ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College women's soccer team had two players named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team on Tuesday afternoon. Named to the Academic All-District Soccer for the Gators were graduate performer Mickaela Buzzy (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta) and junior Allison Basila (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury). The duo will now advance to the national ballot and vie for a spot on the CSC National Academic All-America Women's College Division Soccer Team.
Buzzy is a graduate student at RSC and is majoring in health sciences in the Master's program. In her final season with the Gators, she helped the team advance to the Empire 8 semifinals and went 7-4 in goal. She added five shutouts in 2022 in 990 minutes of work with a 0.82 goals-against average. She recorded 50 saves in 11 appearances and made 10 or more saves in a game twice this past fall, while also adding a .847 save percentage. She also made a season-high 16 saves against Empire 8 foe, Nazareth on October 15.
As a senior in 2021, she was named to the Empire 8 Conference Sportswomen of the Year Team and played in nine matches. She added 49 saves in 654:19 minutes of work with a .831 save percentage and a 1.38 goals-against average. She also tallied 12 saves vs. #24 Hamilton (9/29). The previous season, she helped the Gators win the E8 Tournament title in April of 2021. She appeared in three matches with 15 total saves across 225 minutes. She did not play for the team in 2019 after being sidelined with an injury. She began her time as a Gator in 2018 as a rookie goalie. Along the way, she played 671:46 minutes across ten games and made seven starts. She added 61 saves on the season, after also making 19 saves in a 1-1 draw with Hamilton (9/9/18), which ranks second-most in a game by a Gator.
Overall on her career, she worked in 32 games in goal with a mark of 9-12-4. She made 166 saves and owns a 1.40 career goals against average with a .814 career saves percentage having also worked 2,451 minutes in goal. She ranks among the program's goalkeeping record leaders as she is eighth with her 23 career starts, fifth in career minutes, fifth with 6.4 career shutouts, and also eighth with her 176 career saves.
Very active on campus, Buzzy has been very involved with the RSC SAAC Committee and served as the social media manager for the committee. She is also active with the Chomper's Reading Program and numerous community service projects and is a Sage Scholar-Athlete Honoree as well as an inductee into RSC's Athletic Honor Society. She was also chosen as the recipient of the 2021-2022 Aggie Stillman Perseverance Award recipient after overcoming multiple injuries during her career.
Basila, who transferred to Russell Sage College from Roberts Wesleyan College in 2020, is majoring in health sciences. A member of the 2022 Gator lineup, she made 17 starts in 18 appearances and helped the Gators to the Empire 8 semifinals.
She tallied four points on a goal with two assists and helped the team to collect six shutouts along the way. Her goal was the game-winning goal as RSC defeated Keuka (10/1/22). As a newcomer with the Gators in 2021, she started 11 of 14 games played. She added an assist and was part of a lineup that also tallied six shutouts as well. She earned acclaim with a selection to the Empire 8 Presidents' List as well as receiving a citation as a Sage Scholar-Athlete last year. She is also active with several community service projects as well as the Gator Reading Program.