NEW YORK – DePaul women’s tennis standout Rebeca Mitrea and Georgetown cross country and track & field All-American Katrina Coogan were selected by the BIG EAST as the 2016 league nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The pair were also recently honored as two of the 22 student-athletes who earned the 2015-16 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award.
The duo are among a select group of student-athletes from Division I, II and III advancing to the next stage of the selection process. The NCAA will announce the nominees from each conference later this month.