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BARNES AND BAXTER NAMED TO ALL-CACC SOFTBALL SECOND TEAM
April 28, 2025

BARNES AND BAXTER NAMED TO ALL-CACC SOFTBALL SECOND TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/28/25)  Dominican University New York softball players, Adriana Barnes and Emily Baxter, have been named to the 2025 All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Second Team as was announced today by the conference office.

Caldwell University senior shortstop Ashleigh Tavaska has been voted the 2025 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Softball Player of the Year. Graduate left-hander Kaite Burawski of the University of Bridgeport was selected the 2025 CACC Pitcher of the Year. Tavaska and Burawski, who were also both named to the All-CACC First Team, top the all-conference teams and major award winners announced by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara. The voting was conducted by the conference's 12 head coaches.

Thomas Jefferson University freshman pitcher Delaney Alix was chosen as the 2024-25 CACC Softball Rookie of the Year. Alix was also elected to the All-CACC First Team. Bridgeport head coach Dawn Stearns is the Coach of the Year, while Bloomfield College will receive the 2024-25 Softball Team Sportsmanship Award.

For both Barnes and Baxter, it is their first All-CACC accolades.  Barnes leads the team in batting average and on-base percentage, is second in RBIs and slugging percentage and third in hits.  Baxter leads the team and sits fourth in the CACC in strikeouts, is third in the conference in innings pitched and eighth in ERA.

The 2025 CACC softball major award winners and all-conference teams are listed below.

2025 CACC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ashleigh Tavaska (Caldwell University)

2025 CACC SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Kaite Burawski (University of Bridgeport)

2025 CACC SOFTBALL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Delaney Alix (Thomas Jefferson University)

2025 CACC SOFTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR
Dawn Stearns (University of Bridgeport)

2025 CACC SOFTBALL TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Bloomfield College

2025 CACC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
C – Emma Zimmerman (Wilmington University)
1B – Sydney Hatch (Wilmington University)
2B – Grace Vondracek (Caldwell University)
3B – Mya Jones (University of Bridgeport)
SS – Ashleigh Tavaska (Caldwell University)
OF – McKenzie Nazionale (Caldwell University)
OF – Tristyn Stewart (Wilmington University)
OF – Maddie Vollmar (Wilmington University)
P – Delaney Alix (Thomas Jefferson University)
P – Kaite Burawski (University of Bridgeport)
P – Caitlyn Burch (Goldey-Beacom College)
DP – Wynter Radcliffe (Goldey-Beacom College)
UT-PLAYER – Ariana Mirenda (Goldey-Beacom College)
UT-PITCHER – Delani Sheehan (Wilmington University)

2025 CACC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
C – Alexis Letizia (Holy Family University)
1B – Bryn Bohmann (Goldey-Beacom College)
2B – Angela Oros (University of Bridgeport)
3B – Lindsay Oller (Caldwell University)
SS – Madison D'Amato (University of Bridgeport)
OF – Rylee Hobel (Holy Family University)
OF – Ella Moore (Georgian Court University)
OF – Sydnee Perreault (University of Bridgeport)
P – Emily Baxter (Dominican University)
P – Kylee Gunkel (Wilmington University)
P – Morgan McLane (Goldey-Beacom College)
DP – Kimberly Torres (Felician University)
UT-PLAYER – Adriana Barnes (Dominican University)

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.