Pomona-Pitzer's Freese up for national award

Photo courtesy of the SCIAC website

Pomona-Pitzer cross country standout Alicia Freese has been chosen by the National Collegiate Athletic Association as one of 30 top honorees for the NCAA's Women of the Year award according to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) website.

The senior is one of 10 Division III nominees and in now in the running for the 3 finalists positions from each NCAA division that will comprise a 9-member panel for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The award honors female student-athletes who display excellence in athletics, academics, community service and leadership. The winner will be announced on October 17th at an awards dinner in Indianapolis.

Freese has earned 2 All-American honors in cross-country and placed 2nd and 5th in the 10k and 5k respectively at last spring's NCAA Division III National Track and Field Championships. She is the record holder at Pomona-Pitzer for cross country and track and field distance events. The International Relations major added another notch to her responsibilities this season by filling in as women's cross country coach in the absence of head coach Kirk Reynolds.

Congratulations to Freese for her outstanding accomplishment.