On Campus: Brookfield Standouts Collecting Awards in College

It hasn't taken long for former All-Star softball pitcher to make her mark as a freshman at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Early in the season she has led the team to a 12-8 record with an 8-2 mark as a starter and has been named the Empire 8 Player of the Week three consecutive weeks.

Her most recent award came after she hit a grand slam, her first home run of the season, while throwing a no-hitter in the same game. Over two games, she batted .600 while striking out 22 batters and allowing one earned run.

Over the past three weeks, Berardi has compiled a .545 batting average, driven in seven runs, stole six bases and drew five walks. On the mound she has posted a 1.45 ERA over 50 innings, striking out 51 batters while only walking eight.  

In her last 43 innings alone, she has been lights out, allowing only one earned run while winning six of seven starts for the Lady Ducks, who have won seven of their last nine overall.

Former Scholar Athlete of the Year at BHS, long-distance runner has continued to excel in the classroom as well as on the track. Willey, a freshman at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, led a group of 22 student-athletes to be named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll from the mens and womens cross country team this past winter.

Willey, along with two other teammates, topped the list with a 4.00 grade point average.

Willey is in the midst of the Outdoor Track & Field season, most recently placing fifth in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase at a nine-way meet hosted by the Leopards, helping the team place first at the event.  As she did in high school, Willey has competed year-round for Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field.

Brookfield basketball's all-time leading scorer completed a successful freshman season for Franklin Pierce University.  Martelle was the fourth-leading scorer, helping the team earn a fourth-straight NCAA Division II berth.  Martelle was also a big factor in helping the team make it all the way to the Northeast-10 league championship game. Overall the Lady Ravens went 24-8 and 18-4 in conference.

Martelle was instant offense coming off the bench, playing 15 minutes a game. She averaged 6.1 points, shooting at a .461 percentage. She was the team's leading three-point shooter, knocking down 41 on the season and was second on the team in free-throw shooting percentage, hitting at a .929 clip.

Martelle scored in double-figures six times on the season, including a career high of 15 in an early season overtime victory.

Former Bobcat swimming and diving team member Adam Duffield was recently named the 2011 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Student-Athlete of the Year.

Duffield, who is now a senior diver for the Minutemen majoring in Industrial Engineering, boasts a 3.602 grade point average. Duffield has been an All-Academic Conference selection three years in a row and is only the second Minuteman to ever be named student-athlete of the year.

While at Brookfield, Duffield was named First Team All-Conference and All-Academic while being a team captain in his senior year. He was the SWC diving champion in 2005-06, setting a conference record with 403.6 points.

Duffield capped off his strong senior season in the pool by capturing second place in the three-meter dive at the A-10 Championship.  Duffield finished in the top three in every meet this year, diving in both the one-meter and the three-meter events.

Duffield is joined at UMass by another former Bobcat diver, Conor Dunn. Dunn, a junior who holds the SWC 11-dive record and was an All-SWC first team and All-Academic team member while at Brookfield, took fourth place in the three-meter dive at the A-10 Championship, helping the team earn its fifth straight title.