Northwestern University Athletics
Nandi Mehta Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Honor
10/29/2015 12:55:00 PM | Women's Soccer
EVANSTON, Ill. – Senior co-captain Nandi Mehta was named to the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District Five Women's Soccer Second Team, the organization announced on Thursday.
The athletes selected to each team are recognized as the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performance in athletics and academics. The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.
In order to be selected for a CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.3, or higher, and be a starter or key reserve.
Mehta, an economics and international studies double major, boasts a 3.98 grade point average and has tallied two game-winning goals this season for the #B1GCats. Her most notable performance of 2015 came in September when the senior shocked a fierce opponent in then-No. 11 Rutgers with a 93rd-minute golden goal. One of two co-captains, Mehta has appeared in 60 games for the Purple and White, and has registered nine points (3g, 3a) during her tenure in Evanston.
Last year, Mehta was chosen as one of five junior Northwestern student-athlete winners of the NU For Life Irving Kabiller Memorial Award for Excellence in Character, Commitment, and Community. As a winner, she received a $5,000 grant for her own professional development and she used it to attend the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in February and, over the summer, to work with a faculty member at the University of Geneva in Switzerland on reforming medical policy.
Mehta and the Wildcats kick off post-season play when they host Michigan on Sunday, Nov. 1, in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The athletes selected to each team are recognized as the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performance in athletics and academics. The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.
In order to be selected for a CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.3, or higher, and be a starter or key reserve.
Mehta, an economics and international studies double major, boasts a 3.98 grade point average and has tallied two game-winning goals this season for the #B1GCats. Her most notable performance of 2015 came in September when the senior shocked a fierce opponent in then-No. 11 Rutgers with a 93rd-minute golden goal. One of two co-captains, Mehta has appeared in 60 games for the Purple and White, and has registered nine points (3g, 3a) during her tenure in Evanston.
Last year, Mehta was chosen as one of five junior Northwestern student-athlete winners of the NU For Life Irving Kabiller Memorial Award for Excellence in Character, Commitment, and Community. As a winner, she received a $5,000 grant for her own professional development and she used it to attend the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in February and, over the summer, to work with a faculty member at the University of Geneva in Switzerland on reforming medical policy.
Mehta and the Wildcats kick off post-season play when they host Michigan on Sunday, Nov. 1, in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.
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