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This week in photos
Best of Athletics
- This week, we feature photos of our Herons and Statesmen student-athletes in action during the last academic year. Here, the Hobart hockey team poses after winning a second consecutive NCAA Division III national championship.
- William Smith celebrates a goal from Kelly Howe ’26 during the New England Hockey Conference quarterfinal game at The Cooler. The Herons defeated Vermont State Castleton 4-0.
- The William Smith soccer team celebrates its 19th Liberty League Championship after defeating RIT 1-0.
- The Hobart soccer team captured its fourth Liberty League title after defeating Ithaca 4-1. The Statesmen are the Liberty League regular season and tournament champions.
- Tim Denham Jr. ’24 dives for the pylon during Hobart football’s 27-10 win over Morrisville State.
- Mackenzie Wodka ’23, MSM ’24 scored in the sixth minute to lift the Heron field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Ithaca in the Liberty League Championship game.
- Ainsley Woods ’24 races down the homestretch of the CCOC Championship. She was the individual winner by nearly 15 seconds and led the Herons to the team title by more than 30 points.
- Sean Mucheru ’26 runs along the shore of Seneca Lake during the CCOC Championship.
- Haley Levine '26 returns a serve at the ITA Women's Northeast Regional Championships hosted at the HWS Tennis Center.
- Sean Pesin ’24 returns a volley as the Statesmen defeat Ithaca College.
- Malya Sayre '26 attacks a set against a Hartwick blocker in a 3-0 sweep of the Hawks.
- Andrew Kim MHEL ’24 surpassed the 1,000 career kill mark during a sweep of Penn State Behrend.
- Against the backdrop of Geneva, the HWS sailing team practices on Seneca Lake. The team qualified for three national championship events this season.
- Katherine Broderick ’26 races to a third place finish in the slalom event at Bristol Mountain.
- Ethan Hine ’27 leads the Hobart Alpine skiing team to a second-place finish in the Giant Slalom at Bristol Mountain.
- The William Smith basketball team celebrates after its 49-48 upset over nationally-ranked Vassar College.
- The Hobart basketball team poses after winning the 2024 Liberty League Tournament Championship. The Statesmen never trailed St. Lawrence in the title game, bedeviling the Saints 63-55.
- Rupert Ramsay ’27 performs a dive in his first meet in Bristol Pool for the Hobart swimming and diving team. The Statesmen scored a 119-25 win over Wells College.
- The Herons swimming & diving team practices in Bristol Pool in preparation for the Liberty League Championships.
- The William Smith squash team poses for a photo after securing its second-straight Liberty League Championship.
- The Hobart squash team gathers after winning the Summers Cup at the College Squash Association Team Championships. It was Hobart’s fifth title.
- The William Smith bowling team, in just its second varsity season, won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA National Collegiate Bowling Championship.
- Jack Byrnes ’27 celebrates his first career home run during Hobart’s 9-0 win over Elmira at McDonough Park.
- Maddie Montgomery ’24 powers her way past defenders in the Liberty League championship game against Ithaca.
- Alex Rosa ’25 dodges Panthers and raindrops on Boswell Field at Urick Stadium. He scored three goals against High Point.
- William Smith’s varsity four races down the 4.4-kilometer Cayuga-Seneca Canal course during the Challenge on the Canal. The varsity four finished first overall, defeating Division II Mercyhurst and RIT.
- Ryan Behar ’26 and Conrad Palmer ’24 compete on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal during the Challenge on the canal.
- Jack Berube '26 chips in a shot during Hobart golf practice at Clifton Springs Country Club.
- Ashley Byron ’24 watches a putt at Clifton Springs Country Club. She won her match against Geneseo 3 and 2 to help the Herons beat the Knights 3-1.