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Maysonet named Male Athlete of the Year

By Riverhead News-Review

ROBERT O'ROURK FILE PHOTO | Miguel Maysonet of Riverhead was named Stony Brook University's Co-Male Athlete of the Year on Wednesday night.
ROBERT O’ROURK FILE PHOTO | Miguel Maysonet of Riverhead was named Stony Brook University’s Co-Male Athlete of the Year in May. Wednesday, he was announced as the Big South Conference Male Athlete of the Year.

As Miguel Maysonet prepares to fight for a spot with the Cleveland Browns in the NFL, he can add one more accolade to his already impressive resume: Big South Conference’s Howard Bagwell Male Athlete of the Year.

Maysonet, a star running back at Stony Brook University, became the first football player to win the award, which was announced Wednesday. Maysonet earned 79 points and eight first-place votes to edge out Coastal Carolina soccer All-American Ashton Bennett.

Maysonet, the 2008 Hansen Award winner from Riverhead, went undrafted in the April NFL draft, but quickly signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. His time in Philadelphia was short-lived, but after the Eagles dropped him, the Browns scooped him up off waivers May 21.

The Browns’ training camp starts next week.

Maysonet was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award as the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

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