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Air Force Academy's Christina Richter Named 2010 CWPA Women's Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) announces the selection of United States Air Force Academy graduate Christina Richter as the recipient of the 2010 Women's Collegiate Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
The highest honor bestowed by the league to an active player, matched only by the induction of a former player to the league's Hall of Fame, the award recognizes an outstanding senior student-athlete who has achieved success in both the scholastic (3.25 or higher cumulative grade point average) and athletic arenas while possessing a spirit which provides service to the community.
Athletes were nominated by their respective Department of Athletics with each CWPA institution eligible to nominate a female student-athlete for the award with the recipient being selected based on a points system derived from Community Service, CWPA Academic Honors, Scholastic Achievement and All-Conference selections over their career.
The second recipient of the award following 2009 honoree Elizabeth Grater of the University of Virginia, Richter graduated from the Air Force Academy with a 3.65 grade point average with a major in Foreign Area Studies-Latin America and a minor in Spanish.
A volunteer Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program, she saw little brothers two weekends per month and kept in touch with the youth on a regular basis. In addition, she visited homes for the elderly and completed arts and crafts with the patients, while also performing canned food and clothes drives for the needy.
A three-time selection to the Collegiate Water Polo Association Scholar-Athlete Team, including honors for the 2010 academic year, she earned three consecutive Southwest Division All-Conference awards picking up Second Team honors in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
