BOSTON – A total of 12 student-athletes from the University at Albany have collected America East Presidential Scholar-Athlete honors, the conference announced on Monday. The award recognizes graduating student-athletes who compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher as undergraduate students and earned their undergraduate degree during the 2025-26 academic year.
 
In addition to registering a 3.75 GPA for their college career, honored student-athletes must have received their undergraduate degree in the academic year they are honored, attended their institution for a minimum of two years if a transfer student-athlete, and completed their degree as an undergraduate student.
 
UAlbany's 12 honorees represented six of the university's athletic programs. Women's soccer and volleyball each led the way with three honorees. Also representing the Great Danes were men's soccer, men's cross country, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse.
 
Women's track & field paced all sports with 28 honorees, while women's swimming & diving (20), men's track & field (19), women's soccer (17), and men's lacrosse (16) rounded out the top five sports represented.
 
In total, over 150 individuals from around the conference were named Presidential Scholar-Athletes. The Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award program started during 2013-14 academic year. In total, over 1,000 student-athletes have been honored as part of the program.
 
For a full list of this year's UAlbany representatives, see below.
 
2026 America East Presidential Scholar-Athletes
Kodai Tsuzuki – Men's Soccer
Casey Stowell – Women's Soccer
Hailey Hnis – Women's Soccer
Madison Hnis – Women's Soccer
Nikolas Christian – Men's Cross Country
Dora Filipovic – Volleyball
Anna Myhal – Volleyball
Tori Wilson – Volleyball
Cade Galko – Men's Lacrosse
Austin Oppenheim – Men's Lacrosse
Molly McGrath – Women's Lacrosse
Delaney McManus – Women's Lacrosse

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