NEW YORK – St. John’s women’s soccer’s Emily Cubbage and Xavier men’s tennis’ Zachary Mueck have been chosen as the winners of the 2015-16 BIG EAST Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award, as selected by the BIG EAST Conference Academic Affairs Committee.
The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from a BIG EAST-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.
Cubbage and Mueck will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.