CLEVELAND – Dania Holmberg has wrapped up her Seattle Pacific track and cross country career, but the awards are still coming for her.
 
Holmberg has been selected as the 2021 West Region Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.
 
 

A psychology major with a 3.91 grade-point average, Holmberg enjoyed a national-caliber season on the track this past spring. She won the 1500- and 5000-meter titles at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference meet in May, and was named the Women's Track Athlete of the Meet.
 
She then went on to the NCAA Division II Championships and placed ninth in the 1500 with a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 25.74 seconds, thereby earning second-team All-America recognition.
 
Holmberg already had a three academic awards for the 2021 season. She was a CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team selection and was on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. In addition, she was named to the GNAC All-Academic team for the third time.
 
After completing her SPU degree, Holmberg is now in a graduate program at the University of Oregon. Because she had athletic eligibility remaining because of the coronavirus pandemic, she will have an opportunity to run both cross country and track for the Ducks.

 

"Dania is well deserving of the award. She was the cornerstone of our program for years, and her academic accolades speak for themselves," Falcons head coach and program director Karl Lerum said. "We're proud that she was one of us."
 
Northwest Nazarene baseball player Ben Johnson was named as the D2CCA West Region Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
The duo was voted upon by commissioners from a list of nominees from each of the West Region conferences. Ak total of eight female and eight male regional winners were selected.