MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Eight Babson College student-athletes were recognized when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its Sportsmanship Teams for the 2025 spring season on Monday.
The award recognizes one student-athlete from each institution in every sport that best demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC and its Code of Conduct, regardless of his/her overall performance or statistics for the season.
Baseball
Justin Guest | Sr. | West Windsor, N.J.
Guest started all 36 games at first base for the Beavers, finishing second on the team with a .326 batting average and leading the team with 46 hits, 13 doubles and 35 runs scored. He belted two home runs and knocked in 18 runs, and finished with a .457 on-base percentage, thanks in part to 18 walks and 16 hit-by-pitches. He had 14 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-4 performance against Rowan in March, and had an eight-game hitting streak with five multi-hit outings in April.
Men's Lacrosse
Emmett Martin | Sr. | Milton, Mass.
Martin saw action in 12 games this spring as a midfielder for the Beavers, scoring five goals, including one game-winner, to go along with three ground balls. He scored two goals in a non-conference win over UMass Boston and tallied scores in victories over Nichols, Salve Regina and Clark. A four-year veteran, he appeared in 49 career games, finishing with 18 goals and three assists for 21 points while collecting 14 ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Women's Lacrosse
Cameron Rabenold | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio
Rabenold saw action in 19 games this spring with two starts for the Beavers, producing career-highs of 12 goals and 12 points, including four player-up goals. She also collected seven draw controls and tallied career-highs with 19 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. She had multi-goal games in wins over Smith and Framingham State and registered three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a victory over Mount Holyoke. A four-year veteran of 60 games, she finished her career with 23 goals and two assists for 25 points as well as 38 ground balls, 25 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers.
Softball
Alyssa DeStefano| Sr. | Ridgefield, Conn.
DeStefano saw action in 10 games this season, including two starts, and batted .267 with four hits, two runs scored and two runs batted in. She went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI in a doubleheader sweep over Salve Regina back in April. A four-year veteran, she played in 25 career games, batting .258 (8-for-31) with six runs batted in and five runs scored. She also appeared in six games as a pitcher in 2022-23, going 1-1 with one save, striking out six batters in 6.1 innings in the circle.
Men's Tennis
Edward Wang| Fy. | Burr Ridge, Ill.
Wang has enjoyed an outstanding season for the Beavers, posting a 24-4 record in singles and a 16-10 mark in doubles on the way to earning NEWMAC Rookie of the Year and All-Conference honors. He went 15-4 in singles in dual matches, including 4-1 in conference encounters, playing anywhere in the top four flights for the Green and White. His 24 wins broke the program's single-season record for singles victories, and his 40 combined wins are tied for the single-season program record.
Women's Tennis
Matia Cristiani | Jr. | San Salvador, El Salvador
Cristiani continued her tremendous career as one of the top players in Division III history. She has posted a 25-1 record in singles and a 23-2 mark in doubles this year, and takes a 48-3 combined record into her third NCAA Division III Singles and Double Tournament beginning on Saturday in Claremont, Calif. A two-time All-America in both singles and doubles, she has reached the national doubles final in both of her first two years and captured the title last season with teammate
Olivia Soffer. She ranks second in program history with a 78-5 record in singles, a 79-8 mark in doubles, and a 157-13 combined record.
Men's Track & Field
Ryan Wilson | GS | Mount Sinai, N.Y.
Wilson returned for his final year of eligibility for the Beavers as a middle-distance runner. He finished 11th in the 1500 meters in a time of 4:08.54 at the NEWMAC Championships and finished in 16th place in the 800 meters in 2:05.02. He ran a career-best 15:41.84 to place sixth in the 5000 meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational back on March 21 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Wilson previously placed eighth in the 1500 meters at the NEWMAC Championships back in 2022 and fifth in the 1500 in 2023.
Women's Track & Field
Angela Hagstrom | Sr. | Portsmouth, N.H.
Hagstrom wrapped up a solid career for the Beavers, specializing in the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles. She placed 13th in the 400 meters at this year's NEWMAC Championships in a time of 1:01.80 and took 18th place in the 200 meters in 27.28 seconds. She also ran on Babson's 4x100-meter relay team that placed fourth at the NEWMAC meet and the 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth. Hagstrom owns the program record of 1:00.57 in the 400 meters set back in 2022, and her times of 26.32 in the 200 meters in 2023 and 1:05.12 in the 400-meter hurdles in 2024 rank fourth-best in program history.
