•Cornell senior and Hilton alumni Yianni Diakomihalis became the fifth four-time national champion in Division I wrestling history. He earned his fourth title with a 4-2 win over Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso. The Big Red senior won his first two titles at 141 pounds before bumping up to 149 pounds the last two years. He closes his epic career with a 115-2 record and as a four-time EIWA and Ivy League Wrestler of the Year. His .983 winning percentage is a school record.
•Spencerport grad and Alfred State freshman Dom Vinci was named Wrestling Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-Conference in the Allegheny Collegiate Athletic Conference. Vinci put together a 23-8 season record, earning 11 wins by pin and recording three major decisions. He was undefeated against AMCC opponents across 141 and 149 lbs.
•Byron-Bergen grad and Alfred State senior wrestler Anthony Miraglia was named First Team All-Conference in the Allegheny Collegiate Athletic Conference after he won the 157 lb. weight class.
•Sarah Streeter, a sophomore at Alfred State and Byron-Bergen grad, was named Second Team All-Conference in Diving in the Allegheny Collegiate Athletic Conference.
•Byron-Bergen’s Alaura Rehwaldt (So.) finished first in the women’s 200-Yard Individual Medley in 2:27.66 to help Genesee Community College win the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region III title in women’s swimming and advance to nationals.
•Roberts Wesleyan senior and Churchville-Chili grad Jennifer Zambuto was named to the Second Team All-Conference in Indoor Track & Field for her efforts in the 3000m run at the East Coast Conference championships.
•St. John Fisher graduate student and Spencerport grad Ryan Gentile was named Third-Team All-Conference and Sportsman of the Year of the Empire 8. The guard played and started in 26 games this year and tallied 9.5 points per game, 1.3 assists, 2.1 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and shot 48.2% from the field and 46.9% from three, making 46 on the year.
•Hilton’s Tahjae Hill, Butler University sophomore guard/forward, was named an All-KJCCC Honorable Mention selection. Hill averaged 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game this season as the Grizzlies sixth man off the bench.
•Roberts Wesleyan senior Ryan Karker (Greece) was named the East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Male Athlete of the Year while he, Blake Kasper and Lee Sortore earned All-East Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Karker was named all-region for the 800m and mile. The senior ran 1:51.05 in the 800m and was second overall in the region. In the mile, Karker was ranked third with a time of 4:11.90. Kasper made the list for the 3,000m and 5,000m races and Sortore for the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m. In seven events, Karkar never finished lower than second.
•The SUNY Brockport women’s gymnastics team finished fifth in the nation and four gymnasts earn All-American status. Sydney Schumaker (Vault), Kyra Figurelli (Vault), Emma Grace Sargent (Vault & Bars) and Maren Eramo (Vault) all received All-American recognition. Brockport won its third straight NCGA East Regional Title.
•Brockport’s Mekhi Beckett earned First-Team All-Conference and David Grady III was named the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year and Second-Team All-Conference. Sophomore Tony Arnold and senior Jahidi Wallace both earned 2nd-Team All-Conference honors as well. Mekhi Beckett led the Golden Eagles in points per game (16.9), FGM/G (5.9), 3PM/G (2.5), and free throws made (93). Grady led the conference in offensive rebounds (70) and blocks (63), while also finishing top five in total rebounds (210), FG% (52.7), and total minutes (818). Arnold ended the season as the SUNYAC steals leader and finished ninth in FG made. Wallace ended his Brockport career as the second leading scorer for the Golden Eagles, averaging 13.6 points per game and was seventh in the SUNYAC in total points (368).
•Golden Eagle women’s basketball player Stephanie Jean-Baptiste was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Year, Zairea Hannah earned Second-Team All-Conference, and senior Anna Felice took Third-Team. Jean-Baptiste is the progam’s first SUNYAC Rookie of the Year since the 2004-05 season after she averaged 10.7 points per game, leading the team in scoring average and made a team-high 46 shots from beyond the arc, which was the third most in the SUNYAC. Hannah led the team in both points and rebounds this year while Felice led the SUNYAC with a free throw percentage of 82.2%. She averaged 9.7 points per game on her way to joining SUNY Brockport’s Career Scoring “500” Club this season.
•Graduate student Alex Monteleone was named the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year in ice hockey while teammate Connor Galloway was named Third Team All-Conference and Manny Sanchez was selected for the All-Rookie Team. Galloway finished the season with 28 points, ranking fifth in the SUNYAC. Sanchez was tied for third on the team with 12 assists and added two goals.
•For the second year in a row, Brockport’s Sarah Crockett was voted the SUNYAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year. She repeated as the SUNYAC champion in both the shot put and weight throw in 2023. She finished 18th in both the shot put and the weight throw at the NCAA championship meet.
•Three Redhawks women’s basketball players were named Honorable Mention in the Midwest Region by the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) in junior guards Danielle DiCintio and Georgia Haverlock and freshman forward Grace Galgano. DiCintio led the Redhawks in scoring (11.0 points per game), assists (4.0 assists per game), three-point field goals (61), three-point field goal percentage (39.9%), and steals (27). Haverlock ranked second on the squad in scoring at 10.7 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.7 per game, while Galgano was named ECC Rookie of the Week four times and finished her inaugural campaign by averaging 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
•Roberts Wesleyan junior Ja’Kair Sanchez was named to the 2022-2023 ECC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Third Team after leading the team in scoring, rebounds, minutes played, assists, and steals.
