ELMIRA, N.Y. – Coming off of their eighth national championship appearance during the 2023-24 season, the Elmira College women’s ice hockey team was recognized on Thursday evening by WETM 18 Sports during the 8th Annual Twin Tiers Sports Awards as College Team of the Year.
Sponsored by Choice Auto Glass, other finalists for the award included the Cornell men’s wrestling team, who finished runner-up in the NCAA Tournament this past season. Additionally, another Elmira College team was recognized as a finalist, with the men’s soccer team capturing their first Empire 8 Championship this past season before advancing to the 2024 Division III NCAA Tournament. Finally, the Corning Community College softball team was named a finalist after finishing 5th in the NJCAA National Championship.
Finishing 23-8-1, the Soaring Eagles earned their second trip to the Final Four in the past three seasons, where they knocked off 2022 National Champion, Middlebury College, in the semifinals before advancing to the championship game against the host, University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Other award recipients can be seen below:
Male and Female MVP – Nel’s Tractor
Joey Tomasso – Waverly and Payton Littlefield – Edison
Coach of the Year – Crystal City MotorWorx
Jason Miller – Waverly Football
Team of the Year – Steve’s American Lifetime Muffler
Waverly Football
College Team of the Year – Choice Auto Glass
Elmira College Women’s Hockey
College Athlete of The Year – Southern Tier Custom Fabricators
Sidney Tomasso – St. John Fisher Basketball
Highlight of The Year – Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Horseheads’ Mason Holloway with a prayer shot in basketball
Moment of the Year- Young’s Tires
Elmira’s Johnny Beecher makes NHL debut
People’s Choice Best School Mascot – Chemung Soft Water
The Athens High School Wildcat
Inspiration of the Year – John’s Equipment Rental
Waverly’s Peyton Shaw
Lifetime Achievement Award – Impact-X Performance of Horseheads
Robert Peisher – Hornell Sports and creator of Peish Sports Television
