‘Best & brightest’ honored at 3rd annual Capital District Sports Women of the Year awards

Some of the best and brightest female student-athletes in the area were honored last night at the third annual Capital District Sports Women of the Year awards gala. The celebration, held at the GE Theater at Proctor’s, honored three collegiate and ten high school student-athletes from more than one hundred nominations that were submitted from schools around the 518. All of the award recipients excel in athletics, academics and community service and were voted on by local media members. Averill Park outgoing senior Michelina Lombardi was selected as the Grand Scholastic Woman of the Year, while recent College of Saint Rose graduate and East Greenbush native Colleen Quaglia was named the Grand Collegiate Woman of the Year.