MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The Morrisville State athletics department has announced its weekly award winners, naming western rider Elyse Scott (Averill Park, N.Y.) and men’s basketball Kevin Dennis (Bronx, N.Y.) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending Dec. 2.
Scott collected two class wins Saturday in the Mustangs show sweep of Cobleskill and Colgate. In the morning show, she was the designated rider for class 13, novice western horsemanship, where she not only topped the field of five total riders, but earned points towards the team win. In that same competition she completed her points needed to qualify for the Regional Championship show as a novice rider.
Having pointed up to the advanced class after the morning win, Scott, in her first time showing in class 14 - advanced western horsemanship, earned the blue ribbon among a field of five additional veteran riders for her second of the day.