SALEM, Va. – Senior women's basketball player Olivia Weinel has been named as a Jostens Award finalist in selections announced Friday by the Rotary Club of Salem, Virginia.
 
Weinel, a Mount Airy, Maryland native, has a 3.99 GPA as a criminal justice, psychology, and Spanish triple major.
 
On the court, the two-time team captain averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest this past season as the Hornets won the 2022 ODAC title and a school-record 22 games.
 
Weinel was a first team All-ODAC honoree, earned All-Tournament honors at both the ODAC and Jean Beamer Classic tournaments and was named as the ODAC Player of the Week on both Feb. 7 and Feb. 14.
 
In the classroom, she is an ODK national leadership honor society inductee, president of Sigma Delta Pi, and a member of the Psi Chi and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies.
 
Weinel is also a four-year member of the Shenandoah University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and serves as the SAAC President this year.
 
Her community service list is extensive and includes time working with the Area 13 Special Olympics here in Winchester.
 
"We are all so proud of Olivia and this is such a deserving accolade," head women's basketball coach Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft said. "It has been an honor to be her coach and I am so happy to see her recognized for all of her work on the court, in the classroom, and in the community."
 
Weinel is one of 11 women's finalists across the country. The 27-member Jostens Trophy National Selection Committee will now review the finalists with the goal of selecting and announcing a winner by Thursday, Mar. 24. She is the first SU basketball student-athlete, to be named as a Jostens Award finalist.
 
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