Syracuse, NY — The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced its annual award winners Wednesday with the Hawks earning a record seven All-SUNYAC selections, including a record four All-SUNYAC First Team picks, as well as copping both the program's first ever SUNYAC Attacker of the Year award and the second consecutive Midfielder of the Year award.
 
 
The program's 27th season saw SUNY New Paltz excel once again and push the ceiling even higher with its performances on the field. The team's 13-5 overall record is the second double digit win mark in program history; their 7-2 SUNYAC mark was the best ever for the program and their 8-0 home record adds another superlative to the history books. The Hawks made their fourth straight appearance in the SUNYAC tournament and earned their second straight spot in the SUNYAC Tournament semifinals. As the first of the postseason awards to be announced, the SUNYAC coaches chose seven Hawks to the yearly honor, with Lexi Atwater named Attacker of the Year and sister Morgan Atwater named Midfielder of the Year. 
 
 
To view the full All SUNYAC team, click here.
 
 
Read more about each Hawk selection below:

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SUNYAC Attacker of the Year/First-Team All-SUNYAC

Lexi Atwater (junior, attack)
Brighton, NY/Brighton HS
 
Coming into the 2025 season primed for a breakout sophomore year, Lexi Atwater rose to the top of SUNYAC's premier lacrosse players.
 
An All-SUNYAC Second Team pick a year ago, Atwater not only earned her initial spot on the All-SUNYAC First Team but also became the first Hawk to be named SUNYAC Attacker of the Year. Starting all 16 regular season and all nine SUNYAC games, she scored a team high 65 goals, with 35 in SUNYAC as the conference's second leading scorer. She added six assists for 71 season points, which ranked second on the team.
 
On the year, Atwater led the Hawks in both shots (135) and shots on goal (105) for an 81.4-shots-on-goal percentage while also leading the team in scoring eight times with three times coming in SUNYAC competition. The Brighton, NY native notched a team-high four game winning goals, including in the most dramatic fashion with a last second goal to push SUNY New Paltz past then No. 19 Colorado College to secure the program's first ever win over a nationally ranked opponent. She was the catalyst in the game, scoring six of the team's eight goals to lead the way. Atwater totaled five-plus goals six times, including a career-high seven against Utica as well as a career-high eight points twice, which came in wins over the Pioneers and Manhattanville.
 
Atwater was also key on the draw circle, tallying 31 draw controls, while adding 29 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers.
 
In SUNYAC play, she scored six goals twice during the season with a game-high seven in a 19-8 rout of Oneonta. She added 28 ground balls and 28 draw controls on the season with a season high of six ground balls versus Oneonta and four draw controls against Pomona-Pitzer College. She was honored during the season with three SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Week selections and as a member of the 2025 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team.
 
 
 
SUNYAC Midfielder of the Year/First-Team All-SUNYAC

Morgan Atwater (junior, midfield)
Brighton, NY/Brighton HS
 
Morgan Atwater moved up to All SUNYAC First Team from the second team a year ago and further adds SUNYAC Midfielder of the Year to her individual honors, the second Hawk to achieve the honor, joining teammate Kaitlyn Shaw who took the mantle in 2024.  
 
Atwater started all 16 regular season games and all nine SUNYAC games, scoring 41 goals with eight assists for 49 points, including 23 goals in conference play. She took 100 shots with 75 shots on goals for a 75.0 shots-on-goal percentage. She led the team in scoring twice during the year, including a season best of five goals against Potsdam with two assists versus Canton and six points against the Roos. The Brighton, NY native tallied three-plus points in eight different contests, while averaging 5.83 shots and 2.72 points per game, including 2.28 goals per game with a shot percentage of .390.
 
Atwater was a weapon for the Hawks all over the field, including on the draw circle where she tallied 61 draw controls while helping with several others with her ability to place the ball from the opening whistle. She also added 33 ground balls with 27 caused turnovers.
 
In game play she led the team twice in ground balls, three times in caused turnovers and five times in draw controls, with a single game best of six ground balls in a 17-10 regular season win over Fredonia, five caused turnovers in a 19-7 victory over Potsdam and seven draw controls in a 19-8 rout of Oneonta. She went 2-for-3 in free position shots against Manhattanville and 2-for-2 against Oneonta.
 

All-SUNYAC First-Team

Kaitlyn Shaw (graduate, midfield)
Rye Brook, NY/Blind Brook HS
 
Kaitlyn Shaw will leave SUNY New Paltz as the most decorated women's lacrosse player in the 27 years of Hawk women's lacrosse as she caps her career by becoming the program's first ever four-time All-SUNYAC selection.
 
For her 2025 play, Shaw earned her third selection to the All-SUNYAC First Team. Last season's SUNYAC Midfielder of the Year and IWLCA All-Empire Region ends her career in orange and blue with a record 242 goals and 311 points, having started and played in all 76 games during her career — also a program record. In her tenure, the team has won more games than any other time, as she leaves as the winningest player in program history apart of 47 victories during her four-plus seasons.
 
This season, Shaw scored 57 goals with 16 assists for a team high 73 points. She took 122 shots with 96 shots on goals for a 78.7 shots-on-goal percentage. She was second only to Lexi Atwater in goals and points per game, averaging 3.17 and 4.06, respectively, while averaging 7.11 shots-on-goal a contest.
 
Shaw paced the team in scoring in eight games, five of them conference games, along with leading them in assists in one game with one game winning goal. She had single game bests of six goals against Manhattanville and Potsdam, three assists versus Oneonta with six points scored in five different games. She added 40 ground balls, 31 caused turnovers and team-most 75 draw controls on the season, leading the team with five ground balls versus Cortland, four caused turnovers vs Mt. St. Mary College, and seven draw controls against Skidmore and Fredonia. She earned on in-season honor, as the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Week. 
 
The graduate captain leaves as the team's all-time leader in points (311) and goals (242), while also ranking third in assists (69), second in ground balls (152), second in draws (186) and third in caused turnovers (80).


Morgan Woolley (grad/defense)
Blue Point, NY/Bayport-Blue Point HS
 
Morgan Woolley concludes her outstanding career being named to the All-SUNYAC First Team for the second straight season.
 
She has been an integral member of the SUNY New Paltz defense that has continued to set records each year. Woolley started each and every one of the Hawks regular season and SUNYAC games, helping limit opponents to a record low 121 goals in 2025, while keeping them to a meager 17.2 shots per game.
 
Individually, Woolley had team highs of 39 ground balls and 42 caused turnovers, 26 of them in SUNYAC play. She led the team in ground balls in two games and had eight games as tops in caused turnovers. Her season best include seven ground balls and six caused turnovers against Utica University; in conference play she had four ground balls and five caused turnovers against Potsdam.
 
Woolley, in just three years, cemented herself as the most decorated defender in program history for the Hawks as she leaves with 107 caused turnovers and 89 ground balls, ranking first and 11th, respectively, in the team's record books.


All-SUNYAC Second-Team

Francesca Corozzo (senior, defense)
Glen Head, NY/North Shore HS
 
Starting 14 of 14 games and seven of seven SUNYAC games, Francesca Corozzo closes out her SUNY New Paltz career with her second All SUNYAC Second Team honor. 
 
The defensive stalwart anchored a record setting defense that led SUNYAC in caused turnovers with 271 and a 7.67 goals-against-average for 2025. Corozzo contributed 42 ground balls and 35 caused turnovers, leading the team five times in ground balls and four times in caused turnovers. She recorded season bests in ground balls with seven versus Buffalo State and four caused turnovers against both Utica University and the Bengals. She added to the potent Hawk offense with one point and her first career assist, which came in a 19-8 Senior Day win over Oneonta.
 
The senior captain leaves her mark on the program, ranking second in caused turnovers — only behind Woolley's 107 — and fifth in ground balls with 90 and 123, respectively, over the course of her four years.
 




Ava Padilla (sophomore, attack)
Lynbrook NY/Lynbrook HS
 
Ava Padilla broke out in her second year with the Hawks and rightfully earned her first selection to the annual All-SUNYAC team, landing as a second team pick. 
 
Padilla has now started in every regular season and conference game since her arrival a year ago and has grown into one of the top feeders in SUNYAC play in 2025. While her scoring production was slightly down from a year ago (nine goals, including one game winner) her ability to get the ball forward for the score landed her with 44 assists (30 in SUNYAC play) on the season, third among all players in SUNYAC. Her 44 assists this season stands second in the single season assist record board while her 73 career assists lands her third in the record book.
 
She dished out five assists twice, which came in wins against Fredonia and Oneonta, and totaled four against Potsdam, Buffalo State and Oswego. She had at least one assist in 15 of 16 regular season games and led the team in assists in a game 11 times in 2025. Her best single-game point total was six, which came on one goal and five assists against the Red Dragons and scored a season-high two goals against Utica University. 
 
Additionally, Padilla added one draw control, seven caused turnovers, nine ground balls and one game-winning-goal.
 

All-SUNYAC Third Team

Piper Mascaros (sophomore/goalie)
Greenlawn, NY/Elwood-John H. Glenn HS
 
Piper Mascaros becomes the first SUNY New Paltz women's lacrosse goalie to receive All SUNYAC honors, as she earned a spot on the All-SUNYAC Third team. 
 
Mascaros played a team-leading 559 minutes between the pipes in 2025, with 307.08 of that time in SUNYAC competition. She allowed 65 goals for a 7.59 goals-against-average, with 49 saves and a 43.0 save percentage. 
 
In SUNYAC play she allowed 44 goals for an 8.60-goals-against average with 36 saves for a 45.0 save percentage. She stands in the top five of SUNYAC goalie statistics in goals allowed, goals-against-percentage and save percentage. Her top outing in 2025 was her nine saves against Cortland. She also added a game-winning save to her resume, tallying a stop on a free position in the final seconds to close the door on a historic 8-7 win over No. 19 Colorado College.






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