Dec. 15, 2008

Garden City, N.Y. - Adelphi University seniors Patrick Figueiredo and Kemalie Preston were named NSCAA/Adidas All-North Atlantic Region selections. Figueiredo was a second-team honoree, while Preston received a third-team nod. This is the second career selection for Figueiredo and the first for Preston.

Figueiredo is the 2007 and 2008 Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) Player of the Year as well as the 2008 ASC Offensive Player of the Tournament. He is also a three-time first-team all-conference selection and an NSCAA all-region selection in 2006 in addition to being ranked among the top-15 in the country in two statistical categories. Figueiredo is eighth in the nation in goals per game (0.83) and 14th in points per game (1.72).

He ends his career at Adelphi with 34 goals and a total of 69 points. Figueiredo's 34 career goals is one off of Adelphi's all-time top-10, while he also missed out on the Panthers single season top-10 goals list with 15 goals in 2008.

Preston, a 2008 first-team All-ASC selection, had a career year in 2008. He doubled his total goals to four and he also handed out five assists. Preston's point total of 13 was second on the team and more then doubled his total from a year ago.

The Panthers finished the 2008 season with a mark of 12-6 after capturing the ASC regular season title with a conference record of 4-0 and advanced to the finals of the conference tournament.