Shenandoah University

Shenandoah University junior Meghan Gaskins was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Softball Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her career on March 16. The junior from Chesapeake, Virginia, started two games and made three total appearances for the Hornets last week, posting a 0.50 ERA and striking out 15 over 14 innings. Gaskins fired a no-hitter in a 4-0 win over Wheaton College (Illinois) during the Space Coast Spring Games in Melbourne, Florida, on March 9, the first of two complete games for the right-hander during the weeklong tournament. In that March 9 win, Gaskins struck out seven batters and didn't allow a base runner until a leadoff walk in the seventh inning. The no-hitter was the first for the Hornets since 2022. On March 11, Gaskins pitched a five-inning complete game shutout while striking out five in a 16-0 win over Emerson. Gaskins then pitched the final two innings of the Hornets' 8-7 walkoff win over Baldwin Wallace University on March 12. Gaskins is 4-0 on the year with a 0.67 ERA, 19 strikeouts, and only 13 hits allowed in 21 innings.

Shenandoah University catcher JP Williams was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Baseball Player of the Week on March 16 following a two-win week for the No. 11 Hornets. In three games last week, Williams went 8-for-10 at the plate with three doubles, a home run, six RBIs, and six runs scored. Additionally, the junior from Haymarket, Virginia, drew three walks and was hit-by-pitch once, and went 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts. In two games against Virginia Wesleyan over the weekend, Williams had five hits, five RBIs, six runs scored, two walks, and his lone home run of the week. Behind the plate, the catcher had 15 putouts and an assist with no errors. Overall this season, Williams leads the Hornets with a .509 batting average. He also has 22 RBIs and 13 extra-base hits.

The Shenandoah University men's tennis team swept this week's Old Dominion Athletic Conference weekly awards as Dominick Suwak earned the conference's Singles Player of the Week while he and teammate Aryanth Chintharlapalli netted the Doubles Team of the Week award on March 16. Suwak, who has earned ODAC Singles Player of the Week four times during the 2025-26 season, helped the Hornets go 4-0 last week during the PTR Spring Tennis Fest in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Suwak, a senior from Arlington, Virginia, won all four of his singles matches in the top spot of Shenandoah's lineup.

Shenandoah University junior Addisyn Banks was named to the D3hoops.com women's basketball All-Region VI First Team on March 16. Banks led the Hornets in scoring (18.1 points per game), assists (3.6 per game), steals (2.3 per game) and blocks (20 in 28 games), and ranked second on the team with 8.1 rebounds per contest and 42 made 3-pointers. The Nokesville, Virginia, native played in all 28 games for the Hornets, with 27 starts, helping the team earn an at-large bid into the 2026 NCAA Division III women's basketball championship tournament.

Shenandoah University first-year student-athlete Molly Donaldson earned All-Region honors in the shot put from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the NCAA Division III 2025-26 indoor track and field season. Donaldson's best mark of the season came at the Joe LaRocco Invite at Roanoke College in February, when she set a new school record with a throw of 12.92 meters, a distance that also is the third-best in the South Region. Donaldson initially set the program record at the Bomber Invite at Ithaca College with a toss of 12.45 meters the week prior.

Shenandoah University senior Dan Ailor was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week on March 11 after leading the Hornets' men's golf team to a victory at the Fernandina Beach Collegiate in Florida on March 9-10. It was the second second career ODAC Golfer of the Week honor for Ailor, who earned the weekly award early in the 2023-24 season. This week, the senior shot 70-72-69 in three rounds with the three-under-par 69 in round three tying a career low. Ailor tied for second overall in the 78-golfer field with 211 (-5).

Shenandoah Conservatory has announced the winners of the 2026 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) following the final round on March 1 in Armstrong Concert Hall. Winners included Morna Chenchen Hu, soprano (Category II); Wentao Luan, saxophone (Category I); Andrew Wood, piano (Category I); and Coleman Wright, saxophone (Category II). Honorable mentions went to Grace Ashby, soprano (Category I), and Lizhuo Sun, piano (Category II). Winners of this year's competition will be featured in performances with the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra throughout the Conservatory Performs 2026-27 season.

Shenandoah University's baseball program earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week award for the second consecutive week as outfielder Jaime Padilla earned the honor on March 2. Padilla hit .500 (7-for-14) at the plate last week in four wins for the Hornets. The senior from Yonkers, New York, had seven RBIs, six runs scored, and three doubles, and was a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts. The highlight of Padilla's week came in a win over Immaculata on Feb. 28, during which Padilla went 3-for-4 with three doubles, three RBIs, two runs scored and two steals.

Shenandoah University's field hockey team posted the fourth-highest collective GPA across all three NCAA divisions in 2025 as 24 Hornets were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association's 2025 Division III National Academic Squad. Fourteen of those 24 Shenandoah's student-athletes - Camryn DeLeva, Ava Fields, Regan Fields, Reagan Flory, Autumn Goldsberry, Lily Kyvelos, Kaitlyn Mogar, Kaitlyn Nakamura, Elizabeth Quinn, Madison Short, Emily Swartzbaugh, Sidney Tucci, Kayleigh Vodvarka and Mackenzie Watkins - also were named an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction, which recognizes those who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher during the fall semester. A minimum GPA of 3.50 is required for student-athletes to qualify for the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

The Shenandoah University men's and women's indoor track and field teams earned four All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference accolades during Day 2 of the 2026 ODAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 1 at Roanoke College's Kerr-Cregger Field House in Salem, Virginia. SU first-year Roman Bernard, of Richmond, Virginia, set a school record and earned second team All-ODAC in the men's 400-meter with a time of 49.92 seconds, surpassing the record that he set earlier this season in the same venue. Fellow first-year Molly Donaldson, of Horsham, Pennsylvania, also earned second team all-conference honors in the women's shot put, hitting a mark of 12.49 meters on the first of her six attempts. The final All-ODAC performers were sophomore Grace Semow (Greensburg, Pennsylvania) and senior Amy Oleksy (Milltown, New Jersey) in the women's 800-meter. Semow ran a 2:21.78 for second place, setting a new personal record. Semow's time was 0.79 seconds away from breaking the school record. Oleksy came in right behind her teammate, finishing in 2:23.07 to snag third team All-ODAC honors while also setting a PR.

Shenandoah University's Addisyn Banks and Emily Williams each earned their first career all-conference awards when the 2026 All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's basketball teams were announced on Feb. 26. Banks, a junior from Nokesville, Virginia, was named to the All-ODAC first team while Williams, a senior from Thurmont, Maryland, was a second-team honoree.

Shenandoah University junior Carl Keenan was named to D3baseball.com's Team of the Week on Feb. 25 after a stellar three-game performance that also netted him the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's top weekly award two days earlier. Keenan went 9-for-13 (.692) in three non-conference games, including a stellar performance in the second game of a doubleheader against Penn State Abington in which the second baseman hit for the cycle. Over the course of those three games, Keenan had two home runs and two doubles among his nine hits, four RBIs and six runs scored. The second baseman from Winchester, Virginia, was also 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts during that span, and was perfect on nine fielding chances. He led the team with a .526 batting average through Shenandoah's first five games.

Shenandoah University junior Carl Keenan was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Baseball Player of the Week on Feb. 23 after a standout performance at the plate that helped propel the Hornets to a 3-0 week. Keenan went 9-for-13 (.692) in three non-conference games, including a stellar performance in the second game of a doubleheader against Penn State Abington in which the second baseman hit for the cycle.

Shenandoah University men's tennis student-athlete Dominick Suwak earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Singles Player of the Week award on Feb. 23 after excelling in two matches against top 25 teams in Newport News, Virginia. Suwak, playing at the top singles spot for the Hornets, went 2-0 last week in matches against No. 24 Christopher Newport University and No. 25 Haverford College.

Shenandoah University junior Addisyn Banks earned her fourth Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week award of the women's basketball season -- and third on the defensive side of the ball -- when she was named the ODAC's Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 9. In two conference wins last week, guard/forward from Nokesville, Virginia, tallied 17 rebounds, nine steals and four blocks while scoring 36 points and dishing out nine assists.

Shenandoah University senior Matt Conroy was named a 2025 College Sports Communicators Football Academic All-American on Jan. 27. Conroy, who's studying biochemistry, has a 3.89 career GPA, including a perfect 4.0 in during the 2025 Fall Term. The linebacker from Bel Air, Maryland, is the third Shenandoah football player to earn CSC Academic All-America honors in the past two seasons, joining Steven Hugney and David Munoz, who each earned the award following the 2024 season. Conroy was named to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team. The full list of honorees from NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and NAIA is available at academicallamerica.com.

Shenandoah University's Addisyn Banks earned her second Old Dominion Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week nod of the season on Jan. 19 following a 2-0 week for the Hornets.

Shenandoah University's Jaime Padilla and Liam Stewart were named D3baseball.com 2026 Preseason All-Americans on Jan. 14. Padilla and Stewart, both first-team honorees, each earned D3baseball.com All-America honors at the end of the 2025 season. Padilla also was named an American Baseball Coaches Association All-American.

Simon Bellenbaum earned the first-ever weekly conference award for Shenandoah University's men's volleyball team when he was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Defensive Player of the Week following SU's program debut on Jan. 11. Bellenbaum helped the Hornets to a 1-1 weekend at the Regent tri-match featuring the host Royals and Randolph College. SU defeated Regent 3-0 in its second game for the program's first-ever victory. Bellenbaum, a first-year student from York, Pennsylvania, accumulated six solo blocks and eight digs on the defensive side of the court during the Hornets' two matches. He tallied three blocks in each match and had five digs against the Royals. Offensively, Bellenbaum had six kills on a .417 hitting percentage across 12 total attacks.

Shenandoah University had 1,195 students earn a spot on the Dean's List for the Fall 2025 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must be enrolled full-time in baccalaureate degree programs and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher. Dean's List students who achieve a semester GPA of 3.90 or higher also qualify for the university's President's List.

Shenandoah University's Division of Athletic Training continued its run of excellence at the 2026 Virginia Athletic Trainers' Association (VATA) Annual Meeting on Jan. 2-4, at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia. Shenandoah's student quiz bowl team, composed this year of Makenna Thrush, Trilby Kite, Aesia Garban and Kristen Meinberg (alternate), won the VATA Quiz Bowl for the fourth straight year. Those four, and fellow student Caitlyn Sweet, also presented research posters during the conference, and professors Kim Pritchard, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, and Kelley Wiese, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, were each recognized for their oral presentations.

Shenandoah University celebrates the 530 students who earned a spot on the President's List for the Fall 2025 semester. To qualify for this prestigious academic recognition, students must be enrolled full-time in baccalaureate degree programs and attain a semester GPA of 3.90 or higher. All President's List honorees are also recognized on the university's Dean's List, which includes students who earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher.

Shenandoah University senior linebacker Matt Conroy earned his second All-America award of the 2025 college football season with a selection to the Walter Camp Division III All-American team on Dec. 23. Conroy was previously named an Associated Press Division III All-American following a season in which he finished with 147 tackles to lead all of Division III. He also recorded 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks, while adding two interceptions, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in 11 games played. Conroy posted nine games with at least 10 tackles, highlighted by a 22-tackle performance in Week 3 at Hampden-Sydney. During a Week 5 matchup against Bridgewater, he broke the program's all-time career tackles record, finishing his career with 442 stops to surpass Ben Burgan's previous mark of 352.

Shenandoah University senior linebacker Matt Conroy was named an NCAA Division III third-team All-American by the Associated Press on Dec. 18. In 11 football games this season, Conroy totaled 147 tackles to lead all of Division III. He also recorded 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks, while adding two interceptions, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Conroy, of Bel Air, Maryland, anchored the Hornets' defense throughout the year. The team captain posted nine games with at least 10 tackles, highlighted by a 22-tackle performance in Week 3 at Hampden-Sydney. During a Week 5 matchup against Bridgewater, he broke the program's all-time career tackles record, and he finished his career with 442 stops to surpass Ben Burgan's previous mark of 352. The All-America honor marks the first of Conroy's career and adds to an already impressive resume that includes four All-ODAC selections, two D3football.com All-Region honors, and four ODAC Defensive Player of the Week awards. Earlier this season, Conroy was one of 180 semifinalists for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy, college football's top scholar-athlete award.

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has announced its 2025 Sportsmanship Teams in each of the conference's seven sponsored fall sports. The squads are composed of a student-athlete from each school, selected by the coaching staff of each team that competes under the ODAC banner, with all sports and schools fully represented. Shenandoah University's selections included Cora Helman (women's cross country), Regan Fields (field hockey), Alexandra Sarrach (women's soccer), Ava Pannullo (women's volleyball), Tyler Mullen (men's cross country), Drew Custer (football), and Nick Mattiace (men's soccer).

Shenandoah University women's basketball student-athlete Addisyn Banks was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's Offensive Player of the Week on Dec. 15. Banks, the Hornets' leading scorer, scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds in a win over No. 17 Elizabethtown on Dec. 14.

Shenandoah University welcomed 27 new inductees into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national leadership honor society, on Sunday, Dec. 7. ODK recognizes sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students and alumni who excel in leadership and academics. Students selected to Omicron Delta Kappa must meet the honor society's leadership values of collaboration, inclusivity, integrity, scholarship and service. Additionally, they must be in the top 35% of their class and demonstrate leadership in at least one of the five pillars of campus life: academics and research; athletics; service to campus and community; communications; and creative and performing arts. To become a member, students can self-nominate or be nominated by a faculty member, staff member or current ODK member. Nominees are then selected for induction through an application process. Benefits of ODK membership include access to exclusive scholarship opportunities, regular publications and resource materials to support leadership development, and job-related networking opportunities with over 250,000 current ODK members and hundreds of thousands of alumni and honorary members worldwide. For more information about Shenandoah University's ODK circle, visit su.edu.

Shenandoah University seniors Matt Conroy and Andy Anderson were named All-Region 3 by D3football.com on Dec. 10. Conroy, a linebacker from Bel Air, Maryland, earned second-team all-region honors for the second time in his career, while Anderson, an offensive guard from Williamsburg, Virginia, earned his first all-region nod with a third-team selection.

Shenandoah University head baseball coach Kevin Anderson has announced his program's leadership council for the 2026 season. Senior outfielders Kyle Garrett and Jaime Padilla and junior pitcher Jacob Gilbert were named captains for the Hornets. Nine other individuals will serve as class representatives for the program: Dillon Mauzy (first-year outfielder), Will Tighe (first-year catcher), Matthew Atchley (sophomore third baseman), Liam Stewart (sophomore pitcher), Samuel Vandrey (sophomore utility player), Nick Bell (junior pitcher), Blaine Griffin (junior pitcher), Michael Meyers (senior pitcher), and Jonathan Stokley (senior first baseman).

Four Shenandoah University field hockey student-athletes were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association's 2025 All-Region VI team in selections announced on Dec. 3. Camryn DeLeva, Claudia Lenahan, and Reagan Flory represent the Hornets on the first team, with Madison Short getting a second-team nod. Shenandoah wrapped up the 2025 season with 15 wins for the seventh consecutive season (excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season) and is ranked 20th in the NFHCA Division III coaches poll.