Swimmer Gets Ncaa Honor

Lisa Ann Coole, a swimmer at the University of Georgia, was named the NCAA’s Woman of the Year on Sunday in honor of her academic and athletic achievements and community service.

“I was so honored just to be a state winner, and then to be one of the 10 finalists, to have the NCAA say, ‘You did it,’ … it just makes me feel good,” Coole said.

“I set goals for myself. I’m really hard on myself when I don’t reach them. I didn’t reach all of my goals, but I can at least say I tried my hardest.”

The other finalists were Shelly L. Bartlett, gymnastics, Nebraska; Sara A. Bloom, rowing, Bucknell; Virginia Bolenbaugh, gymnastics, Seattle Pacific; Julie Roe-Sumner, basketball, Millikin; Ann Sieckert, volleyball, Augustana, S.D.; Natasha W. Taylor, basketball, West Texas A&M, Meredith P. Willard, gymnastics, Alabama; Stacey Williams, soccer, track, basketball, Wilmington, Ohio College; and Wendy L. Wolff, softball, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Bartlett is a graduate of Spokane’s University High School.

Coole graduated from Georgia with a 3.62 grade point average in biology. The other finalists were honored at a dinner Sunday night.