Official ASUN Conference Release

LAKEPOINT, GA--NJIT's Karen David and Kelly Guarino have been selected to the Fall and Winter ASUN Conference Winners for Life Teams the league office announced.

Two student-athletes from each of the eight institutions in the conference were honored for their display of excellence on and off the playing surface.

The Winners for Life team honors a campus citizen that is respected as one who shares and/or demonstrates the ASUN Core Values: Education, Honesty, Student-Athlete Experience, Fairness, Health, Ambition, Respect, Diversity, Inclusion, Leadership, Responsibility, Sportsmanship. To be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the current academic year in an ASUN sponsored sport and be in good academic standing at his/her university.

Women's Soccer Karen David was selected to the 2017 Fall Winners for Life Team. 

David, the starting goalie for NJIT, has been the program's representative on NJIT's SAAC the past two seasons.

She has been a Student Operations Assistant in the athletic department since 2014 and also works as a Student Ambassador, providing campus tours for Admissions.

David is actively involved in volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, Newark Boys & Girls Club and Soles for Souls.

On the pitch, David was a team captain in 2016 and 2017 and finished her career with a .836 save percentage and 209 career saves.

Women's Basketball Kelly Guarino was selected to the 2017-18 Winter Winners for Life Team. 

Guarino continues to defy the odds in her Highlander career as the senior has battled back from knee injuries.

The senior was named to the 2017-18 ASUN All-Academic Team as a business major with concentration in marketing and minor in communications while earning Dean's List seven-out-of-eight semesters at NJIT.

Guarino serves on the SAAC Committee and has volunteered for Special Olympics, St. John Soup Kitchen and Hope & Future Community Center.

On the court, Guarino ended the season as the team leader in points at 12.5ppg, leading the Highlanders in the last four contests and tying her career-best mark at North Florida on February 17 with a 24-point performance.

Her 61 three-point field goals made, tops the Highlanders and ranks first in the ASUN in three-pointers made per game (2.9) and second in three-point field goal percentage (39.1).

She scored in double-figures in the last 11-out-of-12 games and netted 18 three-pointers in the last four games.  Her 180 career three-pointers rank second all-time in the NJIT D1 era and her 35.6 shooting percentage from behind the arc ranks first.