•Spencerport grad Erin Coykendall was named to the IWLCA West/Midwest Region first team and All-Big Ten First Team for the first time in her college career for the Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team, Coykendall ranks third in the Big Ten with 29 assists and ninth with 37 goals scored.
•Hilton’s Logan Hibbard was named First Team All-SUNYAC for the second year in a row at midfield for SUNY Brockport women’s lacrosse. The former SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and sophomore set career-highs this season with 55 points, 35 goals, 20 assists, 83 draw controls, 29 groundballs, and 19 caused turnovers. Teammate Morgan Elmer was also a First Team selection with Allison Jennings and Courtney Cunningham Second Team picks. Alayna Foos, Alexandria Vanderkar and Erin Wegrzyn were Third Team.
•Churchville-Chili product Sophia Podsebka was named to the East Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse First Team after the sophomore midfielder led the conference with 102 draw controls. She scored 11 goals, registered 7 assists, collected 24 ground balls and caused 16 turnovers. She was joined on the First Team by Redhawks senior Madison Bell, the ECC’s Attacker of the Year, Lindsey Brinkel, Natalie Arieno, Alexis Grant, Madelyn Robinson and Caitlin Tucker. Selected to the second team was defender, Shay DeRoo.
•Byron-Bergen’s Brandon Burke opened the outdoor track and field season for the University of Buffalo by winning the high jump at the Raleigh Relays, one of the toughest meets in the nation. He finished first in a group of 35 competitors, finishing as just one of two athletes to clear 2.15-meters (7’-00.50”).
•SUNY Brockport senior Rocco Santillo (Spencerport) was named SUNYAC Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year. The midfielder led the conference with 44 points with a total of 39 goals and nine assists. He also added 12 ground balls and six caused turnovers in 2022. He also earned All-Tournament team and First Team All-Conference honors and is the first player in program-history to earn the conference’s offensive player of the year award.
Churchville-Chili grad and senior teammate Patrick Sheridan was also named First Team All-SUNYAC as Brockport’s active leading scorer with 92 career points in 53 games played. His 30 goals and 11 assists this season were both career-bests and ranked second on the team. His 69 career goals rank sixth all-time at Brockport and is one of nine players in program-history to score 90+ career points. Defenders Luke Conway, Aidan Fitzgerald and Max Riley were also named to the First Team while senior goalie John Felice was a Second Team pick. Head coach Ben Wineburg and the staff of Justin Hussey, Tim Britton and Jeremiah Sorenson were named the Paul Rose Co-Coaching Staff of the Year.
•Roberts Wesleyan placed 31 athletes on East Coast Conference outdoor track and field men’s and women’s teams and Mark McCown was named the ECC Coach of the Year for the women’s program after leading the team to its seventh straight title.
Men’s First Team All-Conference: Ryan Karker (400m, 800m); James Betts (1,500m, 4x800m relay); Shane Pease (1,500m, 4x800m relay); Blake Kasper (5,000m); Owen White (5,000m); Lee Sortore (3,000m SC, 4x800m relay); Hunter Moore (3,000m SC); Landon Schreib (4x800m relay); Cole DeKing (Pole Vault); Demar Osbourne (Shot Put); Brandon Roman (Hammer); Collin Webb (Javelin).
Men’s Second Team All-Conference: Theodore Pintabona (800m); Michael Sanders (5,000m); Evan Rogotzke (10,000m); Joshua Johnson (10,000m); Cole DeKing (110m Hurdles); Connor Avery (400m Hurdles); Jacob Wilson (Triple Jump); Demar Osbourne (Discus, Hammer).
Women’s First Team All-Conference: Abigail Gostomski (800m); Bailey Gostomski (800m, 1,500m); Kylee Odell (1,500m, 4x800m relay); Hailee Lowe (100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump); Acacia Barber (4x800m relay); Maya Krishnan (4x800m relay); Julianna Lewis (4x800m relay); Claire Stokes (High Jump); Moriah Mills (North Chili) (Shot Put); Maya Pelayo (Discus, Javelin); Danae Jeffers (Discus); Ashlyn Lebaron (Hammer).
Women’s Second Team All-Conference: Kylee Odell (800m); Jennifer Zambuto (Churchville-Chili) (5,000m, 10,000m); Zoe Perkins (3,000m SC); Moriah Mills (Discus).
•SUNY Brockport swept the Player and Pitcher of the Year awards in SUNYAC baseball. Senior Tom Kretzler was named the Bob Wallace Player of the Year for the second year in a row. This season Kretzler totaled 60 hits, 45 runs, 62 RBI (2nd in the league), 13 doubles (4th), four triples (3rd) and a conference high 16 homers. He added seven wins on the mound with 65 strikeouts and a 1.86 ERA in 62.5 innings pitched. Senior Andrew Huffman was named the Don Axtell Pitcher of the Year after he led the league with 88 strikeouts and eight wins. He ended the season 8-2 overall with a 2.44 ERA, allowing just 18 earned runs in 66.1 innings pitched. Kretzler was named the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III Region 3 All-Region Team Position Player of the Year. Huffman was an All-Region First Team choice and outfielder Nick Pastore was named to the second team.
•Brockport junior thrower Sarah Crockett was named the 2022 SUNYAC Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year after she totaled 28 points at the 2022 SUNYAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and earned the Most Valuable Performer honors for the women. Crockett won SUNYAC titles in the shot put and discus and she placed second in the hammer throw. Crockett was also named the SUNYAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year this past season and is now a six-time individual SUNYAC Champion (2022 Outdoor Discus, 2022 Indoor Shot Put, 2022 Indoor Weight Throw, 2021 Outdoor Shot Put, 2020 Indoor Shot Put, 2022 Outdoor Shot Put).
•Brockport senior thrower Art Jordan was named the 2022 SUNYAC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, totaling 22 points at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships after winning both the shot put and the discus and was crowned the Most Valuable Performer and the Most Outstanding Performance of the Meet for the men. He qualified for nationals and ranked fourth nationally in the shot put with a throw of 16.87m–second all-time at Brockport. Jordan caps his career as a three-time SUNYAC Champion, twice in the shot put and once in the discus.
•Three members of the Roberts Wesleyan College men’s lacrosse team were voted first-team All-East Coast Conference and two were named to the second team. Senior Hunter Lemieux was named first-team at attack, sophomore Jordon Deats was selected as a midfielder, and graduate student Mitch Streety earned a spot as a face-off specialist. Juniors Reid Jackowski and Garet Marsh were each named second team.
