FLUSHING, N.Y. – On Monday evening, May 11, the Queens College Department of Athletics celebrated the accomplishments of the 2025-26 academic year at its annual Athletics Awards Night.
The celebration recognized all 16 varsity programs and highlighted the department's success both on the field and in the classroom throughout the 2025-26 campaign.
As a department, the Knights combined to earn 37 All-East Coast Conference selections and 11 ECC major awards, including four Rookie of the Year honors, one Defensive Player of the Year award, one Goalkeeper of the Year honor, two Player of the Year recognitions, and three Coach of the Year selections.
Queens also produced four All-Region honorees, two MET honorees, one All-American, and one individual singles champion during the year. In addition, three teams achieved national rankings, while three programs captured ECC regular season championships and two teams claimed ECC Tournament titles and advanced to NCAA Championship competition.
In addition to team accomplishments, the department honored nine student-athletes with the program's top departmental awards.
Female Department Awards
Outstanding Freshman – Softball's
Nellie Donahue
Most Improved – Women's Basketball's
Chinyere Ukaegbu
Outstanding Senior – Women's Volleyball's
Kendall Conrad
MVP/Silver Knight – Women's Tennis'
Lilie Bizouerne
Male Department Awards
Outstanding Freshman – Men's Soccer's
Bradyn Brown
Most Improved – Baseball's
Severino Napolitano Jr.
Outstanding Senior – Men's Soccer's
Kevin Johnson
MVP/Silver Knight – Men's Tennis'
Lucas Foix Sotos
Patrick Parker Award
Women's Soccer and Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field –
Carly Koprowski
