COLCHESTER, Vt. - With Saint Michael's College Reunion on tap this weekend, we take a glance at student-athlete alumni who continue making headlines even after their time on campus.
   
Ashley Harkins '09 (softball) is among five 2024 Saint Michael's Alumni of the Year, while Dr. Samantha Delaney '19 (basketball) is the 2024 Saint Michael's Young Alumnus of the Year. Both are former two-year captains of their programs. Harkins, who entered the SMC Athletic of Fame last fall after a record-setting career, is now a Connecticut State Police sergeant. She was recognized in March by the Carnegie Hero Fund with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism, North America's highest honor for civilian heroism, after saving a suicidal woman from the Baldwin Bridge in Old Lyme, Conn., in November. Delaney completed her doctorate in biochemistry from the City University of New York in February and has become an active alumna of Saint Michael's, joining the Alumni Board of Directors in 2022. She remains top 10 in program history in career rebounding and blocked shots.
 
Angela Armour '99, who played two years of softball and served as the College's Sports Information Director between 2000 and 2003 as part of a two-decade career working at the College, has also been recognized as an Alumnus of the Year. She, Harkins and Delaney were chosen for their accolades by the Alumni Association's Board of Directors and will be publicly honored on Saturday during the Purple and Gold Award Ceremony.
   
Former two-sport standout and current New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) ski jumping and Nordic combined head coach Colin Delaney '13 was recognized with a pair of major U.S. Ski & Snowboard (USSS) awards on May 15. Delaney, who has served as head coach of the NYSEF teams since 2016, was named USSS Development Coach of the Year and Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined Development Coach of the Year. Delaney's disciples swept multiple podiums at USSS Junior National Championships in Alaska this past winter, while one of his athletes was among a duo that became the first Americans to win a silver medal in the team competition at Junior World Championships. That athlete also competed in Nordic combined at the Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. As an undergrad, Delaney was captain of the men's cross country and Nordic skiing teams.
   
In April, Nordic skiing May graduate Grace Castonguay was named to the 12-member United States Biathlon Association Senior National Team for the 2024-25 season. Castonguay, a two-year captain who placed top 30 three times this winter for the Purple Knights, regularly competed in Europe for Team USA during her undergraduate career. She made her International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup debut in Austria in December before winning the inaugural U.S. Biathlon Collegiate National Championship in March.