ORONO, Maine — University of Maine women’s basketball student-athlete Liz Wood has been named the America East’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Thursday.
Wood, a senior from Catlett, Virginia, is the first Black Bear to receive the honor. She was selected from a group of eight student-athletes who were tabbed Scholar-Athletes in their respective female sports by a committee of athletic administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives.
The committee each year elects a male and a female Scholar-Athlete in each of the league’s 18 championship sports following the fall, winter and spring seasons. Wood was the women’s basketball honoree.
On the court, Wood earned America East Co-Defensive Player of the Year and America East first-team accolades. She led the Black Bears to the conference regular-season title and a berth in the WNIT, averaging 13.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.7 steals. Wood also recorded eight double-doubles and Maine’s first-ever triple-double.
In the classroom, Wood carries a 3.93 GPA as a biology major with a pre-med concentration. She was an America East All-Academic choice and has been a Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient.
She serves as UMaine’s SAAC Co-President and the America East’s National SAAC representative and was named UMaine’s 2015 “M” Club Dean Smith Award winner. The award is presented annually to the top male and female student-athlete with outstanding academic and athletic achievement along with citizenship and community service.