ITA All-America honors are awarded to student-athletes that advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Individual Championships in November or finished in the top 20 of the final ITA singles rankings released last Wednesday, and Baris did both.

Baris has now earned ITA All-American honors in 2023, 2024 and 2025. He is MSU’s only multiple All-American recipient, now with three of the Spartans’ seven total All-America honors, joining Mashiska Washington (singles) in 1994, current MSU head coach Harry Jadun and John Mullane (doubles) in 2015, Max Sheldon (doubles) with Baris in 2023.

A junior from Okemos, Michigan, Baris earned First Team All-Big Ten accolades this spring, logging 23 overall singles wins this season, including 10 during dual action, in helping the Spartans reach the Round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament. Last fall, Baris was the NCAA Individual Championships National Runner-Up, falling to National Champion Michael Zheng of Columbia in the title match.

The Spartans ended their 2024-25 campaign at 17-10, concluding their season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Overall, Michigan State was making its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament, first doing so in 2013. 

MSU’s 17-10 overall record gives the Green & White 40 wins over last two years, the most wins in back-to-back seasons since 2012-13, the Spartans’ previous NCAA Tournament trip when current head coach Harry Jadun was a sophomore student-athlete.

 

Aaronson Mansberger received a wealth of accolades in his first season on the University of Michigan’s men’s gymnastics team.

The 2024 Carmel High School graduate was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times. He also was named Michigan’s 2024-25 Rookie of the Year for men’s gymnastics and was named a College Gymnastics Association Regular Season All-American.

But those are not the accomplishments that meant the most to him.

“Helping the team win its fifth straight Big Ten Conference title and first NCAA title in over 10 years (April 19) brought me more joy than any individual title ever could,” Mansberger said. “It was a really special moment to look up at the home crowd at (Michigan’s) Crisler Arena and see all of our friends and supporters cheering us on after bringing home the championships.”

Next up for Mansberger is competing June 28 in the men’s national qualifier.

“My goal is to qualify from that meet to the U.S. Championships in August, which serves as the selection competition for the U.S. Senior National Team and the 2025 World Championships Team,” he said. “Looking ahead to next college season, my goal is to improve my dismount skill. I fell at the (Big Ten) pommel horse final and NCAA Championships and I want to increase the difficulty score in my routine while maintaining the high-execution scores I received last season.”

Mansberger’s season-high score of 14.7 in the Big Ten team competition qualified for second place for the pommel horse final. The next evening, he fell on his dismount and scored 13.575, which placed him sixth. In the NCAA Championships, he had the third-highest score with 14.466 after qualifications. In the finals the next night, he again fell on his dismount and scored 13.4, which placed  17th.

Mansberger said his uncharacteristic falls on his dismount in the Big Ten and NCAA finals are why he knows there’s still work to do to improve his consistency.

“I showed very high potential by being in the top three of both the Big Ten and NCAA after qualifications, but I wasn’t able to finish strong in finals,” said Mansberger, who trained at Interactive Academy in Zionsville from the time he was 5 years old through high school.

Mansberger said the falls taught him that he still needs work on his mental and physical preparation.

“I didn’t have a perfect record, but I was able to prove myself as someone the team can rely on to anchor the pommel horse lineup,” he said. “In my club career before college, I struggled with performing under pressure. This year, I did a lot of mental training, and this helped me perform my routine more reliably. Knowing that my 24 teammates had my back no matter what gave me confidence.”

Adam Nightingale has spent plenty of time around Isaac Howard to know what makes him tick as a hockey player and as a human. 

Therefore, the Michigan State men’s hockey coach had a succinct description of Howard.

“I’ve never seen him have a bad day at the rink,” Nightingale said. “He’s hungry to get better. Loves, loves winning. Super-competitive player and obviously gifted offensively.”

Those traits paved the way for a terrific junior season with the Spartans. Howard led the nation in points per game at 1.41 en route to becoming the third player in Michigan State history to win the Hobey Baker Award. 

The accolades kept coming for Howard, as he recently was named USA Hockey’s Jim Johannson College Player of the Year. He will be among a number of individuals honored at the USA Hockey President’s Dinner on June 6 in Denver.

Nightingale has had a front row seat for a lot of Howard’s development. He coached Howard for two years at the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and then the last two seasons at Michigan State. 

Howard, who hails from Hudson, Wisconsin, spent his freshman season at Minnesota-Duluth before transferring to Michigan State.

Howard, a 5-foot-11-inch, 190-pound left wing with a left-handed shot, has always had top-tier talent. Following Howard’s two years with the NTDP, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected him in the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft.

But this season, Howard seemed to kick it into another gear by becoming a reliable goal scorer at the collegiate level. After scoring six goals in 35 games at Duluth and eight in 42 games in his first season with the Spartans, Howard racked up 26 goals to go along with 26 assists this season. He led the Big Ten in goals as Michigan State won the league regular-season and tournament championships.

“The combination of the play away from the puck and, I thought last year, he created a lot, was maybe a little snakebit too, the puck didn’t go in for him as much, but he created a lot of good chances,” Nightingale said. “I just think improving away from the puck, he’s created even more quality chances. He works hard on a shot after practice and then in our shooting room. He definitely has a nose for the net.”

Howard did display a tremendous ability to score with the NTDP, notching 32 and 33 goals in his two seasons, accompanied by 41 and 49 assists. Howard also has a wealth of international experience, highlighted by scoring two goals in the gold-medal game of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, helping the Americans win the tournament for the first time since 2021. 

Howard recently got more international experience by being one of two college players on the U.S. roster for the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship. 

“He’s really matured as a player since I first came to know him with the National Team Development Program, watching him really work hard,” said John Vanbiesbrouck, USA Hockey’s assistant executive director of hockey operations. “The first year there was hard on him, but he’s really matured into a nice player and person. On and off the ice, he gives it everything he has. So, he’s a really wonderful guy.”

Even with all the accolades coming his way — the Hobey Baker, USA Hockey’s College Player of the Year, All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year — Nightingale hasn’t noticed much of a change in Howard’s demeanor.

“He’s a team guy,” Nightingale concluded. “He’s handled it well. He’s acknowledged that he’s played with good linemates and it’s a big deal for Michigan State to have a Hobey Baker winner and now the Jim Johannson award. So, he’s handled it with humility and class.”

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WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross women’s ice hockey standout Stacey Hochkins (Class of 2012) has been selected as the 2025 USA Hockey Adult Player of the Year. She will be honored at the USA Hockey President’s Awards Dinner on Friday, June 6, at the Denver Marriott Tech Center.

Currently an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech University and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and St. Catherine’s High School, Hochkins has continued to connect with the game as an avid adult hockey player since her time at Holy Cross. She laced up her skates to take part in the 2025 USA Hockey-Long Drink Adult Women’s National Championships in Wesley Chapels, Fla., with the Foundry 13 Little Caesars Women’s Hockey Team, leading her team to the 21+ Tier I division championship title.

Hochkins has helped grow the Little Caesars Women’s Hockey program from humble beginnings. The program has gone from just nine players in 2021 to 32 players at the 2025 event, enough for two full teams. Hochkins’ love for the sport goes beyond playing. She just finished her first season as an assistant coach for Lawrence Tech University’s ACHA Division II women’s hockey program, and also completed her second campaign as an assistant coach with the joint team of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and St. Catherine’s, a prep school based in the Detroit suburbs, who skate in the Michigan Girls High School Hockey League.

Hochkins was a standout forward for the Crusaders from 2008-2012. She was a four-time first team All-ECAC East selection, in addition to being named All-America and All-New England three times. During her senior year, Hochkins led the team with a school-record 28 goals and 18 assists for 46 points. She ended her collegiate career as Holy Cross’ all-time leader in all six major offensive categories, totaling 103 goals, 86 assists, 189 points, 18 game-winning goals, 22 power play goals and 15 shorthanded goals. A two-year team captain, Hochkins led the Crusaders to an overall record of 80-19-7 during her four years on the team. She was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2019, and had her jersey retired in 2024.

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As the Dartmouth women’s rowing team gathered for the NCAA Championship selection show, there was excitement and nervousness all wrapped into one.
 
Then, the name Dartmouth popped up under at-large teams and every emotion rose to the surface.
 
“I had high ambitions for this team,” said second-year head coach John Graves, The Elizabeth C. McNabb Head Coach of Women’s Rowing. “I laid out a pretty conservative plan for the first few years, but never expected us to be here in year two.
 
“It was surreal to see our name pop up in the selection show.”

Love this team #GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/hIWVcnHxOZ

— Dartmouth Women’s Rowing (@DartmouthWRow) May 20, 2025

A Quick Rise
This fall, alumna Emily Dreissigacker ’11 spoke to the team, touching on the last time Dartmouth reached the NCAA Championship in 2011.
 
“I very vividly remember sitting in the boat bay and thinking this is going to be so awesome for the team,” said fifth-year Jenna Martin.
 
At the time, Martin thought it was going to be awesome in a few years when the Big Green would return to NCAAs.
 
“I was excited about pushing the goal post, but I never would have believed that we would have made this big of a jump so quickly,” she said.
 
How did it happen?
 
Ironically enough, by not thinking about it.
 
“John has instilled a very strong feeling of enjoying the process and not thinking about the goal,” said Martin. “It almost feels like we accidentally found ourselves in this position, which obviously isn’t an accident. We’ve worked very hard for it.
 
“By enjoying the process, we weren’t focused on the finish line, but by focusing on the process each day, we were able to get there.”
 
“We’re incredibly proud of our entire women’s rowing program for buying into and trusting the process that John and his staff have led,” said Mike Harrity, Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation. “It was an easy decision after the conversation with him to appoint him as the head coach.”
 
A Turning Point
A significant step forward for the Big Green came at last season’s Ivy League Championship where the belief within the Dartmouth women’s rowing program reached a new level.
 
“In the varsity eight, we performed better than we had in the past (beating Harvard and reaching the grand finals), but we were still learning so much throughout that one regatta,” said Martin. “I feel like we picked up a lot of momentum.
 
That momentum carried over into 2025 in a big way.
 
“Going into this season, we knew we couldn’t take any steps back in terms of what we wanted to accomplish,” said junior Áine Ley. “The Princeton Chase was a very big race for us [this fall].”
 
The Princeton Chase featured time trials in which crews don’t know how they did in relation to the field until the very end. It was a true internally-focused regatta with a focus on the process.
 
“We got to the dock and John asked how we thought we did,” said Ley, a member of the varsity eight.

They captured fourth.

 

“That was a pretty big affirmation that we could beat some of these historically pretty fast teams,” said Ley. “UVA was a team Dartmouth hadn’t beaten recently, and we beat them. That left us at the end of the fall in a really good spot.”

 

The Princeton Chase continued the belief within the Big Green that had been instilled at the previous year’s Ivy League Championship.

 

“I immediately broke out into tears [when hearing we finished fourth],” said Martin.

 

Spring, 2025 Season

The spring season began with the team’s camp in Florida.

 

“For the first time in my Dartmouth career, it didn’t feel like we had regressed after being off the water, whether that was over the winter or summer,” said Ley.

 

The momentum has continued all spring. The Big Green finished second at the Sarasota 2K, ahead of a number of highly-ranked teams, and went on to crack the top 20 in the national rankings for the first time since 2018. The varsity eight beat Columbia and hung tough with Harvard at Eastern Sprints before taking things to the next level at the Ivy League Championship.

 

Dartmouth finished second in its heat, which included beating perennial power Brown.

 

What worked?

 

A number of things, including fine tuning the lineup.

 

“Caroline Krantz joined the boat and was put into stroke seat, which is a very, very difficult position, especially for a first-year,” said Martin. “When I was a first-year, I stroked the varsity eight, was very nervous and felt overwhelmed.

 

“Caroline is an incredible rower. She has a very unquestionable rhythm,” Martin continued. “Her rowing is very robotic in the way that it’s very consistent, and she races with a very high level of maturity, which is very impressive.”

 

The Big Green carried the momentum forward from heats.

 

“It’s fun and exciting when you realize you’re up on Brown,” said Ley. “I think that fueled us a lot and gave us a lot more confidence going into the final that we could do this. We missed out on the medal (finishing fourth), but if you had told me a year ago, or even the beginning of the spring, that we’d be in contention for a medal, I probably wouldn’t have believed it.”

 

The Big Green finished fourth in team points as well, coming after finishing seventh the previous three seasons and sixth the two years before that.

Big day for the Big Green in Camden! Grand Final spots secured in the 1V8, 2V8, and 1V4, keeping the team’s postseason hopes alive.

Here’s a clip of the 1V8’s Heat where they finished second with a time of 6:09.4.

Go Big Green! pic.twitter.com/cFDC4orNWZ

— Dartmouth Women’s Rowing (@DartmouthWRow) May 18, 2025

Always Getting Faster
Due to the colder climate in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth gets on the water very late compared to other Division I rowing teams. But one positive aspect is that the team is continually improving deep into May and June.
 
“Dartmouth is off the water longer than any team in the country,” said Graves. “I talk a lot about the fact that our team should be making progress faster than any other team in the country. Week-to-week, every week, we’re making big strides. From Sprints to Ivies, that’s another manifestation of it.
 
“Now, we have the privilege to spend even more time on the water going into NCAAs, which is going to advantage Dartmouth again,” Graves continued. “All our crews pride themselves on getting faster at a steeper trajectory than anyone in the country.”
 
Getting faster is exactly what the Big Green have done… for a number of reasons.
 
“From day one, John gave us a really clear technical model of the stroke he wanted us doing, explaining why and the science behind it,” said Ley. “That helped a lot of people get on board.”
 
As they say, the rest is history.
 
Finding the Fun Every Day
A focus on not only the process, but also finding the fun in coming to the boathouse every day has also been critical.
 
“The most important thing to reestablish was the love of the process and love of the journey,” said Graves. “If that was there, the team would get better, and who knows how far we could take it. I couldn’t have ever predicted that the group would have taken it as far as they have as quickly as they’ve done it.
 
“They’ve had fun training, they’ve had fun racing and when that’s in place, the sky is the limit.”
 
It has been an especially special season considering it’s the 50th Anniversary of Dartmouth women’s rowing, which was celebrated in the fall.
 
“That was such a special weekend for all of us,” said Ley. “John has been a huge proponent of gratitude for the opportunity to row every day, and also acknowledging all these amazing women who came before us. Having that in the back of our minds makes this all even more special. There’s been so much awesome support from so many people.”
 
As Graves said, reaching NCAAs has been an affirmation of all the hard work, but it’s not why he does what he does.
 
“All the things he said he would do, he’s implementing, and at the core of everything he talked about was his care about the student-athletes, finding ways to maximize their growth and potential as individuals within this bigger construct of the team,” said Harrity.
 
“A national championship, NCAAs or winning certain races wasn’t what drew me to this job, or coaching in general,” said Graves. “I felt like this team really needed to re-establish the joy of the training and the racing, particularly the racing. If you’re not loving lining up and racing side-by-side, then you’re in the wrong sport.
 
“When you have that joy in your process, what you’re doing and how you’re bringing that to your racing, things tend to go pretty well and you tend to go pretty fast,” Graves continued. “As an athlete that was so essential to me growing to my potential.”
           
Martin sees the way Dartmouth women’s rowing has aided in her growth as a person.
 
“I am very proud of the team, and I’m also very proud of John for preparing us in the way he has,” she said. “Looking at workouts we did over the winter, I just had to trust that it was the right thing to do. And now, looking back on it, I can see how it prepared us.”
 
As Martin said, she has learned something through rowing that will carry into the rest of her life.
 
“It doesn’t take brute force to do incredible things,” she said. “It takes working as harmoniously as we can, working together and bringing the strengths out of each other to come together and do something that’s bigger than all of us.”

Hear from senior Emma Hochberg and John Graves, The Elizabeth C. McNabb Head Coach of Women’s Rowing, after Tuesday’s NCAA Championship selection, @DartmouthWRow‘s first since 2011!#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/0jHgb3NkK1

— Dartmouth Athletics (@dartmouthsports) May 21, 2025

History in the making

Relive the moment we heard our name called for the first time since 2011!#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/GV6Mv9u0op

— Dartmouth Women’s Rowing (@DartmouthWRow) May 21, 2025

NCAA Athens Regional  •  May 30-June 2  •  Athens, Ga.  •  Foley Field (3,633)

TV: SEC Network/ESPNU (Mike Ferrin & Jensen Lewis)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App    KSPI 93.7 FM / KSPI 780 AM    okla.state/GetVarsity    (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: vs. Duke: Cowboys lead, 2-0
             vs. Georgia: Tied, 1-1
             vs. Binghamton: Cowboys lead, 4-0

• Oklahoma State is 28-23 and has won 10 of its last 12 games. The Cowboys received an NCAA Regional at-large berth, marking their 12th consecutive NCAA tourney appearance. 

• OSU finished seventh in the Big 12 standings with a 15-12 conference record. 

• Up next, the third-seeded Cowboys open play at the NCAA Athens Regional with a matchup against No. 2 seed Duke Friday at 5 p.m. (CDT).

• The Pokes own a .254 team batting average and .461 slugging percentage and are averaging 6.6 runs per game. Brayden Smith leads OSU with a .312 batting average and 14 doubles, while Nolan Schubart paces the Cowboys with 17 homers and 54 RBIs. 

• OSU’s pitching staff sports a 4.33 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the nation’s best in shutouts (5), strikeouts per nine innings (9.8) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.64). 

• Host and No. 7 national seed Georgia brings a 42-15 record into the Regional. The Bulldogs posted an 18-12 record in SEC play. UGA is making the 15th NCAA Regional appearance in program history and second in a row. 
• Head coach Wes Johnson owns an 85-32 in his two seasons at UGA.

• Duke is 37-19 on the season, which includes a 17-13 mark in the ACC. The Blue Devils are making their third consecutive NCAA Regional appearance and 12th in program history.
• In his 13th season leading the Blue Devils, head coach Chris Pollard owns a 416-294 record.  

• Binghamton enters tourney play with a 29-24 mark. The Bearcats went 13-11 in the America East Conference before winning the league’s tourney title. BU is making its sixth overall NCAA Regional appearance and first since 2022.
• Head coach Tom Sinicki is in his 33rd season as Binghamton’s head coach and owns a career record of 729-742-9.

Cowboys At The NCAA Baseball Championship

• Oklahoma State is making its 50th appearance in the NCAA Baseball Championship, which is tied for the third most all time with Miami (FL) and behind only Texas (64) and Florida State (61).

• OSU owns a 159-106 (.600) record in the NCAA tourney, with the 159 wins sixth on the all-time list. The Cowboys’ 20 College World Series appearances are tied for sixth all time.

• The Cowboys are seeking to advance to the sixth NCAA Super Regional in program history (1999, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2019). Should the Cowboys advance out of the Athens Regional, they will face the winner of the NCAA Oxford Regional in a Super Regional.

• OSU has made an NCAA Regional each season under 13th-year head coach Josh Holliday. It is the Cowboys’ 12th NCAA appearance under his direction — there was no NCAA tourney in 2020 after the remainder of the season was cancelled in March due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

• The Pokes are 25-23 in NCAA tourney play under Holliday — 20-17 in Regionals, 3-4 in Super Regionals and 2-2 at the College World Series. During his tenure, the Cowboys have made seven NCAA Regional finals appearances and earned three Super Regional berths. In 2016, Holliday led his alma mater to the 20th College World Series in program history.

• This year marks the fourth under Holliday that the Pokes are a No. 3 seed (2013, 2017 & 2018). OSU was a No. 1 seed in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023 & 2024 and was a No. 2 seed in 2016 and 2021.