GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 announced its all-conference awards on Tuesday morning, and the Knights had eight student-athletes earn recognition. Ella Yartym and Katelyn Dena picked up First-Team honors, Maggie Zito and Carly Chupick landed on Second-Team, while Riley Griffin, Emily McGee, Kate Pinto, and Isabella Lavrynenko rounded out the honors on Third-Team.

Yartym was the leading goalscorer for Geneseo this season, posting 14 goals with two goals on four different games. The Bath, N.Y. native was key to the Knights playoff success, scoring once in the quarterfinal win over Brockport, and twice in the semifinal upset of No. 1 seed St. John Fisher. Dena and Lavyrnenko were key pieces of the Geneseo defense that only 21 goals this season at a rate of 1.11 per game, including limiting opponents to just 7.9 shots per game. Zito dished out a team-high five assists on the season while scoring twice, Pinto was the second-leading goalscorer with five. McGee, Pinto, and Griffin each chipped in three goal

One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2026 Women's Soccer Tomorrow's Leaders Team. This team honors a student-athlete who has emerged as a leader not only on the field of play, but in the classroom and in the community. In addition, they "compete with honor and integrity" and have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen, and Sarah Brunskill earned the honor for the Knights.