NEWARK, DE -- Senior attackman Vincent Giordano, who helped the Blue Hen men's lacrosse team get the 2008 season off to a strong start Saturday with an 18-10 win over Saint Joseph's, has been named the Wilmington Trust Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week for the period ending Feb. 11.

Giordano (at right), a fourth-year standout from Moorestown, NJ (Moorestown High School), tallied a career-high five goals to lead the No. 14 ranked Blue Hens to the easy season-opening win in Philadelphia.

Delaware, coming off the best season in school history in 2007 when the Blue Hens went 13-6, captured the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title, and advanced to the NCAA national semifinals for the first time in school history, got goals from nine different players in the win.

Giordano, a history major, recorded his third career hat track as he fired off a game-high 10 shots. He scored 16 goals and eight assists a year ago and now has 46 career goals.

Delaware will continue action this Saturday when the Blue Hens travel south to Neptune Beach, FL to take on No. 18 UMBC in a rematch of last year's NCAA quarterfinals. The game will mark the inaugural Wounded Warrior Classic benefitting wounded veterans of the war in Iraq.

Past Winners:

2007-08 Season
Feb. 11 - Vincent Giordano (Men's Lacrosse)
Feb. 4 - Andrew Zinn (Men's Swimming & Diving)
Jan. 28 - John Viotto (Men's Indoor Track & Field)
Jan. 21 - Kelli McDonald (Women's Indoor Track & Field)
Jan. 14 - Herb Courtney (Men's Basketball)
Jan. 7 - Andrew Zinn (Men's Swimming & Diving)
Dec. 31 - Kyle DeHaven (Women's Basketball)
Dec. 24 - Alphonso Dawson (Men's Basketball)
Dec. 16 - Mark Duncan (Football)
Dec. 9 - Joe Flacco (Football)
Dec. 2 - Maryann Walker (Women's Swimming)
Nov. 26 - Omar Cuff (Football)
Nov. 19 - Megan Welch (Volleyball)
Nov. 12 - Kyle DeHaven (Women's Basketball)
Nov. 5 - Sobhan Tadjalli (Men's Soccer)
Oct. 29 - Christina Antonopoulos (Women's Cross Country)
Oct. 22 - Emily Sammis (Women's Soccer)
Oct. 15 - Omar Cuff (Football)
Oct. 8 - Kyle Schmid (Men's Cross Country)
Oct. 1 - Colleen Walsh (Volleyball)
Sept. 23 - Nolan Greenberg (Men's Tennis)
Sept. 16 - Joe Flacco (Football)
Sept. 9 - Jason Bernstein (Golf)
Sept. 2 - Casey Howard (Field Hockey)
Aug. 26 - Stephanie Barry (Volleyball)

2006-07 Season
Jan. 30 - Asha Quant (Women's Indoor Track)
Feb. 4 - Kyle DeHaven (Women's Basketball)
Feb. 11 - Sam McMahon (Men's Basketball)
Feb. 18 - Maryann Walker (Women's Swimming)
Feb. 25 - Adam Zuder-Havens (Men's Lacrosse)
Mar. 2 - Cristine Marquez (Women's Indoor Track)
Mar. 12 - Debbie Sloan (Women's Lacrosse)
Mar. 19 - Tyresa Smith (Women's Basketball)
Mar. 26 - Joe McLister (Golf)
Apr. 2 - Carolynn Sloat (Softball)
Apr. 9 - Bryan Hagerich (Baseball)
Apr. 16 - Alexi Capsouras (Women's Outdoor Track)
Apr. 23 - Jared Wasser (Men's Outdoor Track)
Apr. 30 - Alex Smith (Men's Lacrosse)
May 7 - David Slovak (Baseball)
May 14 - Tommy Scherr (Men's Lacrosse)
May 21 - Dan Deckelbaum (Men's Lacrosse)
May 28 - Mike McGuire (Baseball)