Brooklyn College Athletics

Brooklyn, NY --- Three Brooklyn College student-athletes have been honored for their excellence in competition, in the classroom and in the community, as junior Arvind Badhey (Syosset, NY / Syosset), senior Priscilla Ramirez (Brooklyn, NY / Franklin D. Roosevelt) and sophomore Iris Clopton-Robinson (Monticello, NY / Monticello) were all named 2010 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars. 

Badhey, a member of the Men’s Cross Country team, posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the Fall 2009 semester and maintains an overall GPA of 3.94 as a Biology and Philosophy double major. He is also a member of the Honors Academy Scholars Program, while also being in Brooklyn College’s prestigious BA-MD combined medical degree program. Badhey was named a City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month for the month of September 2009. He finished in 14th place with a time of 33:38.74 at the Queensborough Community College Invitational, helping to lead Brooklyn to a first place finish.

Ramirez, a member of the Women’s Basketball team, has a 3.5 GPA as a graduate student in the Sports Management department. She completed her undergraduate work in Physical Education last spring, with a 3.37 GPA. This past season, while starting in 25 of 28 games played, Ramirez averaged 14.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, playing in a team-best 28.5 minutes per game. She also dished out 3.2 assists per game, while recording 2.5 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, en route to being named a CUNYAC First-Team All-Star. Ramirez played a vital role in helping to lead the team to its first ever CUNYAC South Division Championship and a berth in the ECAC Division III Metro Tournament, where the team fell in the semifinals. She was also honored as the CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete of the Month for the month of January 2010. 

Clopton-Robinson, a member of the Women’s Volleyball team, holds a 3.3 cumulative GPA as an Excerise Science major. This past season, she appeared in 21 games, while totaling 28 kills, 17 service aces and 70 digs.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination. To be included, students have to compete in an intercollegiate sport, maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 and be active on their campuses or in their communities.