Albany, NY—Russell Sage College's department of athletics announced their award winners for the 2021-2022 academic year at the annual awards banquet.  In addition to several honors bestowed for athletic and academic excellence, Sage also selected the Gator of the Year Award for the department's 21 varsity sports for the 2021-2022 year.

RSC's sophomore attacker Grace Hines (Schenectady, NY/Guilderland) was honored as the Gator of the Year in women's lacrosse.

Head Women's Lacrosse Coach Alyssa Treanor noted "Our award winner is one the most dedicated players in the program." She continued, "This student-athlete is an absolute pleasure to coach. She never missed a practice this season, while also dominating on the lacrosse field.  At many points during the year, she would be thrown into different positions in high stakes moments, and she always shouldered that responsibility with pride and competitiveness- all while being a great teammate."

The 2022 women's lacrosse Gator of the Year award goes to a player that had a break-out season. A starter in every match, she exploded for a career-high 40 points with 38 goals. She added 3 game-winning goals and helped the team jump out to an impressive 2-0 start in the Empire 8. She added 31 ground ball pickups with 14 caused turnovers with another 14 draw controls. She was named the Empire 8 Player of the Week twice in 2022 and was also selected to the Empire 8 Women's Lacrosse Sportswoman Team. Grace had eight hat tricks in 2022 and is also ranked fifth in the E8 with 3.71 goals per-game.