Kelly Barkevich named America East Woman of the Year Finalist
BOSTON, MA » University at Albany senior and Shenendehowa graduate Kelly Barkevich has been named one of three finalists for the America East Woman of the Year Award, the conference announced Wednesday. The America East also released the full list of nominees for the award and its men’s counterpart.
Barkevich, an infielder on the softball team from Clifton Park, N.Y., has the chance to become UAlbany’s second straight Woman of the Year award winner, following track & field’s Tara Belinsky a year ago. Barkevich would be the fourth Woman of the Year in UAlbany’s history.
In her shortened 2020 season, appeared in all 11 games for UAlbany, making 10 starts. She hit .290 with two doubles, two home runs, and seven RBIs, while slugging .548. Defensively, Barkevich recorded 39 putouts.
For her career, Barkevich appeared in 122 games and made 99 starts. She hit .262 with 10 doubles, 17 home runs, and 67 RBIs with 22 walks and four stolen bases. She led the Great Danes with nine home runs during the 2018 season while also leading the team in turning seven double plays.
Academically, Barkevich earned a 3.95 undergraduate GPA in Business Administration. As a graduate student, Barkevich has pulled down a 4.00 GPA studying Special Education and Literacy. The 2019 and 2020 America East All-Academic selection has been named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll three
TORONTO (AP) » The Canadian government is open to Major League Baseball playing in Toronto this summer, but the league has not submitted the required plan to health authorities, Canadian officials said.
A senior federal government official said if MLBsubmitted an acceptable restart plan to the government, an exemption letter similar to the one provided to the National Hockey League could be provided.
But the official said the government had not received a proposal fromMLB. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Major League Baseball announced Tuesday night it will have a 60-game regular season that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks. Each teamwill play 10 games against each of its four division rivals and four games vs. each of the five clubs in the corresponding division in the other league, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.
But there was no announcement of the schedule.
Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, said he has read an MLB proposal but it “doesn’t mention anything about travel to Canada at this time.”
“If there is some interest in that we would have to get a proposal from them, to see how they would undertake the uniqueness of bringing the team and other teams up here to play and how that would work,” Williams said.
Anyone entering Canada for non- essential reasons must quarantine for 14 days, and the U.S.-Canada border remains closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21.
There has been talk the Blue Jays could play at their training facility in Dunedin, Florida, but the facility was shuttered after one player showed symptoms of possible coronavirus, and the virus upended plans of many clubs to resume training at their Florida facilities due to a rise in cases in the state. Most teams intend to work out in their regular-season ballparks, but where Toronto is going to play remains uncertain.
“The regular-season locale is still a work in progress. That’s all we can say at this time,” Blue Jays spokesman Richard Griffin said.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, said the federal government has talked to MLB, but any plan to play in Toronto is predicated on a mitigation plan that ensures the safety of Canadians.
“The players have to come together and pose no risk to themselves or the surrounding population,” Tam said. “Everything has to be reviewed. There is strict testing and screening and quarantine requirements. Routine testing is part of the mitigation plan. All that has to be evaluated in real time as well and the local health authorities have to be comfortable.”