•Cornell junior wrestler and Hilton grad Yianni Diakomihalis claimed his third national title at 149 lbs. to join Kyle Dake ‘13 as the only Big Red wrestlers to claim at least three national championships. Diakomihalis closed his junior season with a 28-0 record, extending his career mark to 94-1 with a 75-match win streak.
•Byron-Bergen’s Sarah Streeter was named First Team All-Conference in 1-meter and 3-meter Diving for Alfred State College, which competes in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.
•Brockport High alum and Cortland freshman Nick Dambra was named Second Team All-Conference in men’s swimming.
•Churchville-Chili’s Emma Draper was named to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) All-Conference Second Team in women’s volleyball at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She was the Wildcats’ leader on the attack, recording a team-high 209 kills with a team-best .217 hitting percentage. She also led the Wildcats with 44 total blocks.
•Shot-putter and SUNY Brockport freshman Maleenah Ortiz (Brockport High) earned All-Region honors for the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as well as All-SUNYAC Third Team. She completed her indoor season ranked fifth in the region (12.20m).
•Andrew Harley (Brockport HS) was named Hockey All-SUNYAC Third Team at forward. The Brockport Golden Eagle led the team with 15 goals and finished second with 32 points.
•SUNY Brockport women’s gymnastics finished second in the nation and secured eight spots on the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) All-American Teams. Senior Lexi Castellaneta was named the NCGA Outstanding Senior, recognizing her as the top gymnast in Division III for her accomplishments. Brockport’s All-Americans included Sydney Schumaker (vault), Taylor Bushey (bars), Natalie Galioto (beam & floor), Castellaneta (beam), Emmie White (floor), Kirsten Paultre (floor) and Kyra Figurelli (floor).
•The SUNYAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year was junior Sarah Crockett of SUNY Brockport after she earned SUNYAC titles in the shot put and the weight throw. Her shot-put throw of 14.00 meters is a career-best and sits ninth nationally. Crockett placed sixth in the shot put (13.85) and earned All-American honors for the Golden Eagles at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. She also finished 44th in the weight throw at the national meet.
Marissa Wise was named SUNYAC Women’s Rookie of the Year. She had a fifth-place finish at the SUNYAC Championships in the 200 meters with a time of 26.28 and she was sixth in the women’s 60-meter hurdles. Wise also finished eighth place in the women’s 400 meter in a time of 1:01.81.
•SUNY Brockport’s Jonathan Zavala was named SUNYAC Men’s Rookie of the Year in track & field. At the SUNYAC championships, Zavala finished fifth in the men’s 800 meter with a time of 1:56.84. Following that, Zavala recorded a time of 1:55:90 at the regional competition to earn a fourth-place finish. He earned All-Region honors in the 800 meter after recording a time of 1:54:60 in prelims at the SUNYAC meet. At the AARTFC Championships, Zavala was part of another school record-setting performance with a men’s distance medley relay time of 10:17.37.
•Roberts Wesleyan men’s basketball had three players named to the 2021-2022 ECC Men’s Basketball All-Conference team. Sophomore guard Ja’Kair Sanchez was a second team pick while senior guard Shane Fleming and junior guard Amari Lee were third team selections.
•Roberts Wesleyan guard Taryn Wilson was named to the 2021-2022 ECC Women’s Basketball All-Conference second team.
•SUNY Brockport’s hockey defenseman Ryan Romeo was named a 2021-22 CCM Hockey/AHCH Div. II-III All-American, the first player in program-history to earn AHCA All-American First Team East honors. Romeo is the fourth All-American selection in program history, joining James Cody (2nd Team East, 2012) and Chase Nieuwendyk (3rd Team East, 2015; 2nd Team East, 2016). Earlier this year, Romeo was named the SUNYAC Herb Hammond Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year while joining Cody as the only two players in program-history to be named a finalist for the Sid Watson Award, given to the top player in NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey. The senior defenseman led the Golden Eagles in scoring and finished as the second-highest scoring defenseman in the country.
•Golden Eagle wrestlers Matt Caccamise and Zach Levey both punched their tickets to the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships after excellent performances at the Mideast regionals. Caccamise placed first in the 125-pound weight class and Levey finished third at 133. Brockport Head Wrestling Coach Bill Jacoutot was named the NCAA Division III Wrestling Rookie Coach of the Year. He guided the Golden Eagles to a 4-1 dual meet record, a second-place finish at the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championships, a second-place finish at the John Summa Invitational and an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regionals.
•Jahidi Wallace of the SUNY Brockport men’s basketball team earned a spot on the 2022 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team and was named All-SUNYAC First Team for the second straight season. He led the team averaging 15.4 points per game and ranked seventh in the conference. Wallace also led the Golden Eagles on the glass with 5.8 boards per game.
•Senior Chelsea Henry of the SUNY Brockport women’s basketball team capped off her career with her first All-SUNYAC selection as a member of the Second-Team. She started 21 games for the Golden Eagles this season as a primary ball hander and averaging 7.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.5 steals a game for the year.
•In addition to Crockett and Zavala mentioned earlier, SUNY Brockport had 24 other athletes earn All-Region honors for the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The top-five individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region’s top-three relay teams. Weight Throw – Alayna Fredenburg, Sarah Crockett;Shot Put – Sarah Crockett, Maleenah Ortiz; 5000 Meters – Kerry Flower; High Jump – Michaela Levesque (Greece Arcadia), Halle King; Long Jump – Halle King; Triple Jump – Chanyce Powell, Mia Montgomery; 4×400 Relay – Lucia Sibley, Rhea Winter, Sarah Levine, Kaylee Haynes;Weight Throw – Matt Faulise; Long Jump – Josh Jeziorski;Shot Put – Art Jordan, Alex Rood; 60 & 200 Meters – Olivier Kothor;Distance Medley Relay – Thomas Kressly, Nick Markle, Jonathan Zavala, Frank Derdzinski; 800 Meters – Jonathan Zavala.
