She is the only Hornet to compete at the NCAA national championships in program history, doing so as a junior in 2014 before her 2015 season was lost to injury. She narrowly missed advancing to nationals this season.
In the performance that garnered a nomination in the individual performance category, McCartney set the school all-around record at the MPSF Championship meet and was also the federation champion on vault and beam.
During the season, McCartney finished first in the all-around six times and added nine other individual event wins. She was the only gymnast to earn first team all-MPSF honors in all four events, as well as the all-around.
The video created for the “2015-16 Female Athlete of the Year” nominees is available on the Hornet Athletics channel on YouTube. McCartney appears at the 1:40 mark.
McCann is a junior at Seattle University, which is 28-16 and currently leads the Western Athletic Conference at 15-3.
In 38 games, McCann is hitting .319 with 28 runs, 15 RBI and an on-base percentage of .491.
Baseball: Dallas’ Martin All-SCAC honorable mention
University of Dallas freshman first baseman/outfielder Thomas Martin was named Honorable Mention All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The Seton Catholic graduate led the Crusaders with a .351 batting average, and had 46 hits, 24 runs batted in, 51 total bases and five doubles, tied for the team high. He had a 13-game hitting streak during the season, and finished his first collegiate season on a seven-game hitting streak as the Crusaders finished 12-28, 8-10 in the NCAA Division III SCAC.