Western New England Athletics

05/28/2026

What Can't He Do 🤯

Western New England Baseball 's Tyler Waterbury has been honored as the D3baseball.com Region II Rookie of the Year following his impressive opening campaign!

📝 Tyler hit .342 at the plate in his first season with WNE, picking up 50 hits, 14 doubles, six home runs, two triples, and 34 RBIs!

Congratulations, Tyler!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 28, 2026) – Western New England baseball's Tyler Waterbury has been named D3baseball.com Region II Rookie of the Year following an impressive first season in Blue and Gold, adding to his postseason accolades.

05/27/2026

CSC Academic All-District 🥎

Five members of Western New England University Softball have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team!

📝 All must have been a sophomore athletically and academically, have maintained a 3.50 cumulative GPA, and met the athletic requirements set forth by the organization!

⭐️ Ava Barnhart
⭐️ Shea McDaniel
⭐️ Nicolina Salanto
⭐️ Riley Kane
⭐️ Marley Rodriguez

Well Done, Golden Bears!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 27, 2026) – The Western New England softball team had five student-athletes named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, as announced by the organization this week, which highlights the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performa...

05/26/2026

Baseball ⚾️ All-Region Teams 🐻

Four members of Western New England Baseball have been honored on the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) & D3baseball.com All-Region Teams this season!

🥇 Tyler Kornacki - ABCA All-Region First Team
🥉 Tyler Waterbury - ABCA All-Region Third Team, D3baseball.com All-Region Third Team
🥉 Ryan Montini - ABCA All-Region Third Team, D3baseball.com All-Region Third Team
🥉 Tanner Wall - D3baseball.com All-Region Third Team

Well Done, Golden Bears!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 26, 2026) – Four members of the Western New England baseball team have been honored on All-Region Teams, announced on Tuesday afternoon from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) as well as D3baseball.com. The four Golden Bears honored include Tyler Kornacki, Tyl...

05/20/2026

HOW ABOUT ANOTHER 🇺🇸

Western New England Men's Lacrosse's Chris Catuosco has been named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American Honorable Mention Team!

➡️ Catuosco’s second All-American nod becomes the 32nd All-American student-athlete in program history and the 53rd All-American award handed out in the program!

Congratulations, Chris!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 20, 2026) – For the second time over the last week, Western New England men's lacrosse senior Chris Catuosco has received All-American status, this time being named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American Honorable Mention team at the ...

05/19/2026

The 💯 Club 😎

We round out our honorees with 4️⃣ spring student-athletes who hit career milestones to conclude their 2026 spring seasons!

🥍 Thomas Labbe - 💯 Career Points (Finished with 105 total!) Western New England Men's Lacrosse
🥍 David Noel - 💯 Career Caused Turnovers (Finishes 2026 with 100!) Western New England Men's Lacrosse
🥎 Riley Kane - 💯 Career Hits (Finished with 104 total!) Western New England University Softball
⚾️ Tanner Wall - 💯 Career Strikeouts (Finishes 2026 with 105!) Western New England Baseball

Well Done, Golden Bears!

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05/15/2026

NFCA All-Region 🥎

Western New England University Softball's Riley Kane has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Second Team as a pitcher to cap off her outstanding season and career in Blue and Gold!

🥎 Riley appeared in 24 games, making 20 starts, throwing 140.2 innings, striking out 85 batters, and tossing a career-low 2.29 ERA in 2026!

Well Done, Riley!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 15, 2026) – Western New England softball's Riley Kane has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Second Team as a pitcher this season, one of 38 honorees in the region this season and one of seven true pitchers to be honored. Kane earned ...

05/14/2026

“The All-American” Chris Catuosco 🫡

Western New England Men's Lacrosse's Chris Catuosco has been named to the 2026 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention Team, just the fourth Golden Bear to be honored by the organization as an All-American in program history!

➡️ Chris pulled out a .637 win percentage in the faceoff circle this season, winning 218-of-342 faceoffs, and became the WNE men’s lacrosse all-time leader in faceoff wins and ground balls in program history this season!

Congratulations, Chris!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 14, 2026) – Western New England men's lacrosse senior faceoff specialist Chris Catuosco has been named to the USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention Team, announced by the organization this afternoon.

05/13/2026

Baseball All-Conference ⚾️

Western New England Baseball 's Tyler Waterbury becomes the first Golden Bear in program history to be named BOTH Conference of New England Player of the Year and CNE Rookie of the Year! 5️⃣ total Golden Bears have been honored on All-Conference Teams!

🌟 Tyler Waterbury - CNE Player of the Year, CNE Rookie of the Year, All-CNE First Team (SS)
🌟 Tyler Kornacki - All-CNE Second Team (3B)
🌟 Leo Paragarino - All-CNE Second Team (OF)
🌟 Ryan Montini - All-CNE Third Team (OF)
🌟 Tanner Wall - All-CNE Third Team (SP)
🌟 Andrew Florek - CNE Community Service Team

Well Done, Golden Bears!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 13, 2026) – The Conference of New England has released the 2026 All-Conference Teams and major award winners for the most recent baseball season, seeing Western New England's Tyler Waterbury highlight the list as the first in program history to be named both CNE Player of t...

05/12/2026

Softball All-Conference 🥎

Western New England University Softball sees three All-Conference honorees this season, with Riley Kane headlining as the Conference of New England Pitcher of the Year!

⭐️ Riley Kane - CNE Pitcher of the Year, All-CNE First Team
⭐️ Marley Rodriguez - All-CNE Third Team (2B)
⭐️ Katelyn Bailey - All-CNE Third Team (3B)
⭐️ Evelyn Picone - CNE Community Service Team

Well Done, Golden Bears!

Read More ➡️ https://wnegoldenbears.com/news/2026/5/12/softball-kane-named-best-pitcher-in-the-conference-three-others-join-in-receiving-postseason-accolades.aspx

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 12, 2026) – The postseason Softball awards have been officially announced by the Conference of New England (CNE) office. The Golden Bears find four student-athletes on the list, including one major award winner, three named as part of the All-Conference teams, and one named...

05/11/2026

Golden Bear 🐻 Athletes of the Week

Western New England Baseball 's Ryan Montini and Corey Kilroy take the final Golden Bear Athletes of the Week for the spring after leading the Golden Bears to the CNE Championship Series this past week!

➡️ Ryan hit .381 over a five-game week, going 8-for-21, collecting two home runs and seven RBIs for the week!
➡️ Corey went 9-for-19 over the week (.474), picking up a home run and six RBIs for WNE!

Read More ➡️ https://wnegoldenbears.com/news/2026/5/11/baseball-montini-kilroy-pick-up-final-golden-bear-athletes-of-the-week-this-season.aspx

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (May 11, 2026) – Two members of the Western New England baseball team have earned Golden Bear Athlete of the Week honors, the final honorees of the Spring 2026 season, with Ryan Montini and Corey Kilroy receiving distinctions.