Kailah Al-Darraji and Kory Grahl named Western New England College Athletes-of-the-Week
2/24/2010 10:18:06 AM
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Senior women’s basketball co-captain Kailah Al-Darraji (Dover, NH) and sophomore men’s hockey standout Kory Grahl (San Diego, CA) were honored Wednesday (Feb. 24) as the Western New England College Female and Male Athletes-of-the-Week.
Al-Darraji, a guard, was named The Commonwealth Coast Coast Conference (TCCC) Senior Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year after compiling a 3.83 cumulative grade-point-average in Marketing. She also was an All-TCCC First Team selection. Al-Darraji was second on the team in scoring (13.5 avg.) and first in both three-pointers (53) and steals (41).
Grahl, a forward, leads the Golden Bears in both goals (10) and assists (15) for 25 points heading into the ECAC Northeast playoffs. He had a season high six points after notching two goals with four assists in a 12-6 win over Assumption. A Biology major, Grahl also had an assist on the winning goal in a 6-5 overtime victory at Salve Regina.