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Graphic from the CACC which has the head shots of Michael O'Mahony and Skyler Searfoss as the recipients of the Top XVI Awards
March 6, 2026

O'MAHONY, SEARFOSS WIN 2025-26 CACC BASKETBALL TOP XVI AWARDS

New Haven, Conn. (3/6/26)  Michael O'Mahony, a senior at Dominican University New York, is the winner of the 2025-26 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Top XVI Award, CACC Commissioner Dan Mara announced today. Mara also released that Skyler Searfoss, a senior at Holy Family University, is the recipient of this year's CACC Women's Basketball Top XVI Award.

The CACC Top XVI Award is presented in each of the conference's NCAA championship sports to the student-athlete at the finals site with the highest cumulative undergraduate grade-point average and at least 48 credits earned at his/her current institution. The student-athlete must be a member of the active roster and be competing at the finals site.

O'Mahony, of Cork, Ireland, maintains a 3.71 GPA at Dominican while majoring in mathematics and business management. Searfoss, from Jim Thorpe, Pa., is majoring in sports marketing management at Holy Family and possesses a perfect 4.00 GPA. She was also an All-CACC Third Team honoree.

Caldwell University will host the semifinals and finals of the CACC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship Tournaments on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit the CACC Championship Central web pages for the MEN and WOMEN.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.