Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Owls' athletics recognized its major award winners, including the Senior Scholar Athlete Awards, the Peter Mazza Athletic Award, the Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and the John Kurty Award, the department's highest award for four-year contributions to athletics, and inducted 33 new members of Chi Alpha Sigma, the national honor society for college athletes.
The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall performance or statistics for the season.
At the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings as the best athletic program in the MASCAC.
Westfield State University placed three players on the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference’s women’s basketball all-conference first team, highlighted by Defensive Player of the Year Octaviana Williams (Springfield, Mass./Minnechaug).
Westfield State mounted a furious second quarter comeback, but couldn’t get over the hump of a 25-point halftime deficit, as the third-seeded owls fell to #2 Bridgewater State, 105-94, in the semifinals of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament semifinals at the Tinsley Center on Thursday evening.
Westfield State junior Maddie Pond scored a career-high 39 points and set the school record with 11 made three-point field goals in a single game to lead the third-seeded Westfield State Owls to a 108-54 victory over the sixth-seeded Fitchburg State Falcons in a MASCAC Quarterfinals game on Tuesday evening from the Woodward Center in Westfield, Mass.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Octaviana Williams (Springfield, Mass.) and Hannah Sheldon (Taunton, Mass.) combined for 30 points to lead Westfield State the 95-67 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) victory over Salem State this Saturday afternoon at Twohig Gymnasium in Salem, Mass.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Octaviana Williams (Springfield, Mass.) and Hannah Sheldon (Taunton, Mass.) combined for 30 points to lead Westfield State the 95-67 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) victory over Salem State this Saturday afternoon at Twohig Gymnasium in Salem, Mass.
Ten fourth quarter points from Maddie Pond (Holyoke, Mass.) helped lead the Westfield State Owls to a 71-61 comeback win over the Bridgewater State Bears on Senior Night on Wednesday evening at the Woodward Center in Westfield, Mass.
Westfield State senior forward Jordan Grant (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester HS) became the 20th woman in Westfield State basketball history to score 1,000 points, as she led the Owls to an 83-55 win over Fitchburg State in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game at the Parkinson Gymnasium in Fitchburg on Wednesday night.
Jordan Grant scored 23 points as the Westfield State Owls took down the Worcester State Lancers 99-76 in a MASCAC matchup on Saturday afternoon from the Woodward Center in Westfield, Mass.
A share of first place in the conference standings is on the line on Saturday, when the Owls’ men’s basketball team hosts league-leading Worcester State at 2:00 p.m. at the Woodward Center.
Hannah Sheldon and Jordan Grant each scored 17 points as Westfield State defeated MCLA 88-42 in a MASCAC game from North Adams, Mass. on Wednesday evening.
Westfield native Olivia Hadla became the 19th Owls player in program history to score 1,000-career points as Westfield State defeated Salem State 82-64 on Wednesday evening.
Olivia Hadla led all scorers with 20 points and Jordan Grant notched a double-double to lift Westfield to a 102-51 victory over Fitchburg State on Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State senior guard Olivia Hadla was named to the NEWBA All-Region team of the week, placing on the second team for her performance this past week.
Olivia Hadla scored a game-high 21 points and Maddie Pond added 12 second-half points as Westfield State defeated Worcester State 78-64 in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game from Worcester, Mass. on Wednesday night.
Westfield State senior guard Olivia Hadla (Westfield, Mass.) scored 24 points and grabbed nine steals to power the Owls to a 95-32 win over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in a MASCAC women’s basketball game at the Woodward Center on Saturday afternoon.
Grant was a first team pick, highlighted for her efforts in the Puerto Rico Clasico on Dec. 29 and 30, where she led the Owls to a pair of wins over McMurry (Tex.) and Rochester (N.Y.).
Flannery O’Connor scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds 74-52 to lead the Framingham State women’s basketball team to a 74-52 win over Westfield State in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the Athletics and Recreation Center in Framingham on Wednesday night.
Westfield State senior forward Jordan Grant earned conference honors as the MASCAC Player of the Week after the Owls went 2-0 in the Puerto Rico Clasico this past week.
Jordan Grant completed an old-fashioned three-point play with 5.5 seconds left in the game, and Westfield State survived TWO late chances from Rochester after officials put time back on the clock and gave the Yellowjackets a second chance for a buzzer-beater in the Puerto Rico Clasico in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on Saturday morning.