The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced its annual women's tennis award winners Tuesday with the SUNY New Paltz Hawks once again dominating the yearly selections with a total of nine players earning All SUNYAC honors.
 
It seems only fitting that the Hawks garnered the lion's share of honors, as the 2025-26 SUNYAC season saw SUNY New Paltz run through its SUNYAC schedule with a 5-0 record and easily handling Plattsburgh and Cortland in the conference tournament to win its fourth consecutive SUNYAC championship (11th overall) and fourth straight trip to the NCAA DIII tournament in the spring. Over the course of the past eight seasons, the Hawks have never lost a SUNYAC match, going 50-0.
 
Senior Justine Stanejko became the second Hawk to earn four straight Peter J. Cahill SUNYAC MVP awards, joining former Hawk Trinity Chow (2018-22) as the only SUNYAC players to ever achieve the feat. Stanejko, with doubles partner Samantha Ostrander, earned SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Year for the second consecutive year. Ostrander also became the fourth SUNY New Paltz player to be honored as SUNYAC Rookie of the Year.
 
To view the full All SUNYAC team, click here.
 
Read more about each Hawk selected below:

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Justine Stanejko (senior/Lakeland, NY/Solvay HS)
Peter J. Cahill Most Valuable Player/SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Year/All-SUNYAC First Team Singles/All-SUNYAC First Team Doubles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles Team/SUNYAC All-Tournament Singles
 
Since coming in as a freshman in 2022, Stanejko has raised the bar for an already storied program in SUNY New Paltz Tennis. She was a Rookie of the Year selection and Peter J. Cahill MVP, and fittingly, she is one of two seniors leading the Hawks in their final stint in the SUNYAC where she once again rightfully earned Player of the Year honors.
 
Stanejko won all five of her SUNYAC dual matches by a combined score of 60-4 and concluded her singles career with a 24-0 record. In doubles play with partner Sam Ostrander, she went 5-0, with a combined score of 30-3 with a career doubles mark of 24-0.
 
Stanejko is a four-time All-SUNYAC First-Team Singles and Doubles selection; a two-time SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Year; named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team for both singles and doubles four times; was named SUNYAC Tournament MVP and also SUNYAC Rookie of the Year for her career. 
 
Stanejko and partner Sam Ostrander earned SUNYAC Doubles Player of the Week (9/22/25) honors. And, following another dominant championship weekend, the Lakeland, NY native now joins an elite group of SUNYAC women tennis players who have been named First-Team All SUNYAC for each of their four years and is just one of six student-athletes in school history to hoist four-straight SUNYAC titles, alongside fellow senior Nina Genzone.


Sam Ostrander (freshman/Glenville, NY/Burnt Hills Ballston Lake HS)
All-SUNYAC First-Team Singles/All-SUNYAC First Team Doubles/SUNYAC Rookie of the Year/SUNYAC Doubles Team of teh Year/SUNYAC Tournament MVP/SUNYAC All-Tournament Singles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles

Sam Ostrander highlights a talented freshmen class for the Hawks, as she stepped in and won a spot near the top of the team's single lineup, playing at second singles only behind four-time Peter J. Cahill MVP Justine Stanejko. She earned a spot at first singles alongside Stanejko with the duo unstoppable in the SUNYAC play this past year.
 
As a result, Ostrander earned first team honors on both SUNYAC singles and doubles action and took home Rookie of the Year and Doubles Team of the Year honors after garnering SUNYAC Tournament MVP honors after this past weekend's dominant performance at the SUNYAC Championships in Binghamton, NY.
 
Ostrander made an explosive entrance to SUNYAC competition, earning both All-SUNYAC First Team Singles honors as well as, with partner Justine Stanejko, All SUNYAC First Team Doubles honors and SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Year.  She was named MVP of the SUNYAC championship, going 2-0 in singles competition and 1-0 in doubles play.  

During the regular SUNYAC season she went 5-0 in singles action, giving up only five points in 10 games. In doubles play, she and Stanejko were 5-0, giving up only three points in five games. She and Stanejko earned SUNYAC Doubles Player of the Week honors (9/22//25) as well.


Sydney Sladicka (sophomore/Marlboro, NY/Marlboro HS)
All-SUNYAC First-Team Singles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Singles

Sladicka was critical in the Hawks' championship run last season as a freshman and in year two was even better, solidifying SUNY New Paltz's lineup at third singles and in turn, captured her second-straight All-SUNYAC First-Team selection.
 
Along with All-SUNYAC First-Team honors, the Marlboro, NY native also garnered her second-straight SUNYAC All-Tournament Team singles pick. On the conference trail, she was 5-0, upping her SUNYAC career mark to 10-0, winning by a combined margin of 60-6. In the SUNYAC tournament first round, she did not give a single point, winning 6-0, 6-0.



Olivia Kunz (junior/New York, NY/Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS of Music
All-SUNYAC First-Team Doubles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles 

Olivia Kunz continued her high level of play for the Hawks in 2025.
 
An All-SUNYAC First Team Singles and Doubles selection a year ago, she solidified a dominant doubles group for SUNY New Paltz in year three. With partner Patrycja Filonik, she earned her second All-SUNYAC First Team Doubles honor with the duo also earning SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles Team following a commanding performance at the SUNYAC Championships this past weekend in Binghamton, NY.
 
Alongside second doubles partner Filonik, Kunz went 5-0 in conference play, allowing just two points all season. Her career doubles record now stands at 9-0. At the 2025 SUNYAC Championship, she and Filonik did not give up a point in their first-round win over Plattsburgh.  Their finals game against Cortland went unfinished as SUNY New Paltz copped the SUNYAC title. Kunz and Filonik also earned SUNYAC Doubles Players of the Week honors (9/29/25) this season.


Patrycja Filonik (freshman/Brooklyn, NY/Beach (NYC) HS))
All-SUNAC First Team Doubles/All-SUNYAC Second Team Singles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Singles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles
 
Patrycja Filonik proved why she was one of the top prep players from New York City, earning All
SUNYAC Second Team Singles honors and, with partner Olivia Kunz, All-SUNYAC First Team Doubles honors. 
 
Filonik was 5-0 in conference singles play, giving up just three points in 10 games. In the SUNYAC Tournament final, she went 1-0 in singles play, going 6-0, 6-1 against her Cortland opponent. In regular season doubles play alongside Kunz, Filonik went 5-0, giving up just two points and in the SUNYAC first round in a shutout against their Plattsburgh opponents.
 
Filonik was named to both the SUNYAC All Tournament Singles and Doubles teams and with Kunz, earned SUNYAC Doubles Player of the Week.


Lula Brown-Vann (freshman/Brooklyn, NY/Leman Manhattan Preparatory)
All-SUNYAC Second-Team Singles

Lula Brown-Vann came in and immediately impressed with her strong serving and held down fifth singles for the Hawks en route to her first career All-SUNYAC selection.
 
Brown Vann showed that being one of the top prep players in New York City was good preparation for the challenges of collegiate level tennis. Playing at the No. 5 singles position, the Brooklyn native was 5-0 in SUNYAC matches, giving up just eight points in 10 games to earn All-SUNYAC Second Team honors. Her 6-1, 6-1 victory over her Cortland opponent in the SUNYAC Tournament finals helped SUNY New Paltz claim its fourth consecutive SUNYAC championship.


Alex Krol (freshman/Greenvale, NY/Roslyn HS)
All-SUNYAC Second Team Singles

The former Newsday All-Long Island selection added to her list of honors by being named to the All-SUNYAC Second Team Singles. 
 
Playing sixth singles for the Hawks, Krol recorded a 5-0 singles conference mark, going 6-1 against SUNYAC competition. At the SUNYAC tournament she was shutting out both opponents in the semifinal and final rounds when the games were called when SUNY New Paltz wrapped up the matches.


Nina Genzone (senior/Bellmore, NY/Sanford Hs. Calhoun HS)
All-SUNYAC Second Team Doubles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles

Nina Genzone closes out her stellar SUNY New Paltz tennis career with her second straight All-SUNYAC selection, named as an All-SUNYAC Second Team Doubles selection. 
 
Alongside partner Angelica Gabriel, the duo went 5-0 in SUNYAC doubles play, allowing just five points across the season playing at third doubles. In the SUNYAC tournament, Genzone and Gabriel cruised through the semifinal and final round, winning 6-1 against Plattsburgh and 6-0 against Cortland, leading to the Hawks sweep of doubles competition. Her standout performance earned her SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles honors. 
 
Genzone's career doubles record stands at 18-2; she was undefeated for her junior and senior years. And, with winning Saturday's SUNYAC Championship, Genzone and fellow senior Justine Stanejko became just one of six student-athletes in program history to secure four-straight team SUNYAC titles as the Hawks women's tennis program joined SUNY New Paltz field hockey as the only teams to reach the feat.


Angelica Gabriel (sophomore/Liverpool, NY/Liverpool HS)
All-SUNYAC Second Team Doubles/SUNYAC All-Tournament Doubles

Angelica Gabriel adds to her two All-SUNYAC selections of a year ago by being named All SUNYAC Second Team Doubles with partner Nina Genzone. 
 
Gabriel's career doubles record now stands at 10-0 having gone 5-0 this season, giving up on five points across all competitions. In the SUNYAC Tournament, she and Genzone wrapped up the SUNYAC championship for SUNY New Paltz, winning both the semifinal match against Plattsburgh 6-1 and shutting out Cortland 6-0 to clinch the title. Their play earned them SUNYAC All Tournament Doubles honors.
 
 
Rob Bruley (28th Season)
SUNYAC Coach of the Year
 
For the eighth straight season, Rob Bruley has been named SUNYAC Coach of the Year.
 
Bruley, guiding his group to their fourth-straight SUNYAC title, and seventh straight No. 1 seed in the SUNYAC Tournament takes home another coaching honor in arguably the most dominant conference season to date for the Hawks.
 
The team ended the fall season at 8-0, including 5-0 in the SUNYAC, finishing a perfect 7-0 against SUNYAC competition and won every match played in conference.
 
The 2025-26 season ends SUNY New Paltz's tenure in the SUNYAC, as 2026-27 will see them play in the challenging New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Over the course of 41 seasons in SUNYAC, the Hawks have dominated the 21st Century, amassing 11 SUNYAC championships, second only to former SUNYAC member Binghamton, with 12.  Since 2002, the Hawks have a SUNYAC regular season record of 130-13, including 11 undefeated seasons. Individual honors include: 14 Peter J. Cahill SUNYAC MVPs; four SUNYAC Rookie-of-the Year; 14 SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Year; 100 All SUNYAC Second Team selections; 74 All SUNYAC First Team selections — and now 13 SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors — all under Bruley's tenure.
 

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