GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 conference announced its weekly honors on Monday, April 20, and SUNY Geneseo had five student-athletes take home awards. Natalia DiPalma and Caitlyn Schutte swept the awards for flag football, Jacob Miller brought home men's track athlete of the week recognition, Sierra Doody earned women's track athlete of the week, and Nevaeh Ross rounded out the honors as softball pitcher of the week.

DiPalma led the way for Geneseo clinching the first ever Empire 8 Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed for the postseason tournament. In the deciding game against Brockport on Friday, DiPalma caught 10 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns, she then followed it up the next day with four catches for 97 yards and two more touchdowns.

Schutte helped lead Geneseo to a pair of key wins that clinched the Empire 8 Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed for the postseason tournament. In Friday's 27-19 win over SUNY Brockport, Schutte led Geneseo with nine tackles (flag pulls) and a key interception and pass breakup. She had seven tackles in Saturday's 26-8 win at Elmira to close out the regular season.

Miller provided a big highlight for the Knights at the Paul Donahue Invitational at Widener University, running in the 400-meters and setting a new program and Empire 8 Conference record with a time of 46.77. Miller's time was also the fastest time in Division III so far this season. Miller also competed in the 4x400 relay, where the Knights raced to a time of 3:09.63, which is the fastest time in Division III this season, and second-fastest in program history.

Doody competed at the Paul Donahue Invitational at Widener University over the weekend in three events. She was third in the 400-meters with a time of 57.01 and was the top Geneseo finisher in the 800-meters in a time of 2:09.85, just off her personal best. Doody was also on the 4x400 relay team that took second overall with a time of 3:50.99, marking the ninth fastest time in program history and the 14th-best in Division III this season. It is Doody's second E8 weekly honor of the spring.

Ross went 2-0 this week on the rubber, picking up wins over two of the top teams in the conference in Nazareth and St. John Fisher. Against the Cardinals, Ross threw all seven innings while only allowing one hit en route to a 7-0 win on Saturday. Against Nazareth, Ross only allowed a pair of runs in the first inning, as the Knights picked up a 10-2 victory. It is Ross's second E8 weekly honor of the season.

Full press release from the Empire 8