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Roy, Furney latest to sign pro deals
Capistran named a Rowing All-American After helping Rhode Island earn its first bid to the NCAA Rowing Championship, sophomore Kate Capistran was one of 42 rowers nationally to earn a spot on the 2013 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Pocock All-American squad. Capistran—who rowed in the second seat on Rhode Island’s Varsity 8+ boat—earned Second-Team All-American honors and was one of 13 rowers named to the CRCA Division I New England All-Region First Team. Her teammates—junior Chelsea Paulin and sophomore Hannah Milam—were named to the 2013 Atlantic 10 Rowing All-Academic Team. Paulin (Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey) was the cox for the Second Varsity 8 that helped Rhode Island win its second straight A-10 title this spring. She is a wildlife and conservation Kate Capistran biology major with a cumulative 3.85 grade-point average. Milam (Woolwich, Maine) rowed the bow seat for the 2013 A-10 champion Varsity 4+ boat. The victory by the Varsity 4+ boat clinched the 2013 A-10 team title for Rhode Island, as well as a spot in the NCAA Championship.
Chernykh garners All-Atlantic 10 honor Rhode Island freshman Galina Chernykh (Tomsk, Russia) earned an Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis All-Conference First Team selection. The Rams have now had at least one All-Conference pick in each of the last seven seasons. Chernykh becomes the first freshman in the history of the Rhody tennis program to earn first team all-conference honors, and just the second ever Ram to land a spot on the A-10 First Team (Lara Maurer ’07 was the first). The honor follows an outstanding freshman season where she posted a 15-4 dual match record at No. 1 singles and went 18-6 overall. Galina Chernykh
10 QUADANGLES FALL 2013
Rhode Island junior outfielder Jeff Roy was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, and senior pitcher Sean Furney signed a free agent contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Sean Furney Roy, a Cranston, Rhode Island native, was the 539th overall pick, becoming URI’s 12th baseball player drafted since 2003. A 2013 Preseason All-American, Roy was a perfect 30-30 in stolen base attempts this season, making him the only NCAA Division I player to attempt 30-plus steals without being thrown out. Roy was assigned to the Class A Short Season Jamestown Jammers, where he was batting .314 with 20 runs scored and 16 stolen bases through his first 34 professional games. Furney, who earned Second Team All-Northeast Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association, signed a free agent contract with Arizona following the draft. The Warwick, Rhode Island native was Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and earned National Pitcher of the Week honors in early April when he combined to post a 0.75 ERA and a .167 opposing average (7H/1R) over 12.0 innings pitched at No. 9 Florida State and No. 8 Ole Miss. Furney was assigned to Arizona’s team in the Rookie Arizona League, where he is working as a relief pitcher. He is the second Ram to sign with the D’backs in recent years, as Arizona selected right hander Eric Smith in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft. Smith is currently pitching for the Mobile BayBears, a AA team. Jeff Roy