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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.