07/18/2025
SUNY Cortland’s student-athletes have excelled throughout the 2024-25 academic year, both in and outside of competition.
That much was evident recently with a series of academic honors at national and statewide levels.
Among the recent honors:
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Men’s track and field junior Isiah Brunache and graduate student Josh Jeffes were honored as national first team Division III Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-Americans for the 2024-25 season by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). Read more
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Senior field hockey midfielder Hanna Corrigan was recognized as a national third team Division III At-Large Academic All-American for the 2024-25 season by the CSC. Read more
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Brunache, sophomore men’s lacrosse player Sean Kavanagh and senior women’s golfer Sophie Oristian earned State University of New York (SUNY) Spring Scholar Athletes of the Year Awards, while Brunache and Kavanagh also were selected as State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Spring Scholar Athletes of the Year, in their respective sports for the 2025 season. Read more
Isaiah Brunache
Brunache is an exercise science major with a 3.97 cumulative GPA. He was the national runner-up in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships last month and was named both the Niagara Region and State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
He set school and SUNYAC records in the shot put with his distance of 18.21 meters (59’ 9”) at nationals outdoors and he set school indoor records in the weight throw (19.14 meters/62’ 9.5”) and shot put (17.57 meters/57’ 7.75”) indoors.
Josh Jeffes
Jeffes is a sport management major with a 3.61 GPA. At the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships, Jeffes anchored the Red Dragons’ national championship 4x400-meter relay team that set a school record of 3:12.59, and he earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter dash. He set the school record in the 500 meters (1:04.14) and was part of the school record-setting 4x200-meter relay (1:27.00).
Jeffes was named both the SUNYAC Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, winning 200-meter and 400-meter dash titles at both conference championships. He holds school outdoor records in the 400 meters and as part of the 4x400-meter relay.
Hanna Corrigan
Corrigan is a fitness development major who graduated in May with a 3.60 overall GPA. She recorded 18 goals and five assists for 41 points and scored four game-winning goals, and she was recognized as an NFHCA first team All-American, the NFHCA Region 3 Player of the Year and the SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Year.
She ranks eighth at Cortland in career assists and tied for 10th in goals and points. Corrigan also was selected to compete at the Senior Nexus Championship July 18-20 in Virginia Beach, Va. — an event that serves as a selection opportunity for the U.S. Women’s National Team.
Sean Kavanagh
Kavanagh is a physical education major with a 3.54 overall GPA. The midfielder earned second team United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America honors and first team All-SUNYAC recognition after recording 48 goals and 31 assists for 79 points. He led Cortland in assists and was second in both goals and total points. Kavanagh also earned a spot on the SUNYAC all-tournament team. He helped the Red Dragons finish 19-3 win the SUNYAC title and advance to the NCAA Division III tournament quarterfinals to tie for fifth place nationally.
Sophie Oristian
Oristian graduated in May as an exercise science major with a 3.63 overall GPA. She tied for third place at the Northeast Women’s Golf Conference (NWGC) Championship to earn first team all-conference honors and help Cortland win the league title and earn an NCAA Division III tournament automatic berth. She was Cortland’s top performer at nationals. Oristian was a four-time All-NWGC honoree, earning first-team honors in 2025, 2023 and 2022, along with a second-team honor in 2024 (tied for sixth).
Cortland student-athletes have now earned 46 Academic All-America honors, including four this past school year, and 26 since 2011.