Oneonta Red Dragon Sports

Seven Oneonta men's and women's swimming & diving team members picked up College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors. The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool and classroom. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a significant contributor to the team with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at their current institution. Each school is limited to four nominations. Eligible individuals must compete in five competitions or finish in the top eight at a conference meet. Oneonta finished the season at the SUNYAC-AMCC Championships. The women placed fifth, while the men were sixth.

Oneonta men's soccer junior Dillon Kelly (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Beacon) was named the 2024 SUNYAC Men's Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year. The award is nominated and voted on by the conference sports information directors. Kelly holds a 3.95 overall GPA as a Biology major and was a 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection. He started 17 games at defense for the Red Dragons men's team this past season and was named All-SUNYAC third team for his performance.

The SUNYAC recognized Oneonta senior Sabrinna Mena as the 2024 Women's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year. Mena holds a 3.94 cumulative GPA as a dietetics major and was the SUNYAC Elite 20 winner in 2023 for having the highest GPA at the conference championship meet. Mena finished as the SUNYAC Championship runner-up in 2024 with a time of 24:04.9 to earn All-SUNYAC First Team Honors. She placed 20th at the NCAA Division III Niagara Region Championship to pick up all-region honors.

Two members of the Oneonta women's cross country team earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country All-Academic honors on Thursday. Juniors Ella DePhillips (Monroe, NY/Monroe-Woodbury) and Megan Francoeur (New Lebanon, NY/Pittsfield (MA)) both received the recognition. Additionally, the women's cross country team was named all-academic.

Senior Kayla Rende (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh) of the Oneonta women's volleyball team was selected as a member of the 2022 Academic All-District Team selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) this past fall semester.

SUNY Oneonta graduate student Tristan Battistoni was named the State University of New York Scholar Athlete of the Year, in men's soccer, on Tues. Jan. 3 by Chancellor John B. King, Jr., from the SUNY System in Albany.

Two members of the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team were named United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Americans in December.