MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Babson College junior Penny Baroni (Dennis, Mass.) was voted as the Athlete of the Year and was joined by four teammates when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its field hockey postseason awards on Tuesday morning.

Baroni was joined on the All-NEWMAC First Team by seniors Helen DiGiovanni (Harwich, Mass.) and Grace Mullaney (Boxford, Mass.) and first-year Julia Krepelka (Arlington, Mass.), while junior Taylor Shoflick (Greenwood Village, Colo.) repeated as a Second Team honoree for the Beavers.

A three-year veteran, Baroni received her second straight All-Conference first team honor this season after earning NEWMAC Rookie of the Year in 2024. She started all 21 games for the Green and White and leads the NEWMAC in scoring with career-highs of 23 goals and nine assists for 55 points, ranking 10th in Division III in goals (1.15) and points per game (2.75). She has produced seven multi-goal games, including a remarkable four consecutive games with a hat trick, and tallied 14 goals and seven assists in nine conference games.

A veteran of 67 career games with 55 starts, Baroni has scored 39 goals with 17 assists for 95 points. She ranks sixth on the Babson all-time single-season goals list and fifth on the single-season points list, and is tied for 13th on the Babson career goals list and 15th on the career points list.

A four-year veteran, DiGiovanni enjoyed a breakout season in her first year as a starter. She scored a career-high 17 goals and added one assist for a career-high 35 points, and ranks second in the NEWMAC in goals and third in points. She produced four multi-goal games on the season and a six-game goal scoring streak in October, collecting 10 goals in the last 10 games, including Babson's first goal in the NEWMAC championship game on Saturday.

Appearing in 75 career games with all 19 of her starts this season, she has scored 25 career goals and added three assists for 53 points.

A starter in all 21 games this season, Mullaney leads the team in assists and ranks fourth in scoring with four goals and a career-high 12 assists for 20 points. She is atop the NEWMAC in assists and ranks 18th in Division III in assists per game (0.60). A multi-point scorer in six games, she has produced at least one point in seven straight games late in the season, including a career-high four assists in a conference win over Springfield.

A transfer from Boston University who joined the Beavers in 2025, Mullaney has started 42 of her 43 games for the Green and White, scoring eight goals and producing 20 assists for 36 career points.

A starter in 20 of her 21 games as a rookie, Krepelka has helped lead the Beaver defense that tops the NEWMAC and ranks 12th in Division III with a 0.90 team goals against average. She played a middle back, helping the Green and White register 11 shutouts, tied for third-most in Division III.

In addition to her defensive performance, Krepelka also contributed four goals and one assist, scoring a pair of goals in wins over both WPI and Smith.

A starter in all 21 games this year, Shoflick has been a standout defensive midfielder who played a key role as the stopper on penalty corners. She helped the Beavers concede one or no goals in 17 of their 21 games, going 15-2 in those 17 contests. She has also contributed a career-high nine assists, finishing tied for third in the conference in that category, and helped produce goals on Babson's 221 penalty corners, which ranks 10th in Division III.

An All-NEWMAC second team pick the last two seasons, Shoflick has appeared in 56 career games with 36 starts and registered 11 assists.

No. 14 Babson (15-6), winners of seven games in a row, captured its sixth straight NEWMAC Tournament title last Saturday and will make its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance when the Beavers host No. 25 Union on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at MacDowell Field.