Springfield, Mass. – July 11, 2025 – Recent Springfield College graduate Samantha Paul (Albany, N.Y.) of the women’s track and field program was named as a finalist for the 2025 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award and a nominee for the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
The NEWMAC Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award focuses on the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. A selection committee made up of Athletic Directors, Senior Woman Administrators, Sports Information Directors and Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designees review all nominees and ultimately select the recipients every year.
This year, the NEWMAC selected a total of 11 women from across the league as finalists for the Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award including Natalie Barnow of MIT, Paul and Angie Czeremcha of Springfield, Ruby Kransnow of Clark University, Ally Landau of Smith College, Brianna Neary of Salve Regina University, Camille Newman of Wellesley College, Yoshiko Slater of Emerson College, Olivia Soffer of Babson College, Megan Tupaj of WPI and Juliette Zito of Wheaton College.
The winners of the NEWMAC Female Student-Athlete of the Year were Soffer and Barnow, who move forward for consideration for the D3CA (Division III Commissioners Association) Regional and National Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award as well as the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
A communication/sport journalism major with a 3.913 GPA, Paul was a Second Team All-American, NEWMAC Champion and NEWMAC record breaker in the triple jump as a senior. She also was named USTFCCCA All-Academic and garnered both USTFCCCA All-Region honors and NEWMAC Academic All-Conference accolades. A leader in Women of Power and campus media, she organized empowerment workshops, ran school drives, and mentored incoming students as a campus orientation leader.
Paul finished 13th overall in the triple jump with a leap of 11.90-meters at the 2025 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships and followed it up with a mark of 11.54-meters for 20th at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.
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