Honors & Awards
Empire 8 Co-Male Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year (2022-23)
Empire 8 President's List (2022-23)
CSC At-Large Academic All-District (2023)
Booster Club Player of the Year (2023)
EC Male Outstanding Career Achievement Award (2023)
UVC Honorable Mention All-Conference (2023)
FrogJump Team of the Week (2/21/23)
Empire 8 Player of the Week (4/10/23)
Empire 8 First Team All-Conference (2023)
UVC Second Team All-Conference (2022)
UVC All-Academic (2022)
Empire 8 First Team All-Conference (2022)
EC Male Athlete of the Year (2022)
Booster Club Player of the Year (2022)
2023 Season
Appeared in 22 matches for the Soaring Eagles, earning his second First-Team All-Conference selection from the Empire 8 after garnering first-team honors during the 2022 campaign… led Elmira with a .333 hitting percentage during the season, which ranked 38th in NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball….ranked second on the team in kills (234), third in digs (99), third in blocks (21), and third in service aces (20)...earned a spot on the FrogJump Team of the Week (Feb. 21) after finishing the week with 26 kills (2.75 K/S) and a .319 hitting percentage with ten digs in two matches…recorded double-digit kills on 13 occasions, including a season-best 19 (.533 hitting percentage) against Widener (Feb. 3)...finished his career earning he EC Male Outstanding Career Achievement Award, UVC Honorable Mention, the VanGorden Award for men’s volleyball, and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors.
2022 Season
Appeared in 30 matches for the Soaring Eagles, earning UVC Second Team All-Conference honors and UVC All-Academic during the season, while also earning First Team All-Conference honors for the Empire 8…set the program record after recording a .905 hitting percentage against Hilbert (Feb. 12), notching 19 kills on 21 attempts…ranked second on the Soaring Eagles in kills (264), digs (115), assists (277), and third in blocks (54.0)...hit an astonishing .352 during the season, while recording 236 set assists over a 12 match stretch (19.7 A/M) to finish the season, including a 20 kill,, 41 assist match against D’Youville (Mar. 19)...was selected as the Elmira College Male Athlete of the Year, while also earning Booster Club Player of the Year honors.
2021 Season
Appeared in 17 matches during the COVID-19 shortened season, finishing the year with 1.91 kills per set (107 total kills)...in his collegiate debut against Daemen (Feb. 26), recorded seven kills and a pair of block assists…notched a season-best 16 kills in the season finale against D’Youville, where he hit .375% on 32 attempts…reached double-digit kills on four attempts during the season.
Before Elmira
Transferred to Elmira from Universidad Nacional Evangelica in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...Attended Colegio Experimental Fernando Arturo de Meriño (CEFAM) in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic...Played for the Dominican Republic National Team at the 2019 NORCECA Continental Championship.
Personal
Oscar is a Human Services major.
