. During their Saturday home victory over La Salle, the squad participated in its annual Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer, where the players wear yellow shoelaces to raise awareness and money for the research of pediatric cancer. They also did Play4Kay, where fans can pledge money for every free throw that their team makes in February.

Football Has New WR Coach
A former assistant football coach at Yale University, Art Asselta, has been announced as the newest hire by Fordham Football. He was named an assistant coach for the program on Tuesday. He will take charge of the team’s wide receivers. “We’re excited that Art has decided to join the Fordham staff,” said Fordham head coach Joe Conlin. He was the one to officially announce the hire of Asselta and actually worked with Asselta at Yale. “Having worked with him at Yale, I’m confident that his coaching experience will greatly benefit our wide receivers as we prepare for the 2020 season.” Asselta served six years at Yale, five of them in the recruting department.

Former Ram Joins Staff
On Tuesday, Fordham University made the announcement that Liam Cadmen would be the athletic department’s newest assistant equipment manager. Cadmen, who graduated from Fordham in 2018 with a degree in history, was a member of the football team all four of his undergrad years.In his final season, he was a student assistant equipment manager, working in management and inventory of equipment on behalf of all of Fordham’s athletic programs. In his new position, Cadmen will work alongside the assistant director of athletics for equipment operation and purchasing, Jean-Michel Royall.