March 27, 2006

Garden City, N.Y. -

Dinner Photo Gallery

All-American Wes Green (Adelaide, Australia) will be honored as the Conde Nast Male College Athlete of the Year by the Nassau County Sports Commission. Green will be honored at the 12th Annual Awards Dinner, along with Adelphi women's soccer player Shannon McEntee, who was named the Conde Nast Female College Athlete of The Year. The dinner will take place at 7:00 pm on Monday, May 1, 2006 at the Chateau Briand in Carle Place, New York.

Green, a two-time All-American, earned the USILA Lt. Col. J.I. (Jack) Turnbull Award in 2005 as the nation's top Division II attackman. Green was also an All-NYCAC selection and an ECAC All-Star. He is also currently 17th in Division II in career goals with 116 (fourth on Adelphi's all-time list) and tied for seventh on Adelphi's all-time list in points with 162.

The dinner honors athletes for excellence in sports, academics, and community service, and coaches for exceptional commitment to athletes, sportsmanship, and community. Other honorees at the 12th annual Awards Dinner will include Nassau County Hall of Fame inductees, Marv Albert (sports broadcaster), Shep Messing (soccer player) and George "Pete" Bostwick (Steeplechase Rider). UCLA tight end, Marcedes Lewis will also be honored along with Olympic Figure Skater, Emily Hughes, the Boston Celtics Wally Szczerbiak, Al Trautwig of MSG and NBC and former Hofstra football coach Joe Gardi. Adelphi University Dean for the School of Education, Ron Feingold will also be honored with the Nassau County Sports Commission Lifetime Achievement Award.

Adelphi has been awarded three of the last four Female College Athlete of The Year awards and three of the last five Male College Athlete of The Year awards.

Tickets and corporate sponsorship packages for the Awards Dinner are available. The Nassau County Sports Commission is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that has brought sporting events and programs to Nassau County for over 12 years. The Sports Commission is dedicated to making Nassau County, "America's First Playground - America's Best Playground" through sports. If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Revello via telephone, 516-365-9625 or via email, bryan@nassausports.org.