The Womanu2010ofu2010theu2010Year Award recognizes female studentu2010athletes for outstanding academic achievement, athletics excellence, community service and leadership. The two from ECU were picked from a total of 517 student athletes nominated for the award; the most ever in the 26 years of the award’s existence.
Spang was a fouru2010year letter winner in the women’s golf program while Frey did the same for the women’s soccer team. Both are recent graduates from ECU and both were captains of their teams.
Spang has had a long list of achievements during her career at ECU. She was named Secondu2010Team Allu2010 America by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association after 10 topu201011 finishes in her senior season and set the women’s golf program’s singleu2010season record with four tournament wins.