Petrova Selected as WAC Representative for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
8/7/2024 11:02:00 AM | General, Cross Country & Track
ARLINGTON--- The Western Athletic Conference announced Yasna Petrova of the California Baptist University cross-country and track as one of the conference's two nominees for the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service, and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by summer 2024.
Yasna Petrova has been a mainstay in the CBU record books since she came to Riverside in 2021. Since that time, Petrova has earned four First Team All-WAC nods, two WAC silver medals in the Women's 5K, 3x All-West Region, and an All-American honorable mention at the 2023 Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in the 5K. Petrova was the top finisher at the program's first-ever trip to Cross Country Nationals in 2022 and was the 6K runner-up at the WAC Championships in 2022.
🥈𝒮𝐼𝐿𝒱𝐸𝑅 𝑀𝐸𝒟𝒜𝐿 𝒮𝒞𝒜𝑀𝒫𝐸𝑅🥈
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 12, 2024
Yasna claims a silver medal for the second straight season in the 5K to wrap the @WACsports OTF Championships!!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/XJJhmefdax
Petrova has also enjoyed similar success in the classroom, with four Academic All-WAC honors under her belt. Petrova has also been selected as a USTFCCCA academic All-American twice and has maintained a 3.97 cumulative GPA. Petrova graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2024 while studying international studies with a concentration in international business. Petrova will return for her final season with the Lancers in 2024-25 as she pursues a graduate degree.
⭐️All-Region⭐️
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) November 14, 2023
Congratulations to our All-Region finishers!!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/rESMZsRqVK
Petrova, along with Gianna Gourley of Grand Canyon, will be the WAC's representatives for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, which is to be announced at the 2025 NCAA Convention in January.
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