Ball, MIT Coaching Staff Collect NEWMAC Women’s Track and Field Major Awards

Westwood, Mass. (May 8) – For the second year in a row, MIT junior Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) was voted the NEWMAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year. In addition, the Engineers collected Coaching Staff of the Year accolades after capturing the program’s 15 th NEWMAC title. Ball earned NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honors following victories in the javelin (40.95m / 134′ 4″), hammer throw (49.16m / 161′ 3″), and discus (44.95m / 147′ 6″). In addition, she earned a spot on the All-Conference Second Team as she was the runner up in shot put with a distance of…