2024-25 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES - WOMEN
(only student-athletes in their first year of collegiate competition are eligible)
KIRA COOK, Ice Hockey (Forward) – Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 26 games played
* 7 goals, 5 assists, 12 points, plus-13 rating, 2 game-winning goals
* Fourth on team in goals and eighth in points
* SUNYAC All-Rookie Team
GIANNA ENDIEVERI, Softball (Pitcher) – Glens Falls, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 22 appearances/14 starts
* 10-5 record, 2 saves, 2.44 ERA, 89 innings pitched, 102 hits, 79 strikeouts, 23 walks, 1 shutout
* No-hitter versus Oswego
* SUNYAC Rookie of the Year
* First Team All-SUNYAC
TAYAH GRAHAM, Gymnastics (Bars/Beam) – Syracuse, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* NCGA All-American, Vault (tied for 3rd place; matched season-high 9.75)
* Tied for 13th on vault at NCGA East Championship
* Season-highs of 9.75 on vault and 9.725 on balance beam in meet at Ithaca
MEGAN McLAUGHLIN, Swimming and Diving (Diving) – Avon, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* First Team All-SUNYAC
* SUNYAC-AMCC champion, 3-meter diving
* 3rd place, 1-meter diving, SUNYAC-AMCC Championship
* SUNYAC-AMCC Championship Co-Outstanding Diver of the Meet
GINA MILAZZO, Golf – Greenwood Lake, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* Northeast Women's Golf Conference Rookie of the Year
* First Team All-Northeast Women's Golf Conference (2nd place)
* Tied school single-round record with a 71 at the Ithaca Invitational
* Eight rounds of 79 or better
2024-25 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES - MEN
(only student-athletes in their first year of collegiate competition are eligible)
AYDEN BAXTER, Swimming and Diving (Freestyle/IM) – Marlboro, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* SUNYAC Co-Rookie of the Year
* First Team All-SUNYAC
* 2nd place, 400-yard IM, SUNYAC-AMCC Championships (top SUNYAC finisher)
* 5th place, 500-yard freestyle, SUNYAC-AMCC Championships (3rd SUNYAC finisher)
* 5th place, 1,650-yard freestyle, SUNYAC-AMCC Championships (3rd SUNYAC finisher)
SAM CHRISTIANO, Ice Hockey (Forward) – Buffalo, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 26 games played
* 10 goals, 11 assists, 21 points, plus-3 rating, 3 game-winning goals
* Tied for third on team in goals, sixth in points and seventh in assists
* SUNYAC All-Rookie Team
TALON ELKINS, Baseball (Second Base/Pitcher) – Syracuse, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 37 games played
* .385 batting average, 5 doubles, 11 RBI, 38 runs scored, 15 walks, .472 on-base percentage, 3 stolen bases
* First on team in batting average and on-base percentage (min. 50 AB), second in runs
* 5 pitching appearances, 3.68 ERA, 7.1 innings, 4 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
* Had a 25-game hitting streak, the second-longest in program history
* SUNYAC Co-Rookie of the Year
* SUNYAC All-Tournament Team
JUSTIN LEGAULT, Ice Hockey (Forward) – Oakville, Ont.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 26 games played
* 9 goals, 14 assists, 23 points, plus-7 rating, 2 game-winning goals
* Tied for fourth on the team in points, tied for fifth in assists and sixth in goals
* SUNYAC All-Rookie Team
JAMES SULLIVAN, Lacrosse (Defense) – Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Season Stats/Honors:
* 22 games played
* 1 assist, 34 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers
* Seventh on the team in caused turnovers and eighth in ground balls
* SUNYAC Rookie of the Year
* Second Team All-SUNYAC
