Shenandoah University

Shenandoah University midfielder Cody Griffis earned third team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference accolades for men's lacrosse in selections announced by the league on May 6. In 10 ODAC games, the sophomore from New Market, Maryland, led the Hornets with 25 goals and 28 points. Additionally, he had three man-up goals in conference play to go along with eight groundballs and one caused turnover. Griffis scored in each ODAC contest and had eight multi-goal games. The midfielder registered a season-high six goals in the team's 16-4 win at Averett University in April.

Shenandoah University's women's lacrosse team earned six All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selections, while first-year Natalie Opatovsky earned the league's Rookie of the Year award in an announcement made by the conference office on May 5. The Hornets had three first-team selections with Ayla Jantz, Addison Harmel, and Talia Maria each earning a spot. Opatovsky, Emily Ransom, and Alex Ripkin rounded out SU's selections with second-team honors.

Shenandoah University's outdoor track and field program had four student-athletes combine to earn five All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference accolades at the ODAC Championships on April 24-25 at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sophomore thrower Grady Speer (men's hammer throw, discus) led the Hornets with a pair of all-conference performances over the two-day event, while first-year Molly Donaldson (women's shot put), sophomore Maddy Chorney (women's 10,000-meter), and first-year Roman Bernard (men's 400-meter) also each placed among the top three in their respective events.

The Shenandoah University men's tennis team swept the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards on April 20, with Dominick Suwak winning the league's award for singles and Lucas Beasley and Shine Tokas earning the honor for doubles. Suwak has won ODAC Singles Player of the Week for the sixth time this season and has also earned two additional Doubles Team of the Week awards. The Hornets' top singles player went 2-0 this week, starting with a win over Randolph College's Jacob Martin (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) on April 15. Suwak followed it up with a victory on April 18 over Bridgewater College's Corey Beshoar, 6-1, 6-1. For the Hornets' doubles team, Beasley and Tokas played at the No. 2 spot in all three matches last week, going 3-0 against Randolph, Bridgewater and Guilford College. The duo won 6-0 over Randolph's Jason Duval and Aksel Tinnes-Rimehaug, prior to defeating Bridgewater's duo of Levi Widelich and Logan Garner by the same score. Beasley and Tokas finished their week with a victory against Guilford's George Hardie and Turner Johnson, 6-2, in Shenandoah's regular-season finale.

Dominick Suwak and Aryanth Chintharlapalli earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Doubles Team of the Week accolade for the second time this season following a 3-0 week for the Shenandoah University men's tennis team. The duo played at the No. 3 spot in all three matches for the Hornets, with three wins as a team. Suwak and Chintharlapalli played their way to a 6-2 win in the first match of the week versus Goucher on April 7 before entering ODAC play over the weekend. In conference play, the duo first downed Averett, 7-6, with a 7-2 tiebreaker, on April 11 before defeating Lynchburg's duo, 6-2, on April 12.

Shenandoah University outfielder Cadence Rieg was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Week on April 13, giving the Hornets their second weekly conference award winner of the 2026 season. During the Hornets' 6-0 week last week, the sophomore from Winchester, Virginia, went 12-for-18 at the plate with six doubles, seven RBIs, five runs scored, seven walks and a stolen base. Rieg posted a .667/.760/1.000 slash line in those six games and entered Tuesday ranked fourth in the ODAC in batting average (.459), on-base percentage (.526), OPS (1.222) and doubles (11), fifth in triples (five), and sixth in RBIs (30) and slugging percentage (.694). Rieg posted four multi-hit games last week, with three hits in each of the two games against Mary Washington and two hits in both games at Lynchburg. Additionally, Rieg scored a run in five of the six games. Her week was highlighted by a game-tying double in the seventh inning of Game 2 at Lynchburg. Later in the inning, Rieg came around to score the eventual game-winning run to help fuel the sweep.

The Shenandoah University women's lacrosse team swept the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards on April 6, as Ayla Jantz won the league's Offensive Player of the Week and Addison Harmel earned Defensive Player of the Week following a 2-0 showing for Shenandoah that featured a pair of ODAC home wins over Bridgewater College and Randolph-Macon College. Jantz scored 10 goals and added an assist for an 11 point week, while also tallying six draw controls. The sophomore from Fredericksburg began her week with a six-goal game against Bridgewater on April 1, during which she also secured five draw controls. On April 3 against Randolph-Macon, the attacker added four more goals and an assist to her resume. Harmel, a sophomore midfielder from Bel Air, Maryland, forced seven turnovers and five ground balls in those two games. Against Bridgewater, Harmel had five caused turnovers and four ground balls, while also scoring three goals and contributing an assist. On April 3 against the Yellow Jackets, Harmel had two caused turnovers in the second half, helping SU secure the win.

Shenandoah University third baseman Tyler Smith was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week on April 6. Smith, a junior from Crofton, Maryland, hit .462 (6-for-13) with three home runs, nine RBIs and three runs scored in three games last week. On March 31, he hit a game-ending home run against York (Pennsylvania) in a seven-inning, 10-0 blowout, helping the Hornets earn their 10th run-rule victory of the season. On April 3, in a game in which the Hornets trailed Guilford by nine runs at one point, Smith hit two three-run home runs to fuel a Shenandoah comeback and give the Hornets a 12-11 ODAC win. This season, Smith has an ODAC-leading 11 home runs and 47 RBIs, which ranks second in the conference. He is the fourth Hornet to earn ODAC Player of the Week this season, joining Carl Keenan, Jaime Padilla, and JP Williams.

Shenandoah University's men's volleyball team earned its first-ever All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selections following its inaugural season in 2026, with Alex Schoenen and Kailen Dmitruk earning third-team honors. Schoenen, a middle blocker, played in 47 conference sets and earned 104 kills, a team-high 40 blocks, and 142.5 total points in 14 conference matches. The sophomore had a .300 attacking percentage in conference play as well. Schoenen had at least 10 kills in five ODAC matches and had a season-high five solo blocks versus Eastern Mennonite. The middle blocker was named the league's ODAC Defensive Player of the Week back in March. Dmitruk, an opposite hitter, led the Hornets with 115 kills in conference play, which ranked inside the top 10 in the ODAC. Additionally, the first-year added 11 service aces, 50 digs, a .941 reception percentage, and 17 blocks in 14 ODAC matches.

Shenandoah University senior Dominick Suwak earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Singles Player of the Week award on April 6, marking the fifth time he's snagged the honor during the 2025-26 season. Suwak won both of his singles matches last week in a pair of ODAC matches against Washington and Lee University and Virginia Wesleyan University. The senior from Arlington, Virginia, won his first match against the Generals 6-3, 6-1 on April 1 on the road in Lexington, and closed out the week with a 6-2, 6-3 win on April 4 against the Marlins' Jed Platts. Suwak is undefeated with an 11-0 record this season, which includes three wins in ODAC play.

Shenandoah University junior Addisyn Banks has been named an NCAA Division III All-American honorable mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on March 19, becoming the third player in program history to earn the award. 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 (27 starts) for the Hornets, helping the team earn an at-large bid into the 2026 NCAA Division III women's basketball championship tournament.

Shenandoah University senior Sean Rinebolt was named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association on March 19. The senior from Keedysville, Maryland, finished his Shenandoah career with over 100 wins, becoming the second SU wrestler to reach that mark. Rinebolt earned third team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference honors for the 2025-26 season while also being named the conference's Lighter Weight Wrestler of the Week in November. The 133-pound wrestler also earned all-region recognition after placing seventh at the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament in February. To qualify for this recognition, wrestlers must place in the top eight at their respective regional tournament or maintain a win percentage above 66% with at least 15 matches wrestled, while also maintaining either a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher or at least a 3.2 GPA over the last two semesters.

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).

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'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 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 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.