Lancaster, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the league's Man of the Year on Thursday afternoon, naming Marymount University’s Sebastian Radovic the recipient of the award. 

The Man of the Year award is presented to one male student-athlete who combined superior academic and athletic achievement during their career thus far. The successful candidate(s) must have competed in an Atlantic East-sponsored championship sport from a full-member institution. For full award criteria, see here.

Radovic, was a four year Marymount men’s lacrosse team member. The team competed in the Atlantic East Championship in 2022 and 2023 finishing as the conference runner-up both seasons. On the field he played in 53 games and scored 26 goals. He added 17 assists, 50 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers as well. His field presence was known with three game winning goals throughout his career.

The senior also was a leader off the field for the Saints. He served as the lead in service projects on campus. Radovic coordinated for the Garden of Hope, aa campus led initiative that tends the garden on campus which donates food to the Arlington County Food Bank. He also worked at local hospitals donating a great deal of his time to the community he became part of.

Radovic had a strong academic career at Marymount as well graduating with a 3.961 GPA, while majoring in Biology. During the 2022 season Radovic was named the Men’s Lacrosse Elite 20 Award recipient. This is presented to the athlete at the final championship venue that maintains the highest cumulative GPA. More on the award can be found here Elite 20 Award.


Sebastian’s Reflection On Time At Marymount: 
 
I am grateful for this honor, recognition and nomination. Throughout my life, my experiences as a scholar, student athlete, and leader have inspired me and enabled me to have a positive impact on this World. As the coordinator of our campus garden, I grew and harvested vegetables for students to take home. As an athlete this was a little out of my comfort zone, but taught me the importance of service. I began enjoying the feeling of giving back to my community just as much as I enjoyed playing with my teammates. My passion for service grew throughout my college career, leading me to spend a total of 500 hours in the garden, volunteering at a local hospital, and packaging food for the less fortunate, etc. Although these service projects are designed to help others, they helped me too. They taught me the importance of actions and the importance of compassion, dedication and selflessness. Ironically, these were also among the skills I needed to grow as an athlete. I have been involved in sports forever and it has always been something that gave me structure. It wasn’t until my college athletic career that I realized the compassion it takes to be part of a brotherhood, the dedication it takes to keep your body and mind in shape, and the selflessness it takes to be part of a team.

In college, I was able to be a part of the first two lacrosse teams to compete in the conference championship in program history, being a senior captain for one. I have also been awarded the opportunity to compete with a US national team in back to back years. Although these honors and achievements are humbling, I know I worked hard to achieve them and that is the most rewarding part of all. But I haven’t only had to work hard on the field. As a health sciences student I spent countless hours this past year in the lab conducting a research project on muscular dystrophy. I studied specialized proteins and measured how much was present in healthy muscles, dystrophic muscles and dystrophic muscles treated with the drug verteporfin. I also studied the arts, humanities, and philosophy. This taught me the importance of focus, curiosity and drive.

I am so honored to be nominated for this recognition but realize that recognitions and honors like this one are not earned by luck or chance. I learned an endless amount of life lessons through my service work, athletics and education, the biggest one being hard work. Working hard at the things I love has shaped me into the person I am today and I’m so grateful to the teachers and coaches who made me want to work hard. Knowing the type of man I want to be in all arenas of life gives me confidence that I will be successful no matter what I do. This is not something that is won but rather earned and I couldn’t have earned it without Marymount.

Information provide by Marymount Athletic Department. 
 

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The Atlantic East Conference is a member of NCAA Division III comprising seven institutions in a three-state area - Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marywood and Neumann Universities in Pennsylvania; Centenary University in New Jersey, and Marymount University in Virginia. 

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