2025-26 Women’s Swimming & Diving Postseason Awards, All-Conference Team Introduced

NEW YORK– The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) introduced its 2025-26 ladies’s swimming and diving postseason awards and All-Conference workforce on Thursday morning.

Baruch junior Allyse Alexander was chosen because the Swimmer of the Year for the second straight 12 months, whereas Hunter’s Grace Valette was chosen because the Rookie of the Year.  Baruch head coach Charles Lampasso was tabbed because the Coach of the Year.

John Jay’s Luciana Uriarte was voted because the winner of the Sportsmanship Award.

Swimmer of the Year: Allyse Alexander, Baruch

Alexander is the primary swimmer to repeat as Swimmer of the Year since Baruch’s Julia Sung gained the award three straight seasons from 2012-14. She was a two-time convention Swimmer of the Week in the course of the common season.

Alexander posted the quickest time within the convention in six completely different occasions (50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 particular person medley, 400 IM), setting a convention file in the course of the season within the 100 butterfly (58.87).  During the convention championship, Alexander earned Most Valuable Performer honors for the second straight 12 months after profitable gold within the 100 breaststroke, 200 IM and 200 butterfly, whereas additionally being part of 4 profitable Bearcat relays. She additionally set a convention and championship file within the 50 freestyle (24.62) swimming the opening leg of the 200 freestyle relay.

Rookie of the Year: Grace Valette, Hunter

A four-time Swimmer of the Week and two-time Rookie of the Week in the course of the common season, Valette is the Hawks’ first Rookie of the Year since Sarah Decker in 2020.

Valette posted the quickest time within the convention in six occasions (100 freestyle, 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, 100 backstroke) in the course of the season.  At the convention championship, Valette led the Hawks to their sixth straight title with wins within the 500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle and 100 backstroke.  During the season she set a convention file within the 100 freestyle (54.04).

Coach of the Year: Charles Lampasso, Baruch

Lampasso earned ladies’s Coach of the Year honors for the second straight 12 months and fourth time in his profession.  This season, he guided the Bearcats to a second place end in the course of the common season with a 4-1 convention file, in addition to a second place end on the convention championship.  The Bearcats gained gold 10 instances on the convention championship.

2025-26 CUNYAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Awards

Swimmer of the Year: Allyse Alexander, Baruch

Rookie of the Year: Grace Valette, Hunter

Coach of the Year: Charles Lampasso, Baruch

Sportsmanship Award: Luciana Uriarte, John Jay

Sportsmanship Team: Kaetlyn Chavez (Baruch), Yara Shaik (Brooklyn), Parvinabonu Makhmadalieva (Hunter), Gisley Velez (Lehman), Elizabeth Astudillo (York)

2025-26 CUNYAC Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Conference

Allyse Alexander, Baruch

Antonietta Baerga, Brooklyn

Elizabeth Bailey-Hamm, Brooklyn

Lily Bradshaw, Hunter

Cara Chang, Hunter

Mia Chang, Hunter

Kaetlyn Chavez, Baruch

Kira Chen, Baruch

Aydan Damirova, John Jay

Victoria Hapsis, John Jay

Ashley Leal, Baruch

Sophia Lengyel, Baruch

Magdalena Mackiewicz, Brooklyn

Hailey-Madison Quiller, Hunter

Grace Valette, Hunter

Lian Winter, Hunter

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