FEMALE COLLEGIATE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

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Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year Award is presented to one female athlete that has most distinguished herself/itself through athletic excellence during the past year or athletic season and is in good academic standing.

Sophie Calabrese

University of Texas, Rowing (Shaker Heights High School)

Sophie Calabrese is a 2022 NCAA National Champion and won the Collegiate Varsity Jessop Whittier Cup Invitational with the University of Texas Rowing Crew. She has earned Big 12 Boat of the Week honors three times and is a two-time Big 12 Champion and Big 12 All-Academic. Calabrese represented the United States at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Italy.

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM

The 2022 NCAA DIII National Runner-ups, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Women’s Soccer Team matched the best finish by any CWRU team in school history by setting a program record for wins in a season and the longest winning streak with 13 wins. Winning its first University Athletic Association conference championship in team history with a 6-0-1 record, the team finished 20-1-1 overall with their only loss coming in the National Championship game. The team scored 23 goals in the Division III tournament, setting a new NCAA record for most team goals in an NCAA DIII tournament.

Olivia Nagy

John Carroll University, Basketball (Lakewood High School)

Five-time OAC Player of the Week during the 2021-22 season, Olivia Nagy led all NCAA Division III players in blocked shots per game (4.54) and double doubles (21). Averaging 15.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, she was named First Team All-OAC, the Helen Ludwig OAC Player of the Year and OAC Defensive Player of the Year.