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��������Ƶ junior women's soccer player Emily LoPresti and the Griffin women's soccer team have all earned honors from the Westmoreland County YWCA.�� LoPresti was named the Sports Woman of the Year for excellence in a team sport.�� The women's soccer team was named the Women's Sports Team of the Year.�� They were honored at the 2018 awards banquet on Tuesday, April 10 at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Greensburg.

LoPresti had a tremendous fall for the Griffins on the soccer field.�� For the third straight season, Emily was an All PSAC selection.�� This past season she was a first-team selection.�� LoPresti was also named to the D2CCA and United Soccer Coaches All-Region teams.�� LoPresti led the Griffins in goals, points and game-winning goals.�� She finished the season with 16 goals, 35 points and��nine game-winning goals, and led the PSAC in goals and game-winning goals and was second in points. She finished second in Division II in game-winners, tied for 14th in goals and tied for 24th in points.�� Emily now has 34 career goals as a Griffin.�� Off the field, LoPresti helped the team to the PSAC's Top Team GPA Award, which is given to the team in each of the league's sports with the highest GPA.�� The team also won the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award.�� Emily is a member of the Exercise Science club on campus and has taken part in many community service activities.�� She has helped at the food kitchen at a local church and has taken part in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters bowling event.�� LoPresti and the Griffins also hosted a Red Card Cancer event during their season, which raised money for cancer research.

2017 was the most successful season for a ��������Ƶ women's soccer program since the school joined the NCAA.�� The team under third-year head coach Andy McNab and assistant Alyssa Finelli reached heights never before seen for the soccer program.�� The team finished with a 12-6-1 overall record and a 10-5-1 mark in conference play.�� The 12 wins were the most for the school since joining the NCAA.�� The Griffins were also a perfect 10-0-0 at home this season, the only team in the PSAC to be perfect at home.�� The Griffins were also ranked regionally by the United Soccer Coaches every week and were in the USC national rankings for three weeks.�� ��������Ƶ qualified for the PSAC Tournament as the #7 seed and had to travel to Kutztown for the first round of the tourney.�� Junior forward Emily LoPresti was named a first-team All PSAC selection.�� Sophomore forward Katie Kimmich and junior keeper Jessica Neill were named to the third team.�� LoPresti was also named a D2CCCA and United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection.�� For the second straight season, Neill was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team.�� Off the field, the team won its third straight PSAC Top Team GPA Award.�� The award is given to the team in each of the PSAC sports with the top overall team GPA.�� The Griffins were also awarded the United Soccer Coaches Academic Team Award this season.��

You can read more about the YWCA of Westmoreland Sportswomen Awards in this article.

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