By Janet Schultz
With Covid 19 halting on-campus activities, the Colleges devised unique ways to honor their student/athletes. Several used virtual ceremonies, others just held an Awards Week and released the names daily. We have tried to compile all the awards and honor our student/athletes here. NYHOL has provided the iisting of awards per College press releases as of June 1.
Central New York
Cortland
Honored for their accomplishments in 2019-2020 were:
Rookie of the Year finalists: Dany Donegan of Cicero and Jayden Kelley of East Berne.
Chelsea Allen had 8 career shutouts and took honors for the Most Wins This Season at 10.
Grace Schnorr had the Most Career Goals at 34; Most Points This Season with 32 and Most Goals This Season with 19.
Katelinn Cummings of Johnston City was selected to the Chi Alpha Sigma NCAHS.
Emily King, (Buffalo/Buffalo Regals) was the Red Letter Winner for outstanding athletics/scholarship/leadership/personal development.
Elmira
May 18-22 was Awards Week with the following honored:
Soaring Eagle Final Rookie of the Week: Jordan Holt with the third highest scorer of the season with 8 points. Was the country’s second best scoring defender limiting the opponent to 0.89 goals per game.
Women’s Ice Hockey Booster Club Player of the Week: Jess Adams with 28 points on 20 goals and 8 assist, a career high for her; 3 goals in the UCHC Championship and named the 2020 UCHC Tournament MVP.
Elmira’s Female Athlete of the Year: Emma Crocker. She had a breakout season for women’s ice hockey and collected numerous awards with a career high 44 points with 21 goals and 23 assists, 7 powerplay goals and 6 game-winners.
Syracuse
Amanda Backebo took the Syracuse University Student/Athlete Award, was a 3-time CHA All-Academic Team member and was named to the VPA Dean’s List every semester since Fall 2017.
Lindsay Eastwood, SU Scholar Athlete of the Week was the CHA Best Defender, All CHA First Team and had 28 points (8g, 20A) in 36 games. She was also the recipient of the Doris R Soladay Award for possessing a history of campus and community involvement, along with a history of positively influencing their peers personally, academically and athletically. Eastwood has signed with the Toronto Six of the NWHL.
Savannah Rennie signed with the ECDC Memmingen Indians of the German Women’s Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DFEL) . She was drafted by the NWHL Connecticut Whale but wanted to expand her country and cultural experiences.
Colgate
Assistant Coach Chelsea Walkland has been named to the Team USA U18 Women’s Ice hockey Staff. She is from Pittsford NY and played for Robert Morris University.
Colgate’s March Mania Fundraiser was a success despite the Covid pausing the campaign. They raised $577,329 plus $130,000 in a challenge support to support Colgate’s athletic programs.
Two players have been added for the upcoming season including:
Kristyna “Kalty” Kaltounkova comes to Colgate after wrapping up a stellar high school career at Vermont Academy. The Czech Republic native joined the Wildcats as a sophomore and leaves as the school record holder for career points with 235. In her senior season, Kaltounkova led the team with 56 goals and 33 assists to earn All-NEPSAC First-Team honors. She also played soccer and lacrosse during her time at Vermont Academy.
Kaltounkova brings plenty of experience on a national level. She’s played on senior Czech National Teams since she was 11 years old. Recently, she competed in the Euro Hockey Tour 5 Nations Tournament and helped her Czech squad take down Russia for the championship. Kalty has also consistently impressed as one of the premier scorers at the IIHF World Championships.
She’ll become the second player on the active roster from Czech Republic, joining Noemi Neubauerova.
Kayle Osborne looks to be next in a long line of successful Raider goalies. Her journey to Hamilton includes PWHL prominence and national success. Osborne was a three-year fixture in the net for the Ottawa Lady Senators. In perhaps her most dominant campaign, she won 11 of her 18 regular season starts and earned an impressive .950 save percentage along with five shutouts.
In 2019, Osborne helped Ontario Red win gold at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship. In the deciding game, the Munster native stopped 17 of 18 shots sent her way.
Osborne also represented her home country at the most recent U18 Women’s World Championship. Appearing in two games for Hockey Canada, she posted a sub-1.00 goals against average as the team won silver.
Oswego
Kate Randazzo was named Oswego College Woman Scholar/Athlete and to All Conference in the NEWHL.
Cornell
Jaime Bourbonnais was the recipient of the Charles H. Moore Outstanding Senior Varsity Athlete Award and Micah Zandee-Hart too the Ronald P. Lynch Senior Spirit Award.
Hamilton
Michaela Giuttari is the recipient of the 2020 Jack B. Riffle Award.
Alayna Trice was awarded an Student/Athlete Award.
Members of the athletic teams took part in producing a seven-minute work-out video for girls in conjunction with the Strong Girls United Foundation.
Hamilton College women’s hockey player Timary Malley ‘20 (Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy) was one of nearly 400 NCAA student-athletes who had the opportunity to receive career guidance and network with athletics administrators and sports industry experts virtually at the 2020 NCAA Career in Sports Forum from May 27 to May 29.
Morrisville
Names to the Athletic Director Honor Roll from Women’s Ice Hockey
Women’s Ice Hockey:
Danielle Bunting (Thornville, Ohio) Human Performance & Health Promotion
Kylie Cameron (Burlington, Ont.) Human Performance & Health Promotion
Tessa Dobson (Moose Factory, Ont.) Human Performance & Health Promotion
Taylor Finnie (Kamloops, B.C.) Criminal Justice
*Sissy Harman (Eden, N.Y.) Criminal Justice
Emily Henderson (Coconut Creek, Fla.) Engineering Science
Kendra Johnston (St. Alberta, Alta.) Humanities & Social Science
*Chyne Kennedy (Southwold, Ont.) Massage Therapy
Madison Lawson (Fort Worth, Tex.) Humanities & Social Science
Mackenzie Lombardi (Hamilton, Ont.) Criminal Justice
*Alana McDonald (Potsdam, N.Y.) Individual Studies
Alana Palameta (Windsor, Ont.) Humanities & Social Science
Cassandra Suran (Freeport, Pa.) Human Performance & Health Promotion
Sierra Voeller (Penticton, B.C.) Nursing
WESTERN NEW YORK
Buffalo State
Natasha Steinle received the Female Scholar Athlete Award.
NORTHERN NEW YORK
Potsdam
Natalie Wasielewski was named 2020 Most Valuable Player for the Women’s Ice Hockey Team, Allie Banas (Buffalo/Buffalo Bisons) received the Coaches Award. Delphine Leonard received the Maxcy/Molnar Award for sportsmanship, leadership and athletic achievement. Kaylee Merrill took one of the Newcomer of the Year Award.
Plattsburgh
In a remote awards ceremony the following players from the Plattsburgh Women’s Ice Hockey Team were recognized.
Abby Brush, Annie Katonka, Erin McArdle and Madison Walker were inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma honor society.
Sarah Wolf received the CAS award for the second year and Hannah Kiraly received the Senior Achievement Award. Katonka was named Female Athlete of the Year.
Receiving team honors were:
Katonka, MVP; Sara Krauseneck, Breakout Player; Brush, scholar/athlete; Ivy Boric, Rookie of the Year; Madison Walker, Unsung Hero
Katonka, Walker and McArdle have been named captains for the upcoming season.
In other news Plattsburgh has partnered with NIKE through BSN Sports for all the collegiate athletic equipment and apparel.
Clarkson
2020 Patty Kazmaier Awardee Elizabeth Giguere was named Team MVP. Gabrielle David took Rookie of the Year honors and Marie-Pier Coulombe received the Ron Frazier Award.
Taylor Turnquist received the Coaches Award, Lauren Bernard the inaugural Nails and Blue Award for having a mental and positive attitude all season.
This year’s Unsung Hero award went to Meaghan Hector.
St. Lawrence
Alumni make the news at St. Lawrence with Chelsea Grills, ‘07, named the head coach of the women’s ice hockey team at the University of Ottawa; Amanda Boulier’15 named head coach of the women’s ice hockey team at Marshall School in Duluth, Minn. and Jacquie Diffley’ 20 heading to the Groten School in Massachusetts as the assistant girl’s hockey coach.
Canton
Season Review from Sports Department at Canton:
The women’s hockey team played a 25-game schedule in its first season in the Northeast Women’s Hockey League (NEWHL) during the 2019-20 season.
After a slow start to the season the Roos rattled off three straight wins to start the 2020 portion of their schedule including winning the Castleton Invitational championship. The Roos earned a 2-1 win v. Buffalo State before defeating Northland College 2-0 for the title.
Jordan Emerson posted a goal and assist, Verity Lewis tallied two assists, and Alexa Parigi scored the game-winner v. the Bengals. Parigi and Lily Cullen scored in the championship game while Sirena Alvarez recorded a 20 save shutout. Alvarez was named the Tournament’s MVP, while Emerson & Parigi also earned All-Tournament honors.
2019-20 RESULTS | 2019-20 STATS
The Roos kept their momentum going the next Wednesday (1/8) as the team earned its first ever victory v. Utica College shutting out the Pioneers 3-0. Parigi scored two more goals, Meaghan Best finished with a pair of assists and Natasha Simioni also scored. Alvarez backstopped the team with another shutout this time recording 29 saves.
SUNY Canton earned a 2-1 victory at home v. Buffalo State on February 8th to take the season series 2-1 after falling to the Bengals 4-3 in overtime on February 1st. The Roos finished the season strong winning four of their final five games.
After falling 5-2 to SUNY Potsdam earlier in the season the Roos knocked the Bears out of the NEWHL playoffs by earning a pair of 4-3 (OT) and 3-1 victories v. Potsdam. Parigi continued her impressive play in the second half of the season scoring the game-tying goal with 3:45 left in regulation before putting home the game-winner 56 seconds into OT in February 12th’s victory. She also added an assist, while Best tallied a goal and assist, and Macintyre dished out two helpers. In February 19th’s 3-1 win at Potsdam Ashley Gillies, Breanna Bedborough and Cullen all scored.
The Roos also earned a pair of victories v. Anna Maria College by scores of 10-0 and 3-1. Jayde Dukette (3-2-5) led the Roos with a hat trick in the first win, while Bedborough (2-3-5), Hannah Desrochers (2-1-3), Micayla Macintyre (1-2-3), Gillies (1-1-2), Parigi (0-2-2) and Cullen (0-2-2) all had multi-point games. Canton’s other positive result on the season came back in the second game on November 2nd when they tied Morrisville State 2-2.
Bedborough led the Roos with 17 points on seven goals and tied for a team-high with 10 assists. Sarah Kosnaskie tallied a team-best nine goals and tied a team-high with three power play goals for 13 points (9-4-13). Parigi totaled 12 points (7-5-12) with a team-high four game-winning goals and three power play tallies. Best (4-8-12), Desrochers (4-7-11) and Macintyre (1-10-11) all finished with double digit points.
Alvarez finished the season with a 5-5-1 record posting a .903 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average. Brooke Susac earned a pair of victories during her senior season finishing with marks of .885 and 3.39. She finishes her remarkable Roo career with SUNY Canton’s single-season (14) and career (35) wins records. Kayla Lauzon also earned her first career win this season finishing with a 1-1-0 record with marks of .892 and 2.94.
The Roos lose Susac to graduation as she joins the SUNY Canton Alumni family.
EASTERN NEW YORK
Union
Reid Nichols, manager of the women’s ice hockey team, was named to the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.
Leah Heffort received the Terry Lynch-Jackie Havercamp Cuttita Memorial Award given to a first year female athlete that exhibits leadership and sportsmanship.
Grace Herting was awarded the Female Sophomore Athletic prize for attitude, ability, participation and achievement.
The balanced of the awards are being presented at this time
RPI
RPI also held a virtual ceremony and noted that athletes contributed 1923 hours to community service from July 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020
Kirsten Iwanski “Wan” was awarded the Perseverance Award. She was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor before her sophomore year, fought back and played every game in her junior and senior year.
Sabrina Repaci was named to the Olympia, the athletic honor society
(College’s issuing Season Reviews are asked to forward them to Janet Schultz at [email protected] for publication this summer
