Grieco Selected State's 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year
11/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Former University of Michigan gymnast Janessa Grieco (Mahopac, N.Y./Carmel HS) has been named the recipient of the NCAA Woman of the Year award for the state of Michigan, the NCAA announced recently. Grieco, a member of the women's gymnastics team from 2000-03, was one of 50 student-athletes chosen from a pool of 340 that were nominated by their colleges and universities.
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A 2003 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient and the U-M Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient, Grieco was a three-time All-American and was the 2000 Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year. The 2003 Big Ten balance beam champion, Grieco captained the 2003 team to the Big Ten title and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Grieco was selected to the Verizon Academic All-America women's at-large third team, becoming just the fourth U-M gymnast to receive academic All-America honors.
Grieco, who graduated from the University in May, is enrolled in graduate school at Manhattan College, studying biology education, and works as an assistant to the Senior Women's Administrator in the athletics department at Iona College.
Of the 50 state finalists, seven competed on national championship teams. Nearly 40 were selected as athletic All-Americans and more than 30 were named Academic All-Americans. More than 35 served as team captains or co-captains. One competed in the Olympics and others competed in the Pan American and World Games. Four were multi-sport athletes. Six received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Twenty-seven represented their fellow student-athletes on their campus Student-Athlete Advisory Committees (SAAC); two served on conference student-athlete committees and one was a member of the national SAAC.
In addition, state finalists helped in their communities, volunteering for a wide variety of organizations, including hospitals, soup kitchens and the Special Olympics. They helped adults and children learn to read; volunteered at food, clothing and gift drives; helped raise awareness and funds to fight breast cancer; served on committees planning campus policies; and took mission trips overseas. The state winners had an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.68, with three posting perfect 4.0 GPAs. They graduated with a variety of majors, including international business, computer system engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, architecture and neuroscience.
NCAA Woman of the Year Awards
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