•Hilton grad and SUNY Geneseo senior midfielder Justin Arilotta was named First Team All-SUNYAC for the second-consecutive year and Second Team All-Region in men’s soccer. He scored three goals and added a team-high five assists for 11 points.
•Brockport High’s Liz Schultheis was named First Team All-SUNYAC in women’s volleyball. The graduate student was a middle hitter for Buffalo State and posted team highs in hitting percentage (.276) and blocks (84.0), while finishing second in kills with 164. Her 84 total blocks ranked her third in the SUNYAC, while also leading the conference with 35 solo blocks.
•Hilton native and RIT senior defender Adam Wuest was named to the 2022 All-Liberty League First Team after he anchored an RIT defense that finished tied for fifth in the Liberty League allowing 1.0 goals per game. The 2021 First Team All-Liberty League selection started 17 games in 2022 and was fourth on the team with 1,451 minutes played.
•Six members of the Roberts Wesleyan University men’s soccer team were recognized by the East Coast Conference this season with senior forward Dylan Ruiz selected to the first team and named ECC Offensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career. Forward Tamas Nagy, midfielders Marc-Anthony Blackburn and Alex Perez-Vega, and defender Nathan Ferguson were named to the second team and goalkeeper Jared Gibbons garnered third team honors.
•Four members of the Roberts Wesleyan University women’s soccer team were recognized by the East Coast Conference this season as forward Ella White, who tied for the ECC lead in goals with 11 during the regular season, was a first-team selection at forward. Midfielders Gabrielle Ciambella and Larissa Johnston and defender Cassidy Pearce received second-team honors.
•SUNY Brockport cross country runners Paul Suflita and Kerry Flower both earned All-American status. Suflita placed 28th in the men’s 8k championship race, earning the third best individual finish at nationals in program history. With his Top-40 finish at 25:29.9, he becomes just the third men’s runner in program history to become an All-American. Flower placed 40th to earn All-American honors by beating the 41st place runner by just 0.2 seconds. Her spot in the Top-40 is the fourth best individual finish at nationals in program history. She becomes just the second runner on the women’s side to earn All-American status at Brockport.
•The Golden Eagles men’s soccer team earned four total All-Conference selections and Coaching Staff of the Year. Matthew Stefaniw and Russ Domm both collected 1st-Team All-Conference, goalkeeper Andrew Taylor was named 2nd-Team All-Conference, and Josh Fitzpatrick earned 3rd-Team All-Conference. For the first time since 2018, Gary LaPietra along with his staff, Dan Lynd and David LaPietra, were recognized as the 2022 SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year. Stefaniw has been named 1st-Team All-Conference twice and took 3rd-Team All-Conference once and ranks second in career points and third in career goals at Brockport.
•The Golden Eagles football team collected 13 All-Conference selections and a pair of individual honors as well for the 2022 season. Freshman Malik Kelly was chosen as the Empire 8 Rookie of the Year while Brockport had six Empire 8 First Team All-Conference players this season in Luke Lodini, Jordan Harris, Ben Damiani, Raylens Boutin, Ben Marshall and Dan Giangrasso. Four earned Second Team All-Conference: Gino Fontanarosa, Nicholas Kalke, James Altenburger and Hakeem Yaya, while two more offensive linemen earned Third Team All-Conference recognition – Jacob Lucier and Demetri Swann.
•Three SUNY Brockport field hockey players earned Second Team All-SUNYAC in senior and leading scorer Bailey Lazore along with sophomores Emmalee Moore and Paige Thowe. It marks the first postseason recognition for all three.
•Golden Eagle women’s soccer leading scorer and senior Franchesca Polcaro was named Second-Team All-Conference and graduate student Sydnee Smith joins her. Senior and former SUNYAC Rookie of the Year Kiley Longin snags 3rd-Team All-Conference and now has 57 points to rank her 14th all-time in program history.
•Senior Jordan Thompson and fifth year Andrea Coyle were named First-Team All-Conference while senior Madlyn Bowen Second Team and fifth year Myah Frostclapp Third Team honors in women’s volleyball at Brockport. Thompson led the SUNYAC in total points (429), kills (325), and service aces (69) and was also second in the conference in both points per set (4.2) and kills per set (3.16) this year. Coyle finished the season ranked third in the SUNYAC in total points (342.5), third in kills (293) and was fourth in digs (345). Bowen finished second in the SUNYAC with her tally of 464 digs and her 4.78 digs per set was second best in the conference. Frostclapp ranked second in the SUNYAC in total blocks this year.
