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
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