PURCHASE, N.Y. - Purchase College Athletics celebrated the 2024-25 Athletics Awards Dinner Thursday, as the department highlighted the best and brightest among the students and staff.

The ceremony, which took place in the Purchase College Performing Arts Center on April 30, 2025, welcomed a wide range of attendees from student-athletes, athletics staff and faculty from the college in general.

Interim Sports Information Director Justin Lovell hosted the event and welcomed everyone at the start, before inviting the other speakers of the night.

From there, Purchase College President Milly Pena, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Patty Bice and Director of Athletics Chris Bisignano all spoke, highlighting the students, staff and the memorable moments in athletics over year and during their careers.

As Bisignano finished, he presented Pena with a retirement plaque and word of gratitude, before she retires this summer.

Following the speakers, Associate Director of Athletics Francesca Levine came up to introduce the newest Hall of Famer, Zoe Hines '18.

Hines graduated as one of the brightest student-athletes in school history, and is the only player in school history to be named to the All-Skyline Conference First Team all four years.

Her other accomplishments include:

2018 SUNY Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete for Women's Lacrosse

2015-18 All-Skyline Conference First Team 

2017-18 Purchase College Female Athlete of the Year

2015 Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year

2014-15 Purchase College Female Rookie of the Year

Holds Record for Most Goals (10) and Points (12) in a Game

All-Time Program Leader in Goals, Second in Points

Hines took a few moments to reminisce on her time at Purchase, all while thanking her family and friends for supporting her during her storied career. With her induction, she became just the second women's lacrosse player ever in the Purchase Hall of Fame and its 23rd member all time

Following Hines' induction, it was onto the Team Awards. During this section, each of the 17 teams handed out four awards - Coach's, Most Improved, Rookie and Most Valuable - as the squads celebrated the year.

As each team was highlighted, the entire program came to the front of the room to be recognized in front of its peers, with the coaches handing out awards to each of the winners.

Below is the list of Team Award Honorees:

Men's and Women's Cross Country
    -Coach's - Luke Colon and Victor Vyssotski
    -Most Improved - Timo Berry and Mel Harper
    -Rookie - Reece Grieshaber and Madeline Ortiz
    -Most Valuable - Bobby Royston and Chloe McDonald

Golf
    -Coach's - Daniel Knipscher and Shannon Herlihy
    -Most Improved - Zach Collins and Alyssa Ziskind
    -Rookie - Arthur Nelbach IV and Shannon Herlihy
    -Most Valuable - Steve Mains and Liv Hammer

Men's Soccer
    -Coach's - Leo Conte
    -Most Improved - Oliverio Bosi
    -Rookie - Yahir Tafoya
    -Most Valuable - Liam George

Women's Soccer
    -Coach's - Maggie Obman
    -Most Improved - Elyza Colon
    -Rookie - Bailey Carlon
    -Most Valuable - Angela Holness

Women's Tennis
    -Coach's - Olivia Menchell
    -Most Improved - Sierra Blanco
    -Rookie - Katelin Smith
    -Most Valuable - Amelia Perlmutter

Women's Volleyball
    -Coach's - Marcella Pena
    -Most Improved - Thalia Patnelli
    -Rookie - Sadie Weiss
    -Most Valuable - Helena Carroll

Men's Basketball
    -Coach's - Trey Skeete
    -Most Improved - Gabe Bristow and Sean Holzman
    -Rookie - Tyler Bond
    -Most Valuable - Rashid Nikiema

Women's Basketball
    -Coach's - Charlee Neb
    -Most Improved - Halle Greaige
    -Rookie - Tvisha Sivaramakrishnan
    -Most Valuable - Carlye Graff

Men's and Women's Swim
    -Coach's - Daniel Maloney and Isabella Morobito
    -Most Improved - Django Miceli and Victor Vyssotski
    -Rookie - Senan Scott-Hamblen and Riley Langford
    -Most Valuable - David Whitmer and Paris Judy

Men's Volleyball
    -Coach's - Tyler Ryan
    -Most Improved - Matthew Ortiz
    -Rookie - Hector Ruiz
    -Most Valuable - Channing Williams

Baseball
    -Coach's - Sam Saltzman and Matthew Dragotto
    -Most Improved - Justin Lorenzo
    -Rookie - Evan Biener
    -Most Valuable - Liam Daly

Softball
    -Golden Glove - Sam Christopher
    -Coach's - Mel Harper
    -Most Improved - Devynn Hernandez
    -Rookie - Sariah Sanchez and Arielle Reddick
    -Most Valuable - Becca Bronzi

Men's Lacrosse
    -Coach's - Brendon Truex
    -Most Improved - Jack Lyons
    -Rookie - Zach Scott
    -Most Valuable - Zach Collins

Women's Lacrosse
    -Coach's - Amani Jamal
    -Most Improved - Annelise Durkin
    -Rookie - Valentina Quintero
    -Most Valuable - Amani Jamal

Men's Tennis
    -Coach's - Oliver Culliton
    -Most Improved - Suleyman Eminov
    -Rookie - Isaac Spottek
    -Most Valuable - Eli Palagatshev

Following the Team Awards, the night moved onto the Special Awards section, which celebrated unique winners from various categories.

These winners included:

Men's Academic Team of the Year
Cross Country, 3.63 GPA

Women's Academic Team of the Year
Cross Country, 3.75 GPA

Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Men's)
Anthony Ciccone, Baseball - 4.08 GPA

Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Women's)
Victor Vyssotski, Cross County and Swim - 4.11 GPA

Gloria Cimaglia Student-Assistant of the Year
Elaine Tamboia

After the Special Awards were handed out, the ceremony hit the final stretch - the Sensational Six awards.

These winners represented the best and brightest of the 2024-25 campaign, and included numerous nominees for each section. The winner is denoted below.

Rookie of the Year (Men's)
Panos Sinis, Baseball - winner
Reece Grieshaber, Cross Country
Isaac Spottek, Tennis

Rookie of the Year (Women's)
Arielle Reddick, Softball - winner
Sariah Sanchez, Softball
Helena Carroll, Volleyball

Coach of the Year
Jack Dignan, Men's Basketball - winner
Jordan Snider, Men's Tennis
Mickey Brzov, Women's Tennis

Athlete of the Year (Women's)
Chloe McDonald, Cross Country - winner
Arielle Reddick, Softball
Amelia Perlmutter, Tennis
Sariah Sanchez, Softball
Victor Vyssotski, Cross Country and Swim

Athlete of the Year (Men's)
Bobby Royston, Cross Country
Liam Daly, Baseball
Rashid Nikiema, Basketball
Channing Williams, Volleyball - winner
Eli Palagatshev, Tennis

Panther Challenge
1st Place - Women's Soccer - 114 points
Tied for 2nd Place - Women's Lacrosse and Women's Swim - 91 points