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MG King and Treyvhon Saunders Golden 'Gates
Karin Rosario

Colgate Athletics 2025-26 Year in Review

| By: Colgate Athletics Communications
Individual and team collective highlights capturing the greatest moments for Colgate Athletics during the 2025-26 season.


Graduation Success Rate
  • 98 percent

Pro Raiders

All-Americans 
  • Sam Erickson, Men's Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention
  • Hunter Drouin, Men's Lacrosse, Nike Lacrosse Media Honorable Mention

League Championships
  • MG King, Women's Swimming & Diving, 200-Yard Backstroke, Individual Champion

League Rookies of the Year 

All-District/All-Region/All-Area
  • Jalen Cox, Men's Basketball - First Team All-North Atlantic District
  • Liam Winograd, Men's Soccer - Third Team All-Atlantic Region

All-League

Academic All-League

All-American Scholars (AHCA/Krampade Division I)

Special Recognition 
  • Colgate Athletics recognized football senior Treyvhon Saunders and women's swimming and diving junior MG King as its Athletes of the Year during the 19th annual Golden 'Gates. Lyndse Hokanson garnered the Coach of the Year honor. 
  • Erik Ronning became the winningest coach in Colgate Men's Soccer history with his 161st win in a 1-0 victory over Binghamton.
  • Curt Fitzpatrick earned his first win as the Fred '50 Marilyn Dunlap Head Football Coach with a 44-21 triumph over Fordham on Sept. 20, 2025.
  • Shannon Bush, the new women's basketball head coach, earned her first collegiate victory with a 53-43 road win at Siena.
  • Damien Prohaska, the new women's tennis head coach, capped off his first collegiate victory at Siena, with a commanding 4-1 showing.
  • Colgate Softball broke six team records, six individual records, and five first-year records, while advancing to the Patriot League championship for the first time since 2011. The Raiders finished 29-27 overall, their most wins in a season since 2004 (34). 
  • MG King of the Colgate women's swimming and diving team won gold in the 200-yard backstroke at the Patriot League championship, becoming the first individual conference champion since 2012. 
  • First-year wide receiver Matt Fogler was named a Jerry Rice Award finalist, the annual award presented to the nation's FCS rookie of the year. 
  • The Colgate field hockey program had 11 members selected to the National Academic Squad and, as a team, earned the National Academic Team Award.
  • Colgate men's and women's hockey saw 10 student-athletes earn Division I All-American Scholar honors, recognized by AHCA/Krampade.
  • Jim Lister, head coach of the women's rowing program, had their newest boat in their fleet named after him. This was made possible by the generosity of alumnae Natalie McCall ('25) and her mother Ashley McCall.
  • Both men's and women's rowing celebrated their 50th anniversaries at Colgate.

Program Records
  • Treyvhon Saunders, Football, Career Receptions, 230
  • Golf, 36-Hole Team Score at Lake Placid, 553 (-15)
  • Erik Ronning, Men's Soccer, Career Wins, 161 (now 163)
  • Ari Bezanson, Women's Soccer, Career Games Played, 74
  • Softball, Doubles in a Season, 86
  • Softball, Runs Scored in a Season, 306
  • Softball, RBIs in a Season, 295
  • Softball, Home Runs in a Season, 88
  • Softball, Home Runs in a Game, 7
  • Softball, Doubles in a Game, 6
  • Lily Haluska, Softball, RBIs in a Season, 54
  • Nora Megenity, Softball, Hits in a Season, 75
  • Nora Megenity, Softball, Runs Scored in a Season, 54
  • Nora Megenity, Softball, Home Runs in a Season, 22
  • Nora Megenity, Softball, Total Bases in a Season, 153
  • Nora Megenity, Softball, At-Bats in a Season, 188
  • Marina Taveras, Softball, Single-Season Hits by First-Year, 62
  • Marina Taveras, Softball, Single-Season Runs Scored by First-Year, 49
  • Marina Taveras, Softball, Single-Season RBIs by First-Year, 46
  • Marina Taveras, Softball, Single-Season Home Runs by First-Year, 14
  • Marina Taveras, Softball, Single-Season Total Bases by First-Year, 116
  • David Brophy, Men's Swimming & Diving, 500 Free, 4:27.61
  • David Brophy, Men's Swimming & Diving, 200 Fly, 1:46.98
  • Michael Granin, Men's Swimming & Diving, 200 Free, 1:38.17
  • Michael Granin, Men's Swimming & Diving, 200 Breast, 2:02.64
  • Connor O'Neill, Men's Swimming & Diving, 100 Breast, 55.15
  • Matthew Szypula, David Brophy, Jack Lira, Michael Granin, 400 Free Relay, 6:39.75
  • MG King, Women's Swimming & Diving, 100 Back, 54.37
  • Audrey Collins, Women's Swimming & Diving, 100 Fly, 54.02
  • Audrey Collins, Women's Swimming & Diving, 100 IM, 59.21
  • Kiran George, Indoor Track and Field, High Jump, 1.72m
  • Sam Epstein, Indoor Track and Field, Pole Vault, 4.68m
  • Nell Droege, Outdoor Track and Field, 10,000 M, 35:42.95
  • Women's Volleyball, first time starting 10-0 in conference
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