LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced the Major Award winners for the 2025 women's cross country season on Thursday afternoon. Gannon’s Emily Bowers was selected as Athlete of the Year while Bloomsburg’s Olivia Magagna earned Freshman of the Year honors. East Stroudsburg’s Adam Mengel was named Coach of the Year after guiding The Warriors to the program’s first PSAC title at the 2025 PSAC Championship Meet.
 
All awards were determined by a vote of the conference's head coaches.
 
Bowers put together an incredible season, starting with a second-place finish at the YSU 5k. She was crowned the PSAC champion and finished second at the Atlantic Regional meet. She placed 91^st at the NCAA Championship, becoming the first ever female cross country student-athlete at Gannon to compete at the national level.
 
Bloomsburg’s Magagna debuted with a string of strong races, finishing in the top five at three meets in the fall. She was the runner-up at the PSAC Championship and finished eighth at the Atlantic Regional.  Magagna capped off her successful season with a trip to the NCAA Championship where she finished 87^th and was the PSAC’s highest finisher.

Mengel, the 2025 Coach of the Year, guided the East Stroudsburg women's cross country team to its first PSAC Championship title, with five runners finishing in the top 35. The Warriors kept things rolling at the NCAA Atlantic Regional, with a second-place finish to earn automatic qualification to the NCAA meet – where the team finished in 32^nd.
 
The remainder of the All-Conference honorees were earned by placement at the 2025 PSAC Championship earlier this season and are listed in full below:
 
First-Team All-PSAC

1. Emily Bowers, Gannon
2. Olivia Magagna, Bloomsburg
3. Rosalyn Perozzi, California
4. Payton Falkenstein, East Stroudsburg
5. Eliza Miller, Edinboro
6. Sarah Williams, East Stroudsburg
7. Kristina Tapia, West Chester
8. Jennifer Cichra, Slippery Rock
9. Madeline Hammond, Edinboro
10. Maura Lenhart, Kutztown
11. Mya Trotty, Shippensburg
12. Kadi Bauer, Edinboro
13. Cori McCormich, Bloomsburg
14. Riley Trentowski, East Stroudsburg
15. Jessalyn Welsh, West Chester

Second Team All-PSAC 

16. Bri Pollock, Millersville
17. Carissa Flynn, Slippery Rock
18. Kira Chebishev, Millersville
19. Alyssa Cunningham, Bloomsburg
20. Katie Slimon, Edinboro
21. Hannah Burgoon, Slippery Rock
22. Abigail Butera, Clarion
23. Olivia Rieck, Shippensburg
24. Gabby Keith, Kutztown
25. Victoria Bartholomew, Shippensburg
26. Mia Sisilli, East Stroudsburg
27. Kiera Wimbush, East Stroudsburg
28. Sophia Knerr, Kutztown
29. Amanda Kelly, Bloomsburg
30. Ellie Goldberg, West Chester