PITMAN --- Stockton University junior Alexa Panagopoylos (Atco, NJ/Hammonton) has been named the NJAC Softball Player of the Year and The College of New Jersey junior Maya Knasiak (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) is Pitcher of the Year to highlight the slate of all-conference honorees.
 
In addition, Stockton freshman Emily Clauss (Delanco, NJ/BCIT) earns Rookie of the Year honors, and Stockton head coach Mavreen Hering and her staff were voted the Dr. June Walker NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Their selections headline the 36-member all-conference team, with selections based on a vote of the league's head coaches and taking into account conference-only performances.
 
Panagopoylos was one of the most dangerous offensive forces in the NJAC this season, leading the conference in hits (29) and doubles (11) while batting .468 with a .694 slugging percentage, .500 on-base percentage, and 1.194 OPS across 18 conference games. She drove in 22 runs — second in the conference — and contributed a .967 fielding percentage with four double plays turned at third base. Panagopoylos went a blistering 8-for-9 with four doubles and five RBI across a doubleheader at Rutgers-Newark in the regular season finale. She also posted four hits and three RBI against TCNJ, and drove in a combined four runs on 4-for-6 hitting across two wins over William Paterson. She was named NJAC Player of the Week in Week 8.
 
Knasiak was nearly untouchable in the circle this season, establishing herself as the most dominant strikeout pitcher in the NJAC. She led the NJAC in conference-only strikeouts (66) and opposing batting average (.138) while posting a 1.24 ERA across 56.1 innings with four complete game shutouts and six complete games among her seven NJAC wins. She also caught batters looking at the highest rate in the conference and whiffed five or more in every conference start this season. Overall on the season, she registered double-digit Ks on six occasions and racked up 166 strikeouts. At the plate, Knasiak was equally dangerous, ranking second in the NJAC in conference-only slugging percentage (.773) with four home runs, 17 RBI, and a .386 batting average. She was a four-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week this season.
 
Clauss had one of the most impactful freshman seasons in the NJAC, posting a .417 conference-only batting average with five doubles, three home runs, and 17 RBI while slugging .708 across 16 games. She put together an OPS of 1.208 to rank third in the league. Taking on one of the field's toughest positions as a rookie, she contributed a .956 fielding percentage with four double plays turned at shortstop. Clauss saved some of her biggest moments for conference play, going 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and a home run against Ramapo, and delivering a monster performance at Rutgers-Newark with seven RBI including a home run. She earned NJAC Rookie of the Week honors in Week 8.
 
Stockton head coach Mavreen Hering and her staff including Abby Mace, Joe Costantini, Michelle Neveling, and Alexis Bermudez were voted the Dr. June Walker NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers. Hering guided the Ospreys to a 30-6 overall record and a 16-2 mark in NJAC play — good for Stockton's first-ever NJAC regular season title in program history. The Ospreys ended the regular season among the top 20 of the NCAA Power Index and placed five players on the all-conference first team, including Player of the Year Alexa Panagopoylos and Rookie of the Year Emily Clauss.


 

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FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Maya Knasiak*	TCNJ	JR	P	Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape
Emily McCutcheon^+	Rowan	SR	P	Mount Ephraim, NJ/Audubon
Kate Evick^	Rowan	SR	C	Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central
Camryn Harry	Stockton	FR	1B	Swedesboro, NJ/Paul VI
Zara MacNair	Rowan	JR	2B	Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson
Alexa Panagopoylos^~	Stockton	JR	3B	Atco, NJ/Hammonton
Emily Clauss	Stockton	FR	SS	Delanco, NJ/BCIT
Emma Coldsnow*	Stockton	SR	DP	Yorktown, VA/Tabb
Jayla Vasquez	Montclair State	SO	UT	Leonia, NJ/Leonia
Sophia Alonso	Montclair State	SO	OF	Tinton Falls, NJ/Monmouth Regional
McKenna George^	Stockton	SO	OF	Centennial, CO/Eaglecrest
Abigail Pawlowski*	Rowan	SR	OF	Jamesburg, NJ/Monroe Township
Rielynn Carey	Kean	FR	At-Large	Boyertown, PA/Boyertown Area
BethAnne Doderer	Rowan	SO	At-Large	Bayville, NJ/Central Regional
Lexi Liquori	Stockton	JR	At-Large	Union, NJ/Union
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Elizabeth Gosse^~%	TCNJ	SR	P	Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional
Carly Mockenhaupt	Montclair State	JR	P	Morris Plains, NJ/Morris Catholic
Emily Ehrmann	Ramapo	SO	1B	Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro
Gianna Vazquez	TCNJ	SR	2B	South Brunswick, NJ/South Brunswick
Alana Gannon	Rutgers-Camden	JR	3B	Clayton, NJ/Clayton
Liz Mullen	Montclair State	SR	SS	South Brunswick, NJ/South Brunswick
Emma Dobkin	Rowan	FR	DP	Lawrence, NJ/Lawrence
Samantha Raymond	Kean	JR	UT	Long Hill, NJ/Watchung Hills
Mikayla Dansky	Rowan	SO	OF	Staten Island, NY/Susan E. Wagner
Brianna Sciulli^	Kean	SR	OF	Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional
Cassie Stallwood	Stockton	FR	OF	Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central
Hailey Backo	William Paterson	SR	At-Large	Wallington, NJ/Wallington
Ava Fisher	Rowan	SO	At-Large	Blackwood, NJ/St. Joseph Academy
Morgan Leonhauser	TCNJ	FR	At-Large	Langhorne, NJ/Neshaminy
Gina Mahlik^	Kean	SO	At-Large	Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards
HONORABLE MENTION
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown/High School
Evangelina Kim	Stockton	SO	2B	Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Atlantic Christian
Zoey Rogers	Rowan	FR	SS	Chadds Ford, PA/Garnet Valley
Casey Sokol	Stockton	SO	UT	Lansdale, PA/North Penn
Kiara Taylor	NJCU	SO	UT	Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur
Morgan Estelow	TCNJ	SR	OF	Burlington Twp., NJ/Burlington Twp.
Alex Hastings	Ramapo	SR	OF	Long Beach, NY/Long Beach

KEY:
* - First Team All-Conference 2025
^ - Second Team All-Conference 2025
+ - First Team All-Conference 2024
~ - Second Team All-Conference 2024
% - First Team All-Conference 2023