LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Graduate Women's Track & Field athlete Teagan Schein-Becker (Trappe, PA/Perkiomen Valley) and senior Men's Basketball guard Dwight Murray, Jr. (Austell, GA/Pebblebrook [Incarnate Word]) have been selected McGriff Insurance Services Rider Athletes of the Month for March.

Schein-Becker became ECAC Indoor Champion in the mile, breaking her own program record in a time of 4:42.90. She added a second All-East honor with teammates Mackenzie Greenfield, Dyani Bigelow and Lydia Wallace in the DMR, finishing third (11:38.08). Schein-Becker then opened the outdoor season by  winning the 800 meters at the Rider 5-Way by over 14 seconds with her time of 2:10.06. Her time ranked second all-time in program history, less than a second off the program mark set by Kristin Siegle last season. It was also an ECAC qualifying mark and the top time in the MAAC by over 11 seconds. A week later, she won the 1,500-meters at the prestigious Colonial Relays in 4:24.23 by over five seconds. Her run was the top time in the MAAC this season by over two seconds. It is an ECAC qualifier and also the 45th ranked time in the NCAA East Preliminary List, with the top 48 making the NCAA First Round. It is also the number two time in Rider history behind only Siegle's record from a season ago. Schein-Becker also anchored the winning 4x1500-meter relay to a new Rider record by over 32 seconds. She made up 80 meters on the first place team on the anchor leg and split 4:21. For her efforts at both the Rider 5 Way and the Colonial Relays, she earned MAAC Track Performer of the Week in consecutive weeks.

Murray led the men's basketball team to its first MAAC Semifinal appearance in 10 years with a game-winning floater with seven seconds remaining in the quarterfinals to upset top-seeded and heavily-favored Iona, 71-70, on March 9. He was named to the MAAC All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.3 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game in the tournament. For the month, Murray led the Broncs to a 3-2 record, including wins over Iona, Monmouth and Manhattan. He averaged 15.6 points, 5.4 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 49.1 percent (28-57) from the floor, 45.0 percent (9-20) from long range and made all 13 of his free-throw attempts. In the span, he had 27 assists to just 12 turnovers, a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.