Trevor Bollinger Awarded SUNYAC's Dr. Sam Molnar Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Geneseo's Trevor Bollinger is the recipient of the 2024 SUNYAC Dr. Sam Molnar award. This award is nominated and voted on by the member institutions and is presented annually to a senior athlete with the best combination of academic and athletic ability with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.30.
Bollinger, the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year and USILA Honorable Mention All-American, led a stout defensive unit for the Knights all season long, holding opponents to less than 10 goals per game. The Ithaca, N.Y. native led the team in caused turnovers with 30, and posted 50 ground balls. Bollinger helped lead Geneseo to back-to-back conference titles with a 20-10 win over Potsdam in the SUNYAC championship game, and was named to the All-Tournament team for his efforts.
Last season, Bollinger was named a USILA honorable mention All-American as well as first-team All-SUNYAC and IMLCA second-team All-Region in addition to being an Academic All-American and SUNY Scholar Athlete of the Year. He has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his academic career. Bollinger majored in chemistry and sociology at Geneseo.
This award is named after the late Dr. Sam Molnar, who was the Director of Athletics at Potsdam for over thirty years. He also coached various sports during this period. He served as SUNYAC President during the 1962-63 and 1963-64 years. Click here to see past winners.
