Dobrzynski, Landy Named 2025 CDSWOY Grand Sports Women of the Year
SCHENECTADY, NY — Grace Dobrzynski, a senior at Siena College, and Alivia Landy, a senior at Columbia High School, received Grand honors at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala held at the GE Theatre at Proctors on Monday evening, August 4, 2025.
Grace was named the Grand Collegiate Woman of the Year and Alivia was named the Grand Collegiate Woman of the Year. The event also honored 12 other female student-athletes from the region, who made up the 2025 Class of the Capital District Sports Women of the Year. CDSWOY honors excellence in academics, athletics and community service.
Liz Bishop, recently retired from WRGB-TV, CBS6, received the Award of Appreciation. The virtual guest speaker was Emma Baccellieri, an author and writer with Sports Illustrated. Entertainment was provided by Angelina Valente.
CDSWOY now features a total of 78 student-athletes who have been awarded since the program’s inception in 2020.
Academically, Grace graduated with a 4.0 cumulative GPA with a BS degree in Biology. She will continue her education at the University at Albany Medical Program to become a doctor. Grace was named the Leo and Jeannine Dufort Student-Athlete of the Month for February and was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and MAAC Academic Honor Roll. She was named the 2024-25 Siena Female Student-Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.
Athletically, Grace became the all-time Siena women’s lacrosse career points leader with 228. She achieved the mark on April 5 and wound up with the all-time mark of 256 career points. She also is first all-time with 174 assists (more than double the second-place ranked player), and finished the 2025 season with 26 goals, 36 assists and 62 points, leading the Saints in assists and points. She was named to the MAAC First Team at attack and the MAAC Championship Team and was named to the MAAC Preseason Team entering the 2025 season.
Grace contributed over 270 hours of community service as a cabin counselor at the Double H Ranch and the Kenya Lacrosse Association. She was a nominee for the Allstate NACDA Good Work Team by the Team Selection Committee.
Academically, Alivia graduated with an advanced regent’s diploma. She had a 95.5 final rank weighted average. Alivia was a member of the Math League, Student Council and Devil’s Advocate.
Athletically, on the volleyball court in her senior season of 2024, Alivia was a New York State First Team all-star and was named to the Suburban Council First Team. She served as the team captain last fall. She was a Suburban Council second-team selection in her junior season. Alivia’s basketball honors included three First Team honors, in the state, for the Albany Times Union, and the Suburban Council. She was also the Suburban MVP and a News Channel 13 All-Star. Alivia was the team captain and a 1,000-point scorer. Previous honors included all star honors from each of the three organizations in her junior year and a second team council selection as a sophomore. She was a key member of the Columbia flag football team that went 15-3 and reached the state semifinals in 2025. She was also the team captain for the flag football team. Previous honors on the field in 2024 included Section 2 Player of the Year and Albany Times Union Defensive Athlete of the Year along with the newspaper’s First Team at linebacker.
In the community, Alivia volunteered in youth camps in all three of her sports. She joined her basketball teammates in the Adopt A Family program and wrote Valentine’s Day cards for residents at senior homes. Alivia helped at the Columbia High School Multi-Cultural Fair and served as a volunteer coach with the Unified Basketball Team.
Here are the other members of the CDSWOY Class of 2025 who were honored at the Awards Gala:
Jessica Baeckmann, Cairo-Durham High School
Kayla Beaudoin, Tamarac High School
Morgan Brewer, Academy of the Holy Names
Rachel Chen, Shenendehowa High School
Moira Collins, Hudson Valley Community College
Mira Ginsburg, Shaker High School
Annabelle Goyette, Lansingburgh High School
Keeley Kristel, Scotia-Glenville High School
Larissa Lee, La Salle Institute
Leah Madore, Russell Sage College
