May 4, 2012

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As the 2011-12 season begins to wind down, the Fordham University Athletic Department held its 78th annual Block F Awards Dinner at the Villa Barone Manor on May 2nd to honor Fordham University's student-athletes for their accomplishments during the academic year.

Among those honored was Kevin Fitzgerald (New Orleans, La./Jesuit) who was named the 2011-12 Men's Indoor Track & Field MVP.

Fitzgerald, a History major who was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic team for indoor track, earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors by winning the 1000m at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship in a season-best time of 2:26.96 on February 18th at the University of Rhode Island. He also garnered First Team All-A-10 accolades with the winning 4x800 relay that set an Atlantic 10 conference record by winning the race in a time of 7:38.31.

Fitzgerald's accomplishments at the Atlantic 10 Championship helped the Rams to a third place finish, tying for the Rams' best-ever finish at the Championship, with 91.5 points (the team's best total at A-10's).

On the year, Fitzgerald recorded Fordham's fastest 800m (1:51.12), 1000m (2:26.96) and mile (4:05.17) times this winter as he qualified for the IC4A Championships in all three events. At the IC4A Championships in Boston on March 4th, Fitzgerald competed in the mile and with the 4x800 relay, earning All-East honors with second place finishes in both. He turned in a time of 4:05.52 in the mile, behind Connecticut's Joe Clark, who won the race in a time of 4:03.82. In the 4x800 relay, he paced the team to a second place finish in a new school record time of 7:25.29.