CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Five members of the Harvard women’s water polo team – Niki Piovan, Ruby Hodge, Orli Cooper, Maya O’Dea, and Emma Gilbert – have earned ACWPC All-American honors, the association announced today. The five selections mark the most in a single season in program history.

Rookie Niki Piovan led the way with a third-team selection, becoming the program’s first to earn that distinction since 2023 and only the third in Harvard history. Piovan was one of two standout first-years on the Crimson roster this season, finishing with 58 goals and 48 assists. Her 106 points helped earn her CWPA Rookie of the Year and CWPA Tournament Rookie of the Tournament honors.

Hodge, Cooper, O’Dea, and Gilbert were all named ACWPC Honorable Mention selections. Hodge, O’Dea, and Gilbert earned the honor for the second consecutive year after playing pivotal roles in Harvard’s historic season.

Cooper, the second standout rookie on the team, was recognized following a record-setting season in goal. She broke the program’s single-season saves record and was named the Most Outstanding Player at the CWPA Tournament.

MEDFORD, MA (May 30, 2025) – Tufts University women’s track and field assistant coach Ben Colello was named the USTFCCCA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field East Region Assistant Coach of the Year after helping the Jumbos to five All-American honors under his guidance.

In just his first year with the Tufts program, Colello made his mark on the Jumbos instantly as he coached athletes to three new school records in the long jump, triple jump and javelin. Throughout the season, he coached the multis and all the field events except pole vault.  At the NCAA Division III Championships, Colello had four athletes earn six entries into the competition where they earned five All-American finishes. The triple jump combo of Jordan Andrew and Elysse Cumberland were ranked No.1 in the national #EventSquad rankings. 

Colello is the first Tufts assistant coach to receive the USTFCCCA honors since Steven Fleagle was named East Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year in 2022. Under his guidance, the Jumbos are in a fantastic position to continue to improve next season.

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STOCKTON, Calif. – For the second straight year, Pacific women’s water polo standout Dora Alaksza was tabbed an All-America Honorable Mention by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches.
 
The junior from Budapest, Hungary led the team with 95 goals on the season, which was the second-most in the program’s single-season history. She was named to the Golden Coast All-Conference First-Team and GCC All-Tournament Team.
 
Alaksza broke the school record for goals in a game with 11 in a win against Concordia on 13 shots. She scored in goal in all 24 games on the season and registered 18 hat tricks, eight four-goal games and six five-goal outings.
 
In three games at the GCC Tournament, Alaksza netted 11 goals. She helped the team earn a third-place finish.
 
Alaksza, who has another year of eligibility remaining, is up to 243 career goals, which ranks third all-time in Pacific history. She’s chasing Molly Smith’s program-leading tally of 286 goals from 1997-00 and Jessica Schroeder who is second with 268 goals from 2001-05.
 
Alaksza is the sixth student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors multiple times. It includes Smith (1998, 2000), Schroeder (2003, 2005), Dara Tawarahara (2010-11), Grace Smith (2014-15) and Mariana Duarte (2017-19, 2022).
 
As a department at Pacific, Alaksza is the seventh Tiger to earn All-America honors in 2024-25. The list includes Alexa Edwards from women’s volleyball, and the men’s water polo quintet of Jeremie Cote, Reuel D’Souza, Bae Fountain, Matthew Hosmer and Mihailo Vukazic.
 
Click here to view the full ACWPC Women’s All-America teams.

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NEW ORLEANS – Following his national championship in the 800m last weekend in Ohio, Dickinson junior track and field athlete Trevor Richwine and assistant track and field coach Don Nichter were recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) with mid-atlantic regional awards.

Mid-Atlantic Male Track Athlete of the Year

Richwine, who hails from Newville, Pennsylvania, won the 800-meter title at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships. Just a few weeks earlier, Richwine went 1:48.31 over the same distance to become the No. 9 performer in NCAA DIII history. Richwine stood out at the Centennial Conference Championships, winning the 800m in a meet record 1:51.01 and toting the baton on the champion 4×800m relay and runner-up 4×400m relay.

Mid-Atlantic Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year

Nichter, in his second year as assistant coach at Dickinson working with head coach Eric Bologa, guided Richwine to win the 800m at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships. His distance runners combined to score 44 of Dickinson’s 109 points as the team finished third at the Centennial Conference Championships.