CORTLAND, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announces its Field Hockey Athlete of the Decade, Coach of the Decade and All-Decade Team as nominated and voted on by the institution's sports information directors.

To be eligible for the All-Decade Team, athletes must have competed in the SUNYAC at least one season during the 2009-10 academic year through 2019-20 and athletes must have been named to the All-SUNYAC team more than once or named Athlete of the Year once. Athlete and Coach of the Decade recipients were previously named SUNYAC Athlete of the Year or Coach of the Year. 

SUNYAC Field Hockey Athlete of the Decade - Ashley Morgan, Oneonta

Morgan was a member of the Oneonta field hockey team from 2011-13. She was a three-time NFHCA All-American, three-time NFHCA All-Region, three-time All-Conference first team honoree and three-time SUNYAC All-Tournament team selection. Morgan earned a spot on the SUNYAC Fall All-Academic Team in 2013. She had 12 assists in 2011 and 2012 and is tied fourth in program history for most assists in a single season. In her career she totaled 32 assists (second all-time at Oneonta) and 94 points (10th all-time at Oneonta).

SUNYAC Field Hockey Coach of the Decade - Shanna Szablinksi, New Paltz

Current New Paltz field hockey head coach for the last 12 years, Szablinski is a five-time SUNYAC Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018) and was named the Synapse Sports National Coach of the Year in 2012. She led her team to five NCAA Tournament Appearances (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018). Szablinski's decade overall record (2010-2019) is 116-84 and her decade SUNYAC record is 43-17. Szablinski and her teams have won five SUNYAC championship titles (including four-straight from 2012-2014) and finished as the runner-up in 2017. Over the decade she has led her team to the playoffs every year and won the program's first title under her stewardship in 2012 (program had never made the playoffs prior to Szablinski hiring). Szablinski has coached 35 All-SUNYAC selections, 13 NFHCA All-Region selections, two NFHCA All-Americans, three NFHCA Senior All-Star Game selections and earned eight NFHCA All-Academic Team honors (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).

2010's SUNYAC Field Hockey All-Decade Team (PDF)