Rowan University Athletics captured the NJAC Cup for 2025-26, marking the sixth year in a row and eighth time since the award’s inception that the Profs have been the recipient. The honor was announced at the annual NJAC Awards Brunch on Sunday at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton. Rowan men’s soccer standout Johnny Troiano was named the 2025-26 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year, while the conference also recognized this year’s champions and major award winners. 

Rowan claimed the 2025-26 Cup with a winning percentage of .905, the highest mark in the conference The Profs captured nine NJAC team championships and two regular season conference titles. Men’s indoor track and field claimed an NCAA team championship for the 12th national title in school history while Rowan became the 64th NJAC program in history to win a national title. The depth of Rowan’s national success extended further, with five individual national champions and four national runners-up, men’s outdoor track and field finishing as team runner-up at the NCAA Championships, baseball placing fourth at the NCAA Division III World Series, and softball placing sixth at the NCAA Division III World Series.

Madison Cooley, Mikayla Dansky, Kate Evick, Zara MacNair, and Emily McCutcheon were featured on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2026 Softball Academic All-District Teams.

In order to be eligible for the award, nominees must meet the following criteria:  An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student. Additionally, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the contests.

McCutcheon earns the honor for the third-consecutive year while Cooley, Dansky, Evick, and MacNair pick up the award for the first time.

McCutcheon is an Early Childhood Education major who led the team in pitching victories (22), ERA (1.31), innings pitched (187.1), complete games (19), and shutouts (6). In those 187 innings of work, the senior has tallied 107 strikeouts to just 15 walks. During the Profs’ postseason run, McCutcheon was named the most valuable player of the NCAA Marshal Regional and the most outstanding pitcher of the NCAA Glassboro Super Regional.

Cooley, a Biochemistry major, has appeared in 17 games in the circle, with a 1.71 ERA in 28.2 innings of work. The sophomore leads the squad with two saves in relief.

Dansky is an Accounting major who is enjoying a breakout season. The sophomore paced the team with 55 runs, 42 stolen bases, and 24 walks from the leadoff spot. Dansky has added seven doubles, five triples, and three home runs.

Evick, a senior catcher who majors in Exercise Science, batted .372 with 13 doubles, 33 RBI’s, two homers and a triple. 

MacNair is a Health & Physical Education major is second on the team in walks (18) while batting .350. The junior added 29 runs, 23 RBI’s, five doubles, and two triples.

McCutcheon, Dansky, Evick, and MacNair earned both All-NJAC and NFCA All-Region honors for the Profs.

Rowan wrapped up its fourth-consecutive appearance NCAA Division III Championship at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia as the Profs end the 2026 season with a final record of 43-11 and a fifth-place national finish.