Sotek was named the Empire 8 Swimmer of the Championship Meet at the 2026 Empire 8 Championships, held at the Webster Aquatic Center. at the Webster Aquatic Center. She won individual titles in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly and was also part of the winning 200- and 400-yard medley relay teams and 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. She recorded times of 23.21 seconds in the 50-free, 51.93 seconds in the 100-free and 56.28 seconds (55.52 in the prelims) in the 100-fly finals. Sotek was part of the 400-yard medley relay team that shattered an Empire 8 Championship and overall record with a time of 1:42.82, which was also an NCAA “B” cut time. It is Sotek’s sixth E8 weekly honor of the season.