ALL-TIME FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR WINNERS
First SNHU Female Student-Athlete to Earn the Honor.
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Graduate student Hélène Servais of the Southern New Hampshire field hockey team was crowned as the Northeast-10 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the NE10 Awards Show on Monday evening.
Servais, who earned a perfect 4.0 in pursuit of her MBA, following a 3.921 in her International Business program, joins Jonathan Lupinelli (2016) as Penmen that have captured NE10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, while becoming the first female ever to do so. Servais has been a top-notch student-athlete at SNHU, earning NFHCA honors as a Scholar of Distinction in 2020. She is a four-time member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad, a D2ADA Academic Achievement Award winner and a CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team selection. She also made a big impact on the field, earning NFHCA All-America First Team honors in 2019 when she re-wrote the program's single-season record book with 42 points on 15 goals and 12 assists. Servais also collected NE10 All-Conference First Team and NE10 Rookie of the Year accolades over the course of her career. Additionally, Servais is responsible for bringing Hope Happens Here (HHH), a mental health awareness campaign, to the SNHU campus.
Eligibility requirements for nomination are that a student-athlete must be in their final year of athletic eligibility, graduating with a degree in May (unless in a master's program), must be enrolled in a full-time course load and must have a minimum final cumulative grade point average of 3.30. A committee made up of faculty members and athletic administrators conducts voting for the awards.]
-Release provided by SNHU athletic communications staff-
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