Women's Soccer | 6/26/2015 12:29:00 PM

NEWARK, NJ—Jenny Cislo, who completed her four-year college soccer career at NJIT in May, has been named a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Cislo is one of 480 nominees nationally (207 – Division 1, 93 – Division II and 180 – Division III), marking the most in the history of the Woman of the Year program.

Now in its 25th year, the Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.

Cislo, from Crownsville, MD, is in the discussion for best women's soccer player in NJIT history. An anchor for the Highlander defense from the day she arrived on campus, she started all 76 games the team played in her four-year career. On top of that, she played every minute of every game for four seasons.

With NJIT playing as a women's soccer Independent her last two seasons, she was recognized by the website CollegeSportsMadness as a first-team performer among the Division I Independents in both 2013 and 2014. As a senior, she was selected as Defensive Player of the Year among the DI Independents.

Enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College, Cislo was named to the University Division Scholar All-East Region Team, compiling a 3.85 cumulative GPA. She was selected earlier in 2014 as one of five NJIT chemical engineering students to receive internships and scholarship grants from New Jersey-based Merck, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.  She was also honored as NJIT's recipient of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year award.