Sachem Alum Yovino Awarded Post Grad Scholarship

Sachem East alum and Holtsville native Tiffany Yovino has been awarded a 2010-11 NCAA postgraduate scholarship, becoming the first Hofstra student athlete to receive the honor.

The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. 

Yovino finished her four-year career with the Pride this fall by earning third-team All-America honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). She became the third All-American in the history of the Hofstra Women's Soccer program, joining Weber (2005, 2007) and Brooke DeRosa (2007), who were also third-team selections.

This past fall, Yovino scored 12 goals and added two assists to help Hofstra to a 19-3 final record and a spot in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 19 wins set a new school record, breaking the mark that Yovino helped set as a freshman in 2007, when the Pride finished 18-4.

Hofstra also won 18 straight games this season, shattering the old school record of 10 straight set by the 2005 team and tying for the third-longest single-season winning streak in Hofstra history in any sport.

Yovino was also named the 2010 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, making her the first conference player of the year in program history. She helped the Pride to a perfect 11-0 league record, as Hofstra became the first team to go undefeated and untied in CAA play since William & Mary was 8-0 in 1998. Yovino scored at least one goal in each of the last eight regular season games, including two-goal performances in a 3-2 win over William & Mary and a 2-1 overtime win over Northeastern.

In her four years with the Pride, Yovino started in all 83 games in the midfield and was a part of more wins than any other player in school history (58). Her career record with the Pride was an impressive 58-21-4, and she had a key role in the two winningest seasons in school history, as well as both of the program’s NCAA Tournament wins.

In December, Hofstra announced that it will retire Yovino’s jersey number (18) at a ceremony next fall.

Yovino carries a 3.69 GPA as a dual major in history and early childhood education, and was named a first-team ESPN CoSIDA Academic All-American this fall. Only six other student-athletes in Hofstra athletics history (in any sport) have achieved first-team Academic All-America distinction.

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports.