PORTLAND, Ore. --- Senior distance runner Anna Farello has been awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the 2016-17 year, the NCAA announced earlier this week.
Farello has been a significant contributor to the women's cross country and track and field program during her four-year career at UP. She earned All-Academic honorable mention in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In the 2016 cross country season, she also earned All-WCC honorable mention where she placed 12th overall at the conference championships to help the Pilots claim the league team title for the first time since 2008. Farello also raced top times at the Roy Griak Invitational for a first-place team finish, launching the Pilots to their highest ever program national ranking at No.