GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 and UCHC announced their weekly honors on Monday morning, and SUNY Geneseo had six student-athletes take home honors.
Sophie Hunter was named the Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Week,
Ella Greico took home Offensive Player of the Week for field hockey,
Ann Brennan earned Runner of the Week for women's cross country,
Greg Meder picked up Men's Diver of the Week,
Alex Sotek added Women's Swimmer of the Week to Geneseo's honors, and
Jacob Torgner rounded out the awards as the UCHC and Empire 8 Goaltender of the Week.
Brennan won the individual title at the 2025 Empire 8 Women's Cross Country Championship at St. John Fisher on Saturday, finishing 21 seconds ahead of the field over the 6,000-meter course in a time of 22:22.7. Brennan, who was third at the 2024 E8 Championships and sixth at the 2024 NCAA Niagara Region Championships, used a tremendous late brush to rally from third at the 4,000-meter mark to roll to the win. It is Brennan's fourth E8 weekly honor of 2025.
Greico scored or assisted on the first five goals for the Knights against Houghton, as she became just the sixth player in program history to record 100 career points. Greico assisted on the first three goals for Geneseo, then scored back-to-back goals to help the Knights defeat Houghton 7-2 and secure the regular season title. It is Greico's third E8 weekly honor of 2025.
Torgner stopped 34-of-36 shots in SUNY Geneseo's season-opening 2-2 tie against Wilkes University on Saturday. He also helped lead Geneseo to a win in the three-round shootout as well.
Meder swept the diving events for Geneseo in their win over Brockport on Friday, recording scores of 338.60 in the 3-meter dive, and 334.55 in the 1-meter dive to earn his second straight E8 weekly honor.
Sotek won three events for the Knights to help them defeat Brockport on Friday. Sotek took first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:16.18), the 200-yard backstroke (2:13.17), and was on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team who won with a time of 1:37.66.
Hunter was dominant on offense for Geneseo as they defeated Sage in four sets to secure a home court quarterfinal match. Hunter hit .457 with 19 kills on 35 swings on the outside against the Gators. Hunter also tallied seven kills against Hartwick on Friday.
Find the full press release from the Empire 8 here.
