TAMPA, Fla. — The Sun Conference announced postseason awards throughout the past week with the All-Conference teams being released Wednesday, April 16, the Special Awards being announced Thursday, April 17, and the All-Tournament team being selected Tuesday, April 22. Hannah Shaffrey led the Ave Maria Gyrenes by appearing in all three announcements. Seven other Gyrenes were honored by the conference following the conclusion of the 2025 season.
Shaffrey was named to the First All-Conference team, the All-Tournament Team and was picked as the Sun Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Shaffrey finished the regular season with 49 assists, 28 goals and 77 points. She led the conference in assists and assists per game and finished second in the conference in total points. In the postseason, she collected 12 more points with six goals and six assists. At a total 55 assists, Shaffrey more than doubled the previous single-season record at Ave Maria which she set last season in 2024. She finished the year third in the NAIA in total assists and 10
th in total points. 2025 is the third year in a row she has been selected to the First All-Sun team, and it is the first time she has been honored as the conference's Offensive Player of the Year.
Three other Gyrenes were selected to the First All-Conference team: Abigail Seiler, Elie Coyle and Haley Chapman.
Seiler finished 2025 with 43 goals and eight assists for 51 points. Forty-three goals in a season are tied for her career high and for the third-most goals in a season in Ave Maria history. On Senior Day April 5 against Webber, Seiler broke the program record career goals, passing head coach Katelyn Sherman. Seiler finishes her Ave Maria career with 155 goals, 13 more than Sherman. 2025 is the second season Seiler has been named to an All-Conference team.
Coyle led the team defensively with 44 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers. The senior from Jacksonville tied for the fifth-most ground balls and the second-most caused turnovers in a single season in program history. This impressive defensive season comes after missing 2024 due to injury. This is the first time Coyle has been named to an All-Conference team.
Chapman was just as strong defensively with 23 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers. Chapman also had the second-most draw controls on the team with 61. 2025 was the first season of play for the sophomore and it is her first time being named to an All-Conference team.
Three more Gyrenes were named to the Second All-Conference team: Alexandra Mazurczak, Anna Bocchino and Allison Fifield.
Mazurczak was third in points on the team behind Shaffrey and Seiler. The sophomore finished with 30 goals and nine assists for 39 points, two more than she had last season. Mazurczak also led the team with 49 ground balls. This is her first time being named to an All-Conference team.
Bocchino was right behind Mazurczak in points, finishing with 27 goals and five assists for 32 points. The sophomore scored four more goals and recorded one more assist than she did last season. This is her first time being named to an All-Conference team.
Fifield was the final Gyrene to make an All-Conference team. Defensively, Fifield was near the top for Ave Maria with 32 ground balls and 26 caused turnovers, which was more than double her totals in 2024. This is her first time being named to an All-Conference team.
In total, the Gyrenes had seven players selected to an All-Sun Team, four to the First Team and three to the Second Team. The Gyrenes tied the SCAD Bees for the second-most players honored and were just one player behind Keiser.
Emily Durr got the final award for the Gyrenes being named to the All-Tournament Team along with Shaffrey. Durr stopped four of five shots in the Quarterfinals win over Warner to help Ave Maria win their very first home postseason game. In the Semifinals against SCAD, Durr made 10 stops. It was the fourth game this season the senior made 10 or more saves in a game.
Ave Maria finished the season with an 8-9 overall record and a 5-2 record in league play. The Gyrenes scored the most goals in program history with 213 and the second-best goal differential in school history at +31.