Emily Kim Named Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
May 21, 2021 | Women's Tennis, Student-Athlete Academic Support Services
BOSTON – After helping lead the Boston University women's tennis team to a Patriot League title and graduating magna cum laude from Sargent College, senior Emily Kim has been named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Friday morning.
The announcement gives head coach Lesley Sheehan her fourth major award this spring after she was named Coach of the Year and Kaitlin Tan was named both Rookie of the Year and PL Tournament MVP. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is the fourth for the Terriers since they joined the conference in the summer of 2013 after Johanna Hyoty (2015, 16) and Remi Ramos (2017) combined for three straight.
A native of Plano, Texas, Kim has had a standout career, totaling 106 victories with 56 in singles action and 50 total in doubles. This season, she went 8-4 with a pair of No. 1 wins over Rhode Island and Holy Cross while also adding notable No. 4 victories against conference rivals Army and Navy. On the doubles end, she collected five wins, primarily playing with fellow senior Lily Burchell.
On the academic end, Kim currently owns an impressive 3.85 grade point average, majoring in human physiology with a minor in public health. She was previously named to the Academic All-PL Team in 2019 and has earned three PL Academic Honor Roll placements along with three ITA Scholar-Athlete awards.
Beyond the courts and classroom, Kim has also positively impacted her community, serving as a self-care assistant at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital since December, where she has supported ongoing vaccination efforts by covering patient screening, check-ins and scheduling of second vaccine doses. She has also served as a clinical research assistant with an orthopaedic oncology lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and served on the E-Board of Beta Psi Omega, a professional biology fraternity at BU.
A member of the 2019 PL Doubles Team of the Year with junior Shelly Yaloz and a 2019 All-PL Second Team honoree, Kim will be coming back next season as a graduate student in the School of Public Health.
Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Emily Kim, Boston University, Sr.
Academic All-Patriot League Team
Emily Kim, Boston University, Sr.
Daniela Bellini, Bucknell, Jr.
Samantha Snyder, Lafayette, Sr.
Ella Imhof, Lehigh, So.
Kateri Martin, Loyola Maryland, Sr.
Jillian Taggart, Navy, So.
The announcement gives head coach Lesley Sheehan her fourth major award this spring after she was named Coach of the Year and Kaitlin Tan was named both Rookie of the Year and PL Tournament MVP. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is the fourth for the Terriers since they joined the conference in the summer of 2013 after Johanna Hyoty (2015, 16) and Remi Ramos (2017) combined for three straight.
A native of Plano, Texas, Kim has had a standout career, totaling 106 victories with 56 in singles action and 50 total in doubles. This season, she went 8-4 with a pair of No. 1 wins over Rhode Island and Holy Cross while also adding notable No. 4 victories against conference rivals Army and Navy. On the doubles end, she collected five wins, primarily playing with fellow senior Lily Burchell.
On the academic end, Kim currently owns an impressive 3.85 grade point average, majoring in human physiology with a minor in public health. She was previously named to the Academic All-PL Team in 2019 and has earned three PL Academic Honor Roll placements along with three ITA Scholar-Athlete awards.
Beyond the courts and classroom, Kim has also positively impacted her community, serving as a self-care assistant at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital since December, where she has supported ongoing vaccination efforts by covering patient screening, check-ins and scheduling of second vaccine doses. She has also served as a clinical research assistant with an orthopaedic oncology lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and served on the E-Board of Beta Psi Omega, a professional biology fraternity at BU.
A member of the 2019 PL Doubles Team of the Year with junior Shelly Yaloz and a 2019 All-PL Second Team honoree, Kim will be coming back next season as a graduate student in the School of Public Health.
Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Emily Kim, Boston University, Sr.
Academic All-Patriot League Team
Emily Kim, Boston University, Sr.
Daniela Bellini, Bucknell, Jr.
Samantha Snyder, Lafayette, Sr.
Ella Imhof, Lehigh, So.
Kateri Martin, Loyola Maryland, Sr.
Jillian Taggart, Navy, So.
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