In our new weekly poll, we are allowing the the fans, students, campus and the entire Hawks community decide on who should be the #NPHawks Athlete of the Week. Whichever athlete receives the most votes by Friday, March 9 at noon will be our weekly winner and also will be featured on NPC TV, The New Paltz Oracle and our new segment, "60 Seconds With."

This week's nominees include, women's lacrosse's Tara Bovich, men's volleyball's Ryan Cole, and softball's Taylor LaFrance. To read about each of their impressive performances this past week, just scroll down and take a look!

Make sure to cast your votes below! You can vote once per hour, per device. 





Bovich once again led her team offensively in her second collegiate game of her career, racking up six goals on 10 attempts to go along with a team-high two assists in a 15-9 home-opening win for SUNY New Paltz over Hartwick College March 10. Bovich is averaging seven goals per game with a shooting percentage of .944 thus far this season.

Cole recorded a new season-high in kills twice this past week. Against top-ranked Springfield College, Cole tallied 19 kills and then three days later he improved on his personal best yet again, as he racked up 21 kills against Nazareth College in a crucial four-set UVC win. Nine of Cole's 21 kills came in the third set against the Golden Flyers, as he became the focal point of the Hawks offense and helped lead a massive comeback to win the set 25-23, after being down 11-3.

In SUNY New Paltz softball's season-opening weekend in Virginia March 9-10, LaFrance, batting lead-off for the Hawks, led the team batting .538 with five runs scored, five RBIs, while adding four extra-base hits and two stolen bases. The junior shortstop recorded five put-outs, nine assists and just two errors for a fielding percentage of .875 in four games against Alleghany College, Frostburg State University, Hunter College and SUNY Cobleskill.