SCHENECTADY, NY — Grace Dobrzynski received Grand honors at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala held at the GE Theatre at Proctors on Monday evening.
Dobrzynski became the first student-athlete from Siena University to be named the Grand Collegiate Woman of the Year.
It marked the third consecutive year in which Siena had a representative honored joining cross country and track and field star Olivia Lomascolo (2023) and standout diver Talia Spenziero (2024).
The event also honored 13 other female student-athletes from the region, who made up the 2025 Class of the Capital District Sports Women of the Year.
CDSWOY honors excellence in academics, athletics and community service.
Liz Bishop, recently retired from WRGB-TV, CBS 6, received the Award of Appreciation.
The virtual guest speaker was Emma Baccellieri, an author and writer with Sports Illustrated.
Entertainment was provided by Angelina Valente.
CDSWOY now features a total of 78 student-athletes who have been awarded since the program's inception in 2020.
Academically, Dobrzynski graduated with a 4.0 cumulative GPA with a BS degree in Biology.
She will continue her education at the University at Albany Medical Program to become a doctor.
Grace was named the Leo and Jeannine Dufort Student-Athlete of the Month for February and was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and MAAC Academic Honor Roll.
She was named the 2024-25 Siena Female Student-Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.
Athletically, Dobrzynski became the all-time Siena women's lacrosse career points leader with 228.
She achieved the mark on April 5 and wound up with the all-time mark of 256 career points. She also is first all-time with 174 assists (more than double the second-place ranked player), and finished the 2025 season with 26 goals, 36 assists and 62 points, leading the Saints in assists and points.
She was named to the MAAC First Team at attack and the MAAC Championship Team and was named to the MAAC Preseason Team entering the 2025 season.
Dobrzynski contributed over 270 hours of community service as a cabin counselor at the Double H Ranch and the Kenya Lacrosse Association.
She was a nominee for the Allstate NACDA Good Work Team by the Team Selection Committee.
Here are the other members of the CDSWOY Class of 2025 who were honored at the Awards Gala:
Jessica Baeckmann, Cairo-Durham High School
Kayla Beaudoin, Tamarac High School
Morgan Brewer, Academy of the Holy Names
Rachel Chen, Shenendehowa High School
Moira Collins, Hudson Valley Community College
Mira Ginsburg, Shaker High School
Annabelle Goyette, Lansingburgh High School
Keeley Kristel, Scotia-Glenville High School
Alivia Landy, Columbia High School (Grand Scholastic winner)
Larissa Lee, La Salle Institute
Leah Madore, Russell Sage College
Allie O'Rourke, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School
Ava Poupard, University at Albany
