WESTWOOD, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) has released the 2023 Softball Major Awards and All-Conference honorees. MIT had a conference-leading four First Team selections, as well as taking home Coaching Staff of the Years honors.
Springfield first year Amelia DeRosa was named the 2023 NEWMAC Softball Athlete and Rookie of the Year after a dominant collegiate debut season. DeRosa led the NEWMAC in five different offensive categories with a .544 batting average, 37 hits, 10 doubles, 23 RBI and 49 total bases. DeRosa's 82 hits lead all of NCAA Division III.
Babson junior Moira O'Reilly earned the title of 2023 NEWMAC Softball Pitcher of the Year for the second time in her career after leading the Beavers to a third-place finish in the NEWMAC Tournament. O'Reilly went 8-2 in league play with a 1.44 earned run average. She recorded 113 strikeouts in league play, which was more than double the total of the next highest pitcher. Her 244 total strikeouts rank second in all of NCAA Division III
MIT collected the 2023 NEWMAC Softball Coaching Staff of the Year crown. Head Coach Madison Sullivan guided the Engineers to their second NEWMAC Tournament Championship and a 32-6 record. The Engineers also won the NEWMAC regular season title with a 15-3 mark in conference play. Madison Milaszewski, Emily Kraytenberg, Keri Lehtonen and Amanda Genovese rounded out Sullivan's coaching staff.

Voted on by the 10 head coaches, the Softball All-Conference Team consists of a First Team and a Second Team with 10 and 12 honorees respectively between the two teams, listed below.
2023 NEWMAC Softball Postseason Award Selections
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Amelia DeRosa |
Springfield College |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Moira O'Reilly |
Babson College |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Caroline Langmeyer |
MIT |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Jordan Sell |
MIT |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Mackenzie Bivin |
MIT |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Dana Walker |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Sara Moore |
Babson College |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Ava Ladd |
MIT |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Mackenzie Doyle |
Springfield College |
| 2023 First Team All-Conference |
Destiny Lum |
WPI |
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| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Lindsay Ambrosino |
WPI |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Maggie Britt |
Springfield College |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Lindsay Oliveira |
Wheaton College |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Christine Carey |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Juno Shnatz |
Smith College |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Rebecca Mauro |
Clark University |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Kate Karamouzis |
Babson College |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Claire Overton |
Emerson College |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Isabelle Shroyer |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 2024 Second Team All-Conference |
Mariah Dewey |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 2025 Second Team All-Conference |
Selena Serna |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 2023 Second Team All-Conference |
Andrea Delgado |
Wellesley College |