The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced its annual All-SUNYAC Softball team Tuesday with SUNY New Paltz landing five players on the All-SUNYAC squad, the third most selections in program history.
 
Ella Sharrock, Sophia D'Arcangelis, Leah Gunsett, Kelsey O'Brien and Sydney Waldon were integral components in the 2025 Hawks run to defend their 2024 SUNYAC title. SUNY New Paltz finished the regular season with another 20+ win season, their fourth in a row, eighth overall in program history and at 15-3, placed second in the SUNYAC regular season race, their 15 wins was the third most in program history. The Hawks earned their fifth straight trip to the SUNYAC tournament but were unable to repeat the tournament success of a season ago.  
 
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To read more about the New Paltz 2025 All SUNYAC selections, continue reading below:

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First-Team All-SUNYAC 

Ella Sharrock (sophomore, infield)
Selden, NY/ Newfield HS
 
After appearing in 15 games with two starts as a freshman a year ago, Sharrock broke out as in year two. Working hard to be the at the heart of the Hawks lineup, she also took over first baseman duties from three-year starter and former All-Region pick Jillian Shelbourne and took advantage of the opportunity becoming one of the best players in the league in year two.
 
Bursting onto the SUNYAC scene, Sharrock found her collegiate groove this season after sitting and learning, developing herself into an All-SUNYAC First-Team selection.
 
The Selden, NY native started 38 of 39 regular season games and all 18 SUNYAC contests. In 123 at bats she had 39 hits, second on the team with a .317 batting average and an .874 OPS, while scoring 15 runs and 22 RBI. She powered four doubles, three triples and five home runs with a slugging percentage of .520, while recording 64 total bases with a .354 on base percentage and was 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts. 
 
In SUNYAC play Sharrock had 17 hits in 58 at bats for a .293 batting average and a .862 OPS. She had 11 RBIs with 31 total bases with an on base percentage of .328. She slugged three doubles, one triple and three home runs for a .535 slugging percentage and went 1-for-1 in stolen bases.
 
Additionally, Sharrock had 11 multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games and reached base streak of 12 games as well as a hitting streak of 12 games. She ranked fourth in home runs on the SUNYAC stat sheet.  Regular season bests including going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI against Babson in the Hawks' Florida spring break trip and also hit two triples against Wellesley. But maybe her most notorious game of the year was in a 2-1 regular season win on the road over Oswego where she homered to tie the game at 101 in the third and then came up with the game-winning extra inning triple to push her team ahead, 2-1 where they'd earn the victory and stay unbeaten in the SUNYAC at the time. She finished the game leading the way, going 2-for-4 with a run, two RBI and two extra base hits.
 
Defensively, she had 194 chances with 181 putouts for a fielding percentage of .974, with eight assists and was part of four double plays. In SUNYAC play, she had a perfect 1.000 fielding average on 96 chances and 93 putouts.
 

Second Team All-SUNYAC

Sophia D'Arcangelis (senior, outfield)
Liverpool, NY/Liverpool HS/Onondaga CC
 
D'Arcangelis concludes a career year in outstanding fashion with her first trip to the All-SUNYAC team, earning second team honors after leading her team to their fifth straight postseason appearance, playing both in the outfield and middle infield for the Hawks.
 
The Liverpool, NY native was one of five players to play and start all 40 games and 18 SUNYAC contests. Her .347 batting average was second on the team, while finishing with a .773 OPS.
 
In 98 at bats, D'Arcangelis had 34 hits, scoring 13 runs with 12 RBI with 39 total bases. She had a .398 slugging percentage and a .375 on base percentage and was 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts.
 
In SUNYAC play, she led the Hawks with a .364 batting average and had an OPS of .802. Within those 18 conference matchups, D'Arcangelis totaled 44 at-bats where she knocked 16 hits with seven RBI and 19 total bases. One of her most memorable was a walk-off against Plattsburgh in an early-season game at home on Mary Gray Deane Field where she ripped an RBI single down the middle of the infield to score the walk-off run with the Hawks winning on the hit, 1-0 in nine innings. She also had the game-winning run in a 1-0 win over Buffalo State on the road and registered her first career home run on a two-run in-side-the-park four-base hit against in Game 1 of the series against the Bengals.
 
Within conference play, D'Arcangelis had a slugging percentage of .432 and an on-base-percentage of .370. She was a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen bases. The senior had eight multi-hit games; had a hitting streak of 11 games and reached base in 11 straight games. D'Arcangelis went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI against Oswego; went 2-for-3 with one run scored against Cortland; finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI versus Buffalo State and 2-for-3 with one RBI against Oneonta.
 
In the field, she had 70 chances with 47 putouts and 20 assists for a fielding percentage of .957.  Against SUNYAC competition she had 31 chances with 22 putouts and nine assists for a 1.000 fielding average.


Leah Gunsett (freshman, pitcher/infield)
Marlboro, NY/Marlboro HS
 
Gunsett, a second semester transfer, made an immediate impact for the Hawks this past season both on the mound and at the plate. The two-way pitcher/DP made her mark in the SUNYAC and garnered a much deserved second team selection.
 
The freshman from Marlboro, NY led SUNY New Paltz with a regular season ERA of 2.67 with a WHIP of 1.31 in 22 games with 17 starts. She had 10 complete games with four shutouts in 115.1 innings pitched, giving up 108 hits and only 44 earned runs with 43 bases on balls and was second in strikeouts with 87. She had an overall record of 11-7 and held opponents to a .246 batting average.
 
In SUNYAC play, Gunsett had a team leading 1.45 ERA with a .980 WHIP, starting nine of 10 games. She had seven complete games with four shutouts in 62.2 innings, tops for the Hawks.  She had an 8-2 SUNYAC mark, and limited opponents to a minuscule .185 batting average, while giving up 41 hits with only 13 earned runs, seven bases on balls and 46 strike outs.  
 
Gunsett wrote her name into the program record book by throwing the first no-hitter by a first-year player. It was a 12-0, five inning, eight strikeout gem against SUNY Canton. Although the no-hitter was the highlight, she tossed numerous memorable games, including a three-hit, complete game, 1-0 shutout over Buffalo State, and a complete game, 2-1 victory over Cortland where she gave up just four hits and no earned runs in a Game 2 victory. She additionally recorded a career-high eight strikeouts in the no-hitter against the Roos.
 
When not on the mound, Gunsett batted .260 with a .674 OPS, playing in 35 games, starting 31. In 73 at-bats she had 19 hits with five doubles. 
 
In SUNYAC play, she hit .250, starting in 17 games with 12 hits on 48 at-bats with three doubles. She had four multi-hit games, a five-game hitting streak and reached base five straight games.  Her best offensive game was going 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored versus Skidmore. 
 
Defensively, Gunsett had a .969 fielding average overall with 32 chances, 19 putouts and 12 assists, while in SUNYC play had a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 with eight chances, two putouts and six assists. Against Skidmore, she had a season high 12 chances and 12 putouts for a fielding percentage of 1.000.


Kelsey O'Brien (junior, outfield)
Monroe, NY/Monroe Woodbury HS
 
Following a breakout sophomore campaign in 2024, O'Brien doubled down with a career year, earning her second straight appearance on the All-SUNY second team, honoring her consistency at the plate and in the field.
 
Just one of five players for the Hawks to play and start all 40 games this season, including 18-of-18 SUNYAC games, O'Brien led the team in batting average with a .385 average and a 1.061 OPS in 130 at bats. She had 50 hits, with eight doubles, three triples and six home runs, with 26 runs scored and 27 RBI on 82 total bases.  She had a slugging average of .631 and an on base percentage of .430. Not only did she lead the team in batting, but totaled a team-most in hits, with 18 extra base hits, RBI, total bases and runs and was a menace for opposing teams on the base paths, going a perfect 23-for-23 on stolen base attempts, which also led SUNY New Paltz. Her 50 hits on the season ranked sixth most in single-season history, while her six home runs and 23 steals tied her for second most in both categories.
 
In SUNYAC play, O'Brien had 58 at-bats and 20 hits with one double and five home runs for a .345 batting average and a team leading 1.036 OPS, along with pacing the team with 13 RBI and 36 total bases. Additionally, the Monore, NY native led the team in both slugging percentage (.621) and on base percentage (.415) and was 11-for-11 in stolen bases.
 
O'Brien totaled 14 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games, a hitting streak of 13 games and reached base in 26 consecutive games. She ranked in the top 10 of four SUNYAC statistical categories, including sixth in batting average, fourth in RBI and second in both home runs and stolen bases. She went 4-4 with three runs scored, two home runs and four RBIs against Canton.  She also went 3-for-4 at the plate in three different games and twice had a three-RBI game.
 
Manning left field duties, O'Brien had 51 chances with 48 putouts with one assists for a .961 fielding percentage overall; in SUNYAC play she had 17 chances, 16 putouts, one assist for a 1.000 fielding percentage.


Sydney Waldon (senior, pitcher)
Maplewood, NJ/Columbia HS
 
Waldon finishes up her final collegiate season by earning her third-straight All-SUNYAC selection, along with etching her name in the Hawks record books as one of the best pitchers to throw for the orange and blue.
 
Earning her second, second-team selection of her career, the Maplewood, NJ native stepped into the No. 1 role on the mound and had a standout year. A stalwart in the circle, Waldon started 21 games, appearing in 25 total. She had an overall ERA of 2.98 and a WHIP of 1.41 with 13 complete games and six shutouts. She ended with a 10-10 overall record, including two saves to her credit. In a team high 126.2 innings pitched – which ranked tied for 11th most in single-season program history — she gave up 98 hits and 54 earned runs and led the team with a career-high 154 strikeouts, which ranked second most ever in single-season program history, while holding opponents to a .213 batting average against.
 
Waldon was 7-1 with one save in SUNYAC play and finished the season with a 1.63 ERA and .920 WHIP in 60.0 innings pitched against league opponents. She had eight complete games with five shutouts, while giving up just 26 hits with 14 earned runs and led the Hawks with 84 strikeouts, while limiting SUNYAC foes to a .133 batting average. She had five games where she hit for double figures in strikeouts, including a program-record 17 twice this season, beating her own single game record of 14 set last year.
 
No slouch in the field, Waldon had two putouts in 20 chances with 20 assists for a .957 fielding average; in SUNYAC play she was a perfect 1.000.
 
Waldon highlighted the season with a record-book breaking performance in back-to-back weeks where she threw the second ever perfect game on the heels of her first no-hitter and ninth ever in program history. In the perfect game thrown in a 3-0 victory over Morrisville, Waldon struck out a record 17 batters without allowing a single base runner on. In recognition of her perfect game, Waldron was named SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week for April 28 and earned the first NFCA national Pitcher of the Week selection in program history. During her 4-0-win no-hitter against Oswego, Waldon struck out 13 and allowed three walks. She also threw two one-hitters in 2025, a nine inning, 10-strikeout, three-walk 1-0 win over Plattsburgh and a seven-inning 4-0 win over Canton, striking out a record 17 batters and allowing two walks.
 
She leaves second all-time in strikeouts, totaling 382 over the course of her four-year career.


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