SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference announced its major individual year-end honors at its awards show on Wednesday with Santa Clara softball's Sammy Needham co-winning the #WCCREPRESENT Award along with the Saint Mary's Men's Soccer team.
The #WCCREPRESENT Award is unique as it may honor a student-athlete, team, or campus Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for initiatives that promote the positive WCC SAAC values of sportsmanship and community service. The winner is recognized for efforts to represent the #WCCREPRESENT tagline: Our Conference. Our School. Our Team. Ourselves.
The award was voted by each WCC school's SAAC representative.
Needham is one of the founding members and leaders of: the Santa Clara Athletics Diversity, Equality & Inclusion committee; the Bronco Plus Alliance, a group for LGBTQ+ and allies; as well as the Santa Clara University Athletic Diversity, a group for BIPOC student-athletes and allies.
She was nominated for the Class of 2021 Gracelyn Rillorta Bateman Inclusive Excellence Award and in 2022, received the first Santa Clara University Athletics Inclusive Excellence Award.
A Santa Clara Student-Athlete Representative for the WCC, she attended the executive council meetings in June and October of 2022.
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