By Emmanuel Berbari
Raut Earns A-10 Rookie of the Week Freshman Ivan Raut had himself an impressive seven days for men’s basketball, dominating en route to his second Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week award this season. The Kotor, Montenegro native followed up a 16-point performance against George Mason with a career game at Duquesne. Raut scored a season-high 25 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, in Fordham’s astounding 80-57 trouncing of the Dukes. Overall, he shot 58.3 percent from the field and 47.1 from three-point range. Certainly award-worthy numbers out of the 6-foot-7 standout.
Football Adds Three Assistant Coaches
First-year Head Coach Joe Conlin is beginning to finalize Fordham’s new-look coaching staff. This past week, he announced Paul Rice as the defensive coordinator, Vincent Natali as the offensive line coach and Scott Vallone as the defensive line coach. The first inclusion is a carry-over from Conlin’s time at Yale, where Rice served as an assistant coach for the past five years. Natali moves to Rose Hill from the University of New Mexico, where he spearheaded recruiting efforts for the past two seasons. Vallone will take a more specific role after holding the title of defensive coordinator at St. Lawrence University since the start of 2016.
Football Adds Four to Recruiting Class
Head Coach Joe Conlin announced that the team has signed four additional athletes for the 2018 season, joining the 11 other players who finalized their letters of intent two months ago. The new additions include Tri-marea Charles (Cocoa), Natani Drati (Santa Barbara), Ryan Greenhagen (Pope John XXIII) and Anthony Tony-Itoyah (Denton). The recruiting class for this upcoming campaign now includes seven offensive and eight defensive players.
Baseball Ranked Eighth by A-10 Coaches
The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its preseason coaches poll for this upcoming season on Thursday, and Fordham found itself in the middle of the pack. Saint Louis was packed as the favorite, garnering 157 points and six first-place votes. Fordham finished eighth out of 13 teams.
