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April 23, 2004
OXFORD, Ohio - Three Miami University athletes were honored as the College Sportswoman of the Year for their respective sports by the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Women's Sports Association. Senior Amy Miranda (Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart Academy) was honored for swimming, senior Andrea Kremer (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard) for cross country and senior Lauren Collins (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central) for track & field. The trio received their awards at a banquet held Thursday evening in Erlanger, Ky.
Miranda helped lead the RedHawk swimming & diving team to its third consecutive Mid-American Conference Championships. A four-time all-MAC First-Team honoree, this season Miranda won the 1,650 freestyle for the fourth time and the 500 free for the third, to give her seven individual MAC Championships in her illustrious career.
Kremer won the All-Ohio and MAC Championships during a stellar senior cross country campaign. She won four races on the year, taking second twice more, in earning MAC Runner of the Week honors following each meet during the regular season. Kremer has also been honored with academic all-America plaudits and was named the Ohio Collegiate Cross Country Coaches' Association Female Athlete of the Year.
Collins capped her indoor track & field season with a record-setting perfmormance at the MAC Championships. A first-team honoree, Collins set a meet record-and reset her own school mark for the second time this season-in the weight throw with a toss of 63-0 1/4 to win her third MAC Championship. On the season, she won six-of-seven weight throw events.
The College Sportswoman of the Year Award is presented to a woman playing locally or a local woman attending an in-state or out-of-state college who demonstrates superior athletic achievement. Other considerations are academic standards, community involvement, and outstanding leadership qualities.