UAlbany & New York Giants Announce Capital District Student Scholarship Recipient

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

University at Albany Vice President and Director of Athletics Lee McElroy announced on Monday, July 21 that Guy Robichaud will receive the Capital District Student Scholarship, sponsored by New York Giants Football, Inc. and UAlbany. Robichaud will be recognized as part of a welcome program at Giants Media Day on Wednesday, July 23.

The Giants Media Day program is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on the UAlbany campus' Dutch Quad Field. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin will meet with the media and then be part of a welcome event.

Robichaud, who will attend UAlbany in the fall and play football for head coach Bob Ford, was a consensus first-team All-Area selection by the Albany Times Union, Daily Gazette and Troy Record. Robichaud, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound offensive lineman from Rensselaer, N.Y., was named first-team All-Liberty Division. He made 67 tackles from his defensive line position as a senior. LaSalle Institute won its second Section II, Class AA championship in the last three years with a 9-2 record.

Robichaud plans to study sports medicine or sports management. His parents are Guy and Kathleen Robichaud. He has one brother, Patrick. His mother serves as Judge of the Rensselaer City Court.

The Capital District Student Scholarship provides Robichaud with a monetary award equivalent to the tuition costs of four years at the University at Albany. The Giants are training on the UAlbany campus for a record-setting 13th consecutive summer. The first practice sessions will be held on Friday, July 25 and continue through Sunday, August 17.

TRAINING CAMP NOTES: The Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants have announced several special training camp events ... Player Autograph Night is scheduled for Monday, July 28 following the camp's first evening practice ... Giants Youth Day is Monday, Aug. 11 and Giants Albany Idol is Tuesday, Aug. 12 ... Giants training camp all-session parking passes are available through the University at Albany Athletic Ticket Office (PE 135) ... An all-session parking pass is $15.00, while the daily parking fee is $5.00 ... Dutch (Student Gold) Lot is the primary public parking facility ... For more information, call 518-442-4683 or 518-442-4522 ... The 2008 New York Giants training camp schedule can be accessed through www.giants.com or www.ualbanysports.com.