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SBU athletes: Seawolves in the pros and on the global stage

SBU athletes: Seawolves in the pros and on the global stage

Kenny Spurrell February 25, 2024

Despite not being regarded as a top NCAA Division I athletics program, Stony Brook University has a famed history of its athletes competing on higher levels of their sports.  This past summer,...

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Graduate Midfielder Gabriel Fernandes in a game against Hoftsra on Aug.30.  JOCELYN CRUZ / THE STATESMAN

Gabriel Fernandes’ growth as a leader for Stony Brook men’s soccer is complete

Mike Anderson November 20, 2021
Student. Athlete. Captain. Graduate midfielder Gabriel Fernandes did it all. He never took a day off, never made an excuse and always made sure he was the best he could possibly be for his teammates.
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Athletics inducts six into Rita and Kurt Eppenstein Hall of Fame

Athletics inducts six into Rita and Kurt Eppenstein Hall of Fame

Andrew Zucker October 6, 2019
Incredible, amazing, legendary, life-changing. Those are all words that can be used to describe the six former Stony Brook University greats who were inducted into the Stony Brook Athletics Rita and Kurt Eppenstein Hall of Fame.
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Mens Soccer alumnus Leo Fernandes finds success with New York Cosmos

Men’s Soccer alumnus Leo Fernandes finds success with New York Cosmos

Skyler Gilbert November 30, 2015
Leo Fernandes, a three-time America East Midfielder of the Year, is the Seawolves’ all-time record-holder with 79 career points as a four-year starter from 2009 to 2012.
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Fernandes set for Long Island return with NASL’s Cosmos

Joe Galotti April 12, 2015
Leo Fernandes used to tear it up on the Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium field in a Seawolves uniform. He's traded that in, but stayed on Long Island, with the New York Cosmos.
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Fernandes was named to the All-America East first team his last three years at SBU. (JESUS PICHARDO / THE STATESMAN)

Former men’s soccer player’s career on the rise

Rolyne Joseph April 28, 2013

​It’s only been a few months since January, when Leonardo Fernandes, a former Stony Brook University Men’s Soccer senior midfielder, was drafted onto the Major League Soccer (MLS) Supplemental...

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