May 3, 2007

Bronx, N.Y. - The 73rd annual Block F Awards dinner was held last night at the Villa Barone Manor, honoring Fordham University's student-athletes for their accomplishments in the 2006-07 academic year.

Among those honored were Doina Sandor (Bucharest, Romania/Colegiul National Tudor Vianu), who received the Kieran Award, and Dominique Liguori (Hartsdale, N.Y./The Ursuline School), who was named Most Valuable Player of the women's tennis team.

Sandor, a senior on the women's tennis team, is an International Political Economy major with a minor in Business Administration, holding the highest GPA of any senior student-athlete in Fordham College.  An Academic All-Conference selection the past two seasons, she held down the #3 singles position this season, posting five singles wins.

Liguori, a sophomore who earned her second straight women's tennis MVP award had another impressive season at Fordham, going 12-1 at first singles, while teaming with Ellenoira Featherson at first doubles for 10-2 mark.

She received First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors this year and she also competed at the USTA Women's Open Singles Tournament held at the USTA National Tennis Center for the fourth time and, for the third time, she won a national silver ball, finishing as the national runner-up. This year, Liguori received the silver ball after finishing as runner-up to Maryland's Eleanor Peters, in the finals.

The Rams finished the year with a 6-8 record and a tenth place finish at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championship.