GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Fall Scholar Athlete Awards recognizes 22 student-athletes from SUNY colleges and universities sponsoring intercollegiate athletics at the four- and two-year levels who were nominated and voted upon by representatives of their respective institutions, and SUNY Geneseo's Emerson Comer and Ann Brennan earned the award for men's and women's cross country, respectively.

Comer helped lead Geneseo to second place overall at the NCAA Championship Meet this fall, earning All-American honors for the Knights by placing 15th with a time of 24:14.5. Comer also highlighted his impressive junior campaign by helping lead the Knights to the Niagara Region Title with a second-place finish at 24:51.6. Comer has a 3.80 cumulative GPA as a physics major.

Brennan wrapped up a tremendous 2025 season, as she won both the individual title at the Empire 8 Championship and annexed the Niagara Region Championship in a time of 21:38.2. Brennan, who also earned runner-up honors at the University of Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational, broke 22 minutes in a race four times in 2025 and recorded a personal-best time of 21:24.1 over 6,000-meters at the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 8. Brennan was the Empire 8 Runner of the Year, a five-time E8 Runner of the Week and placed 83rd overall at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships. She has a 3.81 cumulative GPA with a major in Data Analytics.

The SUNY Scholar Athlete Awards recognize outstanding academic and athletic success in 29 different sports and are presented three times a year to coincide with the specific sports contested in the fall, winter and spring seasons. The Scholar Athletes of the Year in each sport will then be nominated for an overall Scholar Athlete of the Year for men's sports and women's sports in each category that will be announced in mid-July.
 
Because sport sponsorship varies among institutions, a minimum sponsorship formula has been developed for award selections. At least three (3) institutions must sponsor the sport in the Division I category, while at least five (5) institutions must sponsor the sport in the SUNY Division III/USCAA and SUNY NJCAA categories. For sports that do not meet the minimum threshold to be a viable award, an at-large category has been developed for each level and each season.